Table of Contents

• Installation
  • System Requirements
  • Install DVT for VS Code from Marketplace
  • Install DVT for VS Code from VSIX
  • Install DVT for VS Code Using a Pre-Packed Distribution
  • Set the License
• User Interface
  • VS Code User Interface
  • DVT IDE for VS Code User Interface
    • Editor
    • DVT Activity Bar
    • DVT AI Assistant Activity Bar
    • Side Bar
    • Status Bar
    • Panel
• Predefined Projects
• Project Templates
  • What is a project template?
  • How to generate code from a project template
    • Step 1. Specify Directories
    • Step 2. Specify Parameters
  • Template Configuration
    • template-config.xml
• Build Configurations
  • Project Natures
  • Non-top files
  • default.build
  • Auto-config
  • Simulator Log-config
  • Emulating compiler invocations
  • Multiple .build Files
  • Compatibility Modes
    • List of Compatibility Modes
    • How to Specify the Compatibility Mode
  • Paths
  • Strings
  • Comments
  • Environment Variables
  • Including Other Argument Files
  • Build Persistence
  • All Build Directives
  • SystemVerilog OVM or UVM Library Compilation
  • Xilinx Libraries Compilation
  • Intel(Altera) Quartus Libraries Compilation
  • Questa Libraries Compilation
  • Use of External Programs
• Compile Checks
  • Compile Waivers
    • Compile Waivers Examples
    • Compile Waivers File Syntax (XML)
  • Semantic Checks
  • Synthesis Checks
  • Performance Checks
  • Dead Code Checks
  • Non Standard Checks
• Quick Fix Proposals
  • Add Port
  • Add Signal to Sensitivity List
  • Create File From Build Configuration Editor
  • Declare Variable
  • Did You Mean
  • Fully Qualify Type
  • Import Type
  • Remove Signal from Sensitivity List
  • Remove Signal Never Use
  • Waive Compilation Problems
  • Add Parameter to Module
  • Add Virtual Qualifier to Interface Type
  • Create Class In New File
  • Create Included File
  • Create Interface Class In New File
  • Declare Method
  • Implement Extern Method
  • Implement Missing Pure Virtual Methods
  • Remove ‘local’ or ‘protected’ Qualifier
  • Update Extern Prototype/Implementation
  • Update Module Instance
  • Update Virtual Method Signature
  • Explicitly Declare
  • Declare Extern Prototype
  • Implement Extern Constraint
• AI Assistant
  • Overview
  • Getting Started
  • Key Terms
    • Sessions
    • Blueprints
    • Prompting
    • Symbols
    • Snippets
  • Working in Chat
    • List of Buttons, Shortcuts and Commands
  • Working in Editor
  • Reference
    • List of Commands
    • Predefined Blueprints
    • Custom Blueprints
    • Predefined Snippets
    • Custom Snippets
    • LLM Configuration
  • How to Set-up Local LLMs Using Ollama
  • Troubleshooting
    • Why do I get unexpected replies?
    • Why do I get different replies for the same request?
    • What to do if I get errors or find a bug?
