Projects and system initialization

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Chapter contents

Introduction

What are projects?

What are the benefits of projects?

How do projects differ in version 5.5?

Getting started with projects

Step 1 - Create a new project

Step 2 - Add files to the project

Step 3 - Compile the files

Step 4 - Simulate a design

Other project operations

Customizing project settings

Changing compile order

Setting compiler options

Accessing projects from the command line

System initialization

Files accessed during startup

Environment variables accessed during startup

Initialization sequence

This chapter discusses ModelSim projects. Projects simplify the process of compiling and simulating a design and are a great tool for getting started with ModelSim. This chapter also includes a section on ModelSim initialization.

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