Questa Advanced Simulator/ModelSim uses explicit VCD commands to dump a VCS file, as follows:
- Open the VCD file:
vcd file my_vcdfile.vcd
- Specify the scope or signals to dump:
vcd add <hdl_objects>
- Run simulation for a specified period of time (or
run -all
).
For more detailed usage or information about each commands, see the ModelSim documentation.
Example DO File:
vcd file my_vcdfile.vcd
vcd add -r tb/fpga/*
run 500us
quit