• Content Assist (Autocomplete)
  • Content assist for CamelCase and Underscore
  • Code Templates
    • Custom Templates
  • Module Automatic Instantiation
  • Override Functions Using Autocomplete
  • Implement Extern Functions Using Autocomplete
  • Generate Setters and Getters Using Autocomplete
  • Use Assignment Pattern for Struct Type Variable
• Hyperlinks
  • Go to Declaration
  • Go to Definition
  • Go to Type definition
  • Jump to Assignment
  • Open Design Breadcrumb Instance
  • Hyperlinks in Comments
  • Go to Super Implementation
  • Go to Child Implementation
  • Jump to an Imported File
  • Jump to a Macro Definition
  • Show Connected TLM Ports
  • Show in Config DB View
  • Show Associated Getters in Config DB View
  • Show Associated Setter in Config DB View
  • Show in Factory Overrides View
  • Show in Registers View
• Show Usages
• Show Readers or Writers
• Show Call Hierarchy
• Show Type Hierarchy
• Show Constraints
• Show Instances
• Peek Exploration
  • Peek References
  • Peek Definition / Declaration
  • Peek Type Definition
  • Peek Implementations
• Refactoring
  • Rename Refactoring
  • Rename in File
  • Extract to Variable
  • Bind Method Call Arguments by Name
  • Bind Method Call Arguments by Position
  • Connect Instance Ports by Name
  • Connect Instance Ports by Position
  • Expand .* Port Connections
  • Extract to Method
  • Extract to Module
  • Move Selection to New File
  • Join Extern and Implementation
  • Split into Extern and Implementation
  • Add Port to Module from Selected Field
  • Add New Port to Module
  • Add New Parameter to Module
  • Add New Argument to Method
  • Remove Argument from Method
  • Change Position of Method Argument
  • Expand Macro
  • Collapse Macro
• Override Functions
  • Override Annotation
  • Override Using Command Palette
  • Override Using Autocomplete
• Generate Setters and Getters
• Code Factory
  • Factory Input
  • Creating Code
  • Load Template
    • Design API
    • Port API
    • Port Data API
    • Parameter API
    • Example
• Code Formatting
  • Whitespace
  • Indentation
  • Vertical Alignment
    • Vertical Align Patterns (DVT.textEditor.systemVerilog.formatting.verticalAlignment.verticalAlignPatterns)
  • Line Wrapping
  • Disable Format for Code Sections
  • Preferences Keys
• Breadcrumb Navigation Bar
  • Design Breadcrumb
  • Verification Breadcrumb
  • Scope Breadcrumb
• Diagrams
  • UML Diagrams
    • UML Diagram Actions
    • UML Diagram Preferences
    • UML Diagrams Legend
  • Design Diagram
    • Schematic Diagrams
    • Flow Diagrams
    • Block Diagrams
    • Finite-State Machine Diagrams
    • Design Diagram Actions
    • Design Diagram Filters
  • UVM Components Diagrams
    • Component Diagrams from Verification Hierarchy
    • Component Diagrams from Simulation
    • Component Diagram Actions
    • Component Diagram Preferences
    • Component Diagram Filters
  • WaveDrom Timing Diagrams
  • Bit Field Diagrams
    • Bit Field Diagrams for UVM registers
    • Bit Field Diagrams for packed data types
  • Common Diagram Actions
  • Common Diagram Toolbar
• Syntax Coloring
• Tooltips
  • Comments Formatting
    • Javadoc
    • Natural Docs
• Workspace Symbols
• Views
  • Compile Order View
    • Build Config Hierarchy
  • Compiled Files View
  • Config DB View
  • Design Hierarchy View
  • Diagnostics View
  • Factory Overrides View
  • Outline View
  • Problems View
  • Registers View
  • Verification Hierarchy View
• Quick Search in Views
  • CamelCase
  • Simple Regex
  • Hierarchical Search
  • Search for Members
  • Search Port in Design Hierarchy
  • Search Port in Verification Hierarchy
• Content Filters
  • Content Filters XML syntax
  • Filtering by Element Type
  • Content Filters Examples
  • Predefined Content Filters
• Macros Support
  • Inactive Code Highlight
  • Macro Expansion
    • To expand
    • To collapse
• Inactive Generates Code Highlight
• Database Out of Sync Notification
• Export HTML/PDF Documentation
  • Preview HTML Documentation
• External Tools Integration
  • Task Snippets
  • Problem Matchers
  • Problem Matchers Customization
• UVM Support
  • UVM Runtime Elaboration
    • DPI-C Handling
  • Runtime UVM Configuration Queries
  • UVM Content Filters
  • UVM Field Editor
    • Triggering
    • Interface
    • Problems
    • Tips
  • UVM Sequence Tree
  • UVM Templates
  • UVM Verification Hierarchy
• Scripts
  • dvt_code.sh
    • Syntax
    • Examples
  • dvt_ls.sh
    • Syntax
    • Examples
• Custom Scripts
• SCM Checkout Hook
• Memory Monitor
• Application Notes
  • Flow Integration
  • Environment Variables
    • Define Variables
    • How is the Environment Computed
    • Use Case
  • Design Elaboration
    • Top candidates
    • Parameter values
    • Unelaborated Design
    • Debugging
    • Performance
  • Compilation Speed-up
    • How to exclusively compile the API?
    • How to improve the elaboration time?
