Comparing two documents or objects

Comparing two documents or objects

To compare two documents or data objects, do the following:

1. Select the menu item Tools | Diff
2. In the Compare objects dialog, select documents or objects to compare. Use the  button to select an open document or object and the  button to select a document from file. Press the Compare button.
3. See the list of differences in the Log window. To see the details of a particular difference, double click on that line in the Log window.

Compare objects dialog

Diff levels

The function diff compares two data objects and reports the differences.

Use common level to compare only the data fields that are significant for simulation. These are parameter values, start values of variables, connections, bindings, names of source files, contents of source tables.

In the advanced level, Diff compares all data fields that should be stored to files (except the simulation results). These are (in addition to the listed above) parameter mapping, initial elements of arrays, logging, annotations and flags.

In the debug level, Diff compares also the data fields that are not available for the users. This may be useful only when debugging an IDA application.

Include end values

Check this box to compare also the simulation results (with given tolerance).