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ModelSim EE/SE Tutorial 1-13
Lesson 1 - Creating a Project
The goals for the first lesson are:
• Explore the Welcome to ModelSim dialog box features.
• Create a project (.mpf file).
Upon opening ModelSim 5.3 for the first time, you will see a Welcome to
ModelSim dialog box. (If this screen is not available, you can enable it by selecting
Help > Enable Welcome from the Main window.)
From this dialog box, you can:
• View the Quick Start menus, which contain answers to commonly asked
questions; or, click the See an Example button to get step by step instructions
for creating projects (accessed with the).
• Run ModelSim licensing diagnostics.
• Use the project creation wizard to create a new project from scratch or to copy
an existing project.
• Open an existing project.
• Click Done to continue to the ModelSim Main window.