#.# - major version - Includes new features, major enhancements, architectural changes, bug fixes.
Since 2015, a major version is named in sync with the release year, for example the first major version of 2015 is 15.1.
NOTE: When switching to a new major version it is recommended to start in a new workspace.
#.#.# - minor version - Includes bug fixes, minor enhancements.
21.1.7 (22 February 2021)
Features
Enhancements
21.1.1 (11 January 2021)
HIGHLIGHTS
Note: Some of the highlights below were rolled-out in 20.1.# hotfix releases for early adopters.
Performance improvements and enhancements for JavaDoc and Natural Docs comment formatting
New UVM Register Bitfield Diagrams
Hyperlinks for UML, schematic and flow diagrams
Ability to see the design tops in the main navigation menu
REMOVED
Bugfixes
20.1.39 (9 November 2020)
Bugfixes
20.1.38 (30 October 2020)
Bugfixes
20.1.29 (28 August 2020)
Bugfixes
DVT-8768 When filtering-out base classes, the inheritance tree is also filtered in the generated HTML documentation
DVT-15222 Generate-blocks inside schematic diagrams should not allow double-click action
DVT-15223 Double-click on schematic and flow diagram elements doesn't work when the mouse is over the text
20.1.27 (14 August 2020)
Enhancements
20.1.25 (24 July 2020)
Enhancements
20.1.21 (2 July 2020)
Enhancements
20.1.12 (21 May 2020)
Bugfixes
20.1.11 (15 May 2020)
Performance
Enhancements
20.1.10 (11 May 2020)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
20.1.5 (27 March 2020)
Features
20.1.1 (21 February 2020)
HIGHLIGHTS
Note: The highlights below were rolled-out in 19.1.# hotfix releases for early adopters.
19.1.48 (29 January 2020)
Enhancements
DVT-14130 Show indexes for FSM transition conditions
DVT-14146 Update JRE in distro to Amazon Corretto 8u242
DVT-14157 Ignore DVT_LICENSE_FILE containing multiple hard-wired "FLEXLM" strings
Bugfixes
19.1.47 (10 January 2020)
Bugfixes
19.1.44 (20 December 2019)
Enhancements
19.1.42 (6 December 2019)
Bugfixes
19.1.41 (28 November 2019)
Features
Bugfixes
19.1.40 (12 November 2019)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
19.1.39 (6 November 2019)
Features
19.1.38 (31 October 2019)
Bugfixes
19.1.36 (21 October 2019)
Bugfixes
19.1.30 (29 August 2019)
Bugfixes
19.1.29 (20 August 2019)
Enhancements
19.1.27 (2 August 2019)
Enhancements
19.1.26 (26 July 2019)
Enhancements
19.1.15 (9 May 2019)
Bugfixes
19.1.14 (6 May 2019)
Bugfixes
19.1.13 (25 April 2019)
Bugfixes
19.1.1 (22 February 2019)
Starting with the 19.1.1 major release our products are no longer compatible with old FlexLM license servers (<11.14).
REMOVED
DVT-3913 Removed support for DVT specific file licenses, migrated to FlexLM file licenses
DVT-12877 Removed support for FlexLM tools and daemon versions <11.14
Features
Enhancements
18.1.27 (30 August 2018)
Bugfixes
18.1.9 (12 April 2018)
Bugfixes
17.1.43 (1 February 2018)
Bugfixes
17.1.41 (19 January 2018)
Enhancements
17.1.36 (24 November 2017)
Enhancements
17.1.30 (13 October 2017)
Feature
Bugfixes
17.1.28 (28 September 2017)
Features
17.1.26 (14 September 2017)
Bugfixes
17.1.17 (12 July 2017)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
17.1.16 (30 June 2017)
Enhancements
17.1.15 (16 June 2017)
Deprecated
Features
17.1.7 (10 April 2017)
Bugfixes
17.1.1 (24 February 2017)
Features
Enhancements
16.1.37 (24 February 2017)
Bugfixes
16.1.35 (1 February 2017)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
16.1.31 (9 December 2016)
Enhancements
DVT-8159 Ignore @brief tags lines in comments
DVT-9132 Add covergroup information in class, struct, unit pages
DVT-9131 Ability to skip a header comment candidate that matches a simple pattern or regex when using +dvt_extract_comment_header+
DVT-9134 Ignore invalid HTML tags when parsing comments as JavaDoc
Bugfixes
16.1.27 (28 October 2016)
Bugfixes
16.1.22 (12 September 2016)
Bugfixes
16.1.16 (8 July 2016)
Enhancements