  • Precompilation Support
  • Encrypted VIP Support
  • FPGA Support
    • Intel(Altera) Quartus
    • Intel(Altera) Quartus Libraries Compilation
    • Xilinx ISE/Vivado
    • Xilinx Libraries Compilation
  • Preprocessed Files Support
    • Navigation between (p) and (g) files
    • Integration of the preprocessing tool
    • Preferences
    • Map preprocessing (p) to generated (g) files
    • Scan locations for (p) files
  • Output and logging
    • Configuration
  • Understanding DVT IDE memory usage
    • Resident Memory
    • Virtual Memory
• Handy VS Code Documentation Pointers
  • Setup
  • First Steps
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Extensions
  • Version Control
  • Others
• What is New?
  • 24.2.28 (11 December 2024)
  • 24.2.27 (26 November 2024)
  • 24.2.26 (14 November 2024)
  • 24.2.25 (31 October 2024)
  • 24.2.24 (14 October 2024)
  • 24.2.23 (11 October 2024)
  • 24.1.22 (1 October 2024)
  • 24.1.21 (18 September 2024)
  • 24.1.20 (4 September 2024)
  • 24.1.19 (22 August 2024)
  • 24.1.18 (7 August 2024)
  • 24.1.17 (26 July 2024)
  • 24.1.16 (25 July 2024)
  • 24.1.14 (9 July 2024)
  • 24.1.13 (26 June 2024)
  • 24.1.12 (11 June 2024)
  • 24.1.11 (29 May 2024)
  • 24.1.10 (14 May 2024)
  • 24.1.8 (24 April 2024)
  • 24.1.7 (9 April 2024)
  • 24.1.6 (27 March 2024)
  • 24.1.5 (13 March 2024)
  • 24.1.4 (28 February 2024)
  • 24.1.3 (13 February 2024)
  • 24.1.2 (1 February 2024)
  • 24.1.1 (18 January 2024)
  • 23.2.30 (21 December 2023)
  • 23.2.29 (13 December 2023)
  • 23.2.28 (28 November 2023)
  • 23.2.27 (17 November 2023)
  • 23.2.26 (14 November 2023)
  • 23.2.25 (1 November 2023)
  • 23.2.24 (17 October 2023)
  • 23.2.23 (9 October 2023)
  • 23.1.22 (22 September 2023)
  • 23.1.21 (12 September 2023)
  • 23.1.20 (6 September 2023)
  • 23.1.19 (25 August 2023)
  • 23.1.18 (2 August 2023)
  • 23.1.17 (19 July 2023)
  • 23.1.16 (18 July 2023)
  • 23.1.15 (7 July 2023)
  • 23.1.14 (22 June 2023)
  • 23.1.13 (7 June 2023)
  • 23.1.12 (23 May 2023)
  • 23.1.11 (9 May 2023)
  • 23.1.10 (25 April 2023)
  • 23.1.9 (12 April 2023)
  • 23.1.8 (29 March 2023)
  • 23.1.7 (15 March 2023)
  • 23.1.6 (1 March 2023)
  • 23.1.5 (21 February 2023)
  • 23.1.4 (8 February 2023)
  • 23.1.3 (31 January 2023)
  • 23.1.2 (25 January 2023)
  • 23.1.1 (19 January 2023)
  • 22.1.39 (20 December 2022)
  • 22.1.38 (14 December 2022)
  • 22.1.37 (6 December 2022)
  • 22.1.36 (22 November 2022)
  • 22.1.35 (17 November 2022)
  • 22.1.34 (8 November 2022)
  • 22.1.33 (2 November 2022)
  • 22.1.32 (1 November 2022)
  • 22.1.31 (20 October 2022)
  • 22.1.30 (11 October 2022)
  • 22.1.28 (28 September 2022)
  • 22.1.27 (13 September 2022)
  • 22.1.26 (7 September 2022)
  • 22.1.25 (30 August 2022)
  • 22.1.24 (22 August 2022)
  • 22.1.23 (16 August 2022)
  • 22.1.22 (2 August 2022)
  • 22.1.21 (21 July 2022)
  • 22.1.20 (11 July 2022)
  • 22.1.19 (28 June 2022)
