Technical data

Basic VHDL simulation

Tutorial: Using ModelSim PE Getting Started with ModelSim PE

If you click Cancel, the dialog box is closed and you remain in the same working directory as

before. You must click the

button to actually change to a different directory.

Using the

File > Directory

menu command is the same as entering the

(change directory)

command at the Model

Sim

prompt in the Transcript window. In fact, the following command

is echoed in the Transcript window:

cd C:\modelsim\examples

Step 3.

Before you can compile a VHDL source file, you need to create a design library to hold the

compilation results. Pull down the

Library

menu and select

New

. This brings up a dialog box

that prompts you to enter the name of the new VHDL library.

Enter the name

work

and click

Create

The command is echoed in the Transcript window:

vlib work