16.1.9 (9 May 2016)
Features
DVT-8567 Ability to add block, flow and schematic design diagrams using export-design-block-diagram, export-design-flow-diagram, export-design-schematic-diagram
Bugfixes
16.1.2 (3 March 2016)
Bugfixes
DVT-8326 No documentation generated for inner enums, structs or classes
DVT-8340 Wrong Java path in MacOS distros
16.1.1 (24 February 2016)
Enhancements
DVT-7978 Updated JRE in distribution to version 1.8.0u66
DVT-8275 Build with Java 8, minimal JRE required version increased to 1.8
15.1.37 (23 December 2015)
Enhancements
DVT-8156 SystemVerilog: Add preference to enable/disable "Ifndef Guard Defines" extraction to HTML, do not generate by default
DVT-8157 SystemVerilog: Add preference to enable/disable "Control Defines" extraction to HTML
15.1.34 (28 November 2015)
Enhancements
15.1.33 (20 November 2015)
Performance
15.1.32 (18 November 2015)
Bugfixes
15.1.27 (8 October 2015)
Bugfixes
15.1.25 (22 September 2015)
Enhancements
15.1.24 (18 September 2015)
Enhancements
DVT-7832 Ability to use a specific package documentation as the overview page
DVT-7833 Ability to filter UVM API from index and macros pages in order to avoid clutter
DVT-7834 Show functions and tasks in generated documentation for interfaces
DVT-7835 Provide legend for class diagrams in generated documentation
Bugfixes
15.1.22 (2 September 2015)
Enhancements
15.1.18 (10 August 2015)
Performance
Enhancements
15.1.17 (3 August 2015)
Features
Enhancements
15.1.16 (27 July 2015)
Deprecated
-gen_html_doc_from_settings is deprecated, use -preferences instead
-get_html_doc flag is deprecated, use -title instead
Enhancements
DVT-7664 Enhance progress reporting in batch mode - what file is currently generated, how long it takes
DVT-7665 Use both extern and implementation function argument comments when generating documentation
DVT-7667 Don't modify the capitalization of the first word in the sentence if that word is in fact the identifier name
DVT-7669 Ability to pass custom menu by command line
DVT-7670 Ability to pass title by command line
Bugfixes
15.1.11 (20 May 2015)
Bugfixes
15.1.10 (15 May 2015)
Bugfixes
15.1.1 (27 February 2015)
Enhancements
3.5.35 (30 January 2015)
Bugfixes
3.5.32 (18 December 2014)
Bugfixes
3.5.30 (28 November 2014)
Bugfixes
3.5.26 (31 October 2014)
Enhancements
3.5.25 (23 October 2014)
Enhancements
3.5.24 (10 October 2014)
Enhancements
3.5.23 (2 October 2014)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-6213 Refine parameters documentation
DVT-6688 Show parameters in the inheritance tree
DVT-6689 Refine interfaces documentation (ports, variables, modports, clocking blocks)
3.5.19 (21 August 2014)
Bugfixes
DVT-6553 Specador compiles all files according to -lang switch in a mixed language build configuration regardless of extension mappings
DVT-6565 Specador complains about non-existing irun executable even if not in ius.irun compatibility mode
DVT-6570 FileNotFoundException (Not a directory) when generating documentation using the new HTML style
3.5.18 (1 August 2014)
Bugfixes
3.5.17 (25 July 2014)
Features
Bugfixes
3.5.16 (8 July 2014)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-6279 SystemVerilog API defined under a class should appear only under that class and not under global API
DVT-6434 SystemVerilog remove covergroups, assertions, functions, tasks, variables from index page and search
Bugfixes
3.5.14 (24 June 2014)
Bugfixes
3.5.13 (13 June 2014)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
3.5.12 (10 June 2014)
Bugfixes
DVT-6285 & DVT-6287 Exceptions when generating documentation in certain configurations
DVT-6286 Exception when generating documentation with module diagrams with ports
DVT-6288 FileNotFoundException when documentation is generated with diagrams in the same location for multiple projects
DVT-6304 Progress dialog should also include design diagrams and design diagrams with ports
3.5.11 (30 May 2014)