  • 22.1.18 (15 June 2022)
  • 22.1.17 (8 June 2022)
  • 22.1.16 (31 May 2022)
  • 22.1.15 (18 May 2022)
  • 22.1.14 (17 May 2022)
  • 22.1.13 (9 May 2022)
  • 22.1.12 (3 May 2022)
  • 22.1.11 (18 April 2022)
  • 22.1.10 (12 April 2022)
  • 22.1.9 (30 March 2022)
  • 22.1.8 (15 March 2022)
  • 22.1.7 (2 March 2022)
  • 22.1.6 (23 February 2022)
  • 22.1.5 (16 February 2022)
  • 22.1.4 (8 February 2022)
  • 22.1.3 (31 January 2022)
  • 22.1.2 (26 January 2022)
  • 22.1.1 (18 January 2022)
  • 21.1.53 (22 December 2021)
  • 21.1.52 (14 December 2021)
  • 21.1.51 (6 December 2021)
  • 21.1.50 (23 November 2021)
  • 21.1.48 (16 November 2021)
  • 21.1.47 (8 November 2021)
  • 21.1.46 (2 November 2021)
  • 21.1.45 (26 October 2021)
  • 21.1.44 (19 October 2021)
  • 21.1.43 (11 October 2021)
  • 21.1.41 (27 September 2021)
  • 21.1.40 (21 September 2021)
  • 21.1.39 (15 September 2021)
  • 21.1.38 (8 September 2021)
  • 21.1.36 (30 August 2021)
  • 21.1.35 (23 August 2021)
  • 21.1.34 (16 August 2021)
  • 21.1.33 (9 August 2021)
  • 21.1.32 (3 August 2021)
  • 21.1.31 (27 July 2021)
  • 21.1.30 (20 July 2021)
  • 21.1.29 (12 July 2021)
  • 21.1.28 (6 July 2021)
  • 21.1.27 (28 June 2021)
  • 21.1.26 (22 June 2021)
  • 21.1.25 (16 June 2021)
  • 21.1.22 (24 May 2021)
  • 21.1.21 (18 May 2021)
  • 21.1.20 (17 May 2021)
  • 21.1.14 (13 April 2021)
  • 21.1.13 (5 April 2021)
  • 21.1.12 (30 March 2021)
  • 21.1.11 (22 March 2021)
  • 21.1.10 (15 March 2021)
  • 21.1.9 (8 March 2021)
  • 21.1.7 (22 February 2021)
  • 21.1.6 (15 February 2021)
  • 21.1.4 (2 February 2021)
  • 21.1.2 (18 January 2021)
  • 21.1.1 (11 January 2021)
  • 20.1.44 (21 December 2020)
  • 20.1.42 (4 December 2020)
  • 20.1.41 (20 November 2020)
  • 20.1.39 (9 November 2020)
  • 20.1.38 (30 October 2020)
  • 20.1.37 (23 October 2020)
  • 20.1.36 (16 October 2020)
  • 20.1.35 (8 October 2020)
  • 20.1.34 (2 October 2020)
  • 20.1.33 (28 September 2020)
  • 20.1.32 (17 September 2020)
  • 20.1.31 (11 September 2020)
  • 20.1.30 (3 September 2020)
  • 20.1.29 (28 August 2020)
  • 20.1.28 (21 August 2020)
  • 20.1.27 (14 August 2020)
  • 20.1.26 (30 July 2020)
  • 20.1.25 (24 July 2020)
  • 20.1.24 (17 July 2020)
  • 20.1.23 (9 July 2020)
  • 20.1.22 (8 July 2020)
  • 20.1.21 (2 July 2020)
  • 20.1.20 (25 June 2020)
  • 20.1.19 (18 June 2020)
  • 20.1.17 (16 June 2020)
  • 20.1.16 (12 June 2020)
  • 20.1.15 (4 June 2020)
  • 20.1.14 (28 May 2020)
  • 20.1.12 (21 May 2020)
  • 20.1.11 (15 May 2020)
  • 20.1.10 (11 May 2020)
  • 20.1.9 (30 April 2020)
  • 20.1.7 (10 April 2020)
  • 20.1.5 (26 March 2020)
  • 20.1.4 (20 March 2020)
  • 20.1.1 (21 February 2020)
• How to Report an Issue?
  • How to generate a thread dump from within DVT for VS Code?
• Legal Notices
• Third Party Licenses
• Q & A
  • Can I deactivate DVT support for a workspace even though one of my workspace folders contains a .dvt directory?