Get the installer from R:\Modules\SI\2131_ELE\ELN\Software\VHDL\ModelSim\modelsim-win32-6.6g-se.exe.

Set following options during the installation process:

• Target location: C:\EDA\ModelSim

Get the installer from R:\Modules\SI\2131_ELE\ELN\Software\VHDL\HDL-Designer\HDSSetup_2009.2_win.exe. and launch it.

Set following options during the installation process:

• Target location: C:\EDA\HDS
• Product selection: HDL Designer
• no dongle installation

If HDL-Designer doesn't start you have to execute the Update_MGC_pkginfo Batch script with administrator rights. It updates the pkginfo file with a new version from the Mentor Graphics servers.

To be able to get a license you have to be connected to the school network either way directly by cable, through the school wifi secure-hevs or through VPN.

Add the license server location to your computers environment variables:

• right-click on Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables
• select or add new LM_LICENSE_FILE
• add ;<portNumber>@mentorlm.hevs.ch
  • ask Oliver Gubler or Corthay François for the <portNumber>