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Some of the labels used in back-annotated netlist descriptions generated by Microchip (Microsemi) Libero rely on forward slash naming conventions as shown below

...
top_entity\sec_tier/third_tier/signal_3
top_entity\sec_tier/third_tier/signal_4
...

I've been trying to display the signals into the Siemens Modelsim's wave viewer using the description shown below without any luck

add wave -group THIRD_TIER sim:/top_entity/\sec_tier/third_tier/*

The signals are added using a *.do macro

Did I miss anything in the command to be able to see them?

nanoeng
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Assuming the main test bench is labeled as 'top_entity_tb', the following methodologies can be applied

First method

Requires using the ModelSim GUI. Needs steps listed below

  1. Go to top level testbench hierarchy (in the Sim tab)
  2. Search for the instantiation of DUT. Using the description posted with the question, it should look like to something like this: top_entity_tb\top_entity
  3. Right click on the entity of interest
  4. Choose Add Wave in the options (Alternatively, Ctrl+W shortcut can be used)
  5. The transcript window should then show something like this: add wave -position insertpoint {sim:/top_entity_tb/top_entity/\sec_tier/third_tier/ /*}. Notice that this command has multiple features (it uses curly brackets and it requires a space between the name of the group and the '/*' symbols)

Second method

Add waveforms group directly into *.DO macro

Use expression shown below

add wave -group THIRD_TIER {sim:/top_entity_tb/top_entity/\sec_tier/third_tier /*}

Once again, the curly brackets and the space at the end are required in the command.

Note: Just found out that the '-position insertpoint' choice described in the previous method (GUI-based) is not needed.

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