ModelSim SE User's Manual - Electrical and Computer Engineering

UM-52 2 - Projects
Specifying file properties and project settings
File compilation properties
ModelSim SE User’s Manual
You can set two types of properties in a project: file properties and project settings. File
properties affect individual files; project settings affect the entire project.
The VHDL and Verilog compilers (vcom and vlog, respectively) have numerous options
that affect how a design is compiled and subsequently simulated. You can customize the
settings on individual files or a group of files.
Important: Any changes you make to the compile properties outside of the project,
whether from the command line, the GUI, or the modelsim.ini file, will not affect the
properties of files already in the project.
To customize specific files, select the file(s) in the Project tab, right click on the file names,
and select Properties. The resulting Project Compiler Settings dialog varies depending on
the number and type of files you have selected. If you select a single VHDL or Verilog file,
you will see the General tab, Coverage tab, and the VHDL or Verilog tab, respectively. If
you select a SystemC file, you will see only the General tab. On the General tab, you will
see file properties such as Type, Location, and Size. If you select multiple files, the file
properties on the General tab are not listed. Finally, if you select both a VHDL file and a
Verilog file, you will see all tabs but no file information on the General tab.
See "Project Compiler Settings" (GR-50) for details on this dialog.