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13 years ago

Modelsim: How to change default time unit?

I'd like to change the timeunit for Modelsim. By default Modelsim uses ps, but I'd like to change to ns. Currently if I issue the command run 1000 in the wave window, the time advances 1000ps. I'd li...
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13 years ago

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What I'm asking is, how can I universally and permanently change the time scale so that units are not necessary during run commands?

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I have Questasim, but I remember they have the same GUI.

  1. Go to Tools in the toolbar, and Edit Preferences.

  2. Go to the second tab named "By name".

  3. Clic on Exapnd all, then on Find...

  4. Enter the default value of time that your simulator has, check Value in Field, and clic on Find next

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