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GR-181 - Simulator windows• Library tabShows design libraries and compiled design units. To update the current view of thelibrary, select a library, and then Right click > Update. See "Managing library contents"(UM-59) for details on library management.• Structure tabsShows a hierarchical view of the active simulation and any open datasets. There is onetab for the current simulation (named "sim") and one tab for each open dataset. See"Viewing dataset structure" (UM-242) for details.An entry is created by each object within the design. When you select a region in astructure tab, it becomes the current region and is highlighted. The Source window (GR-197) and Objects pane (GR-182) change dynamically to reflect the information for thecurrent region. This feature provides a useful method for finding the source code for aselected region because the system keeps track of the pathname where the source islocated and displays it automatically, without the need for you to provide the pathname.Also, when you select a region in the structure pane, the "Active Processes pane" (GR-120) is updated. The Active Processes window will in turn update the Locals pane (GR-163).Objects can be dragged from the structure tabs to the Dataflow, List and Wave windows.The structure tabs will display code coverage information (see "Viewing coverage datain the Main window" (UM-323)).You can toggle the display of processes by clicking in a Structure tab and selecting View> Filter > Processes.You can also control implicit wire processes using a preference variable. By defaultStructure tabs display implicit wire processes. To hide implicit wire processespermanently, set PrefStructure(HideImplicitWires) to 1 (select Tools > EditPreferences, By Name tab, and expand the Structure object).• Files tabShows the source files for the loaded design.You can disable the display of this tab by setting the PrefMain(ShowFilePane) preferencevariable to 0. See "Simulator GUI preferences" (GR-269) for information on settingpreference variables.The file tab will display code coverage information (see "Viewing coverage data in theMain window" (UM-323)).• Memories tabShows a hierarchical list of all memories in the design. To display this tab, select View> Debug Windows > Memory. When you select a memory on the tab, a memorycontents page opens in the MDI frame. See "Memory panes" (GR-166).• Compare tabShows comparison objects that were created by doing a waveform comparison. SeeChapter 9 - Waveform analysis for details.TranscriptThe Transcript portion of the Main window maintains a running history of commands thatare invoked and messages that occur as you work with ModelSim. When a simulation isModelSim SE GUI Reference