In the Run Configuration dialog box in the Vitis IDE, you can specify a user
simulation options file in the --option-file=<user_sim_options.txt> option to use to generate a
selective VCD file.
The following figure shows how to specify the user simulation options file in order to generate a selective VCD.
Figure 1. Vitis IDE to Enable Selective VCD File Generation
Refer to VCD File Generation for how to specify a dump file, and to enable VCD file generation.