IE3D™

Installation Instructions

Software Version 15.0

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Mentor Graphics Application Software

• “Before You Begin Installation” on page 3
• “Ordering Licenses” on page 4
• “Installing and Configuring Licensing” on page 4
• “Downloading Software From SupportNet” on page 5
• “Quick Install for Windows” on page 7
• “Quick Install for Linux” on page 9
• “Getting Technical Support” on page 11
• “Connecting IE3D Server and Agent” on page 11
• “Opening IE3D on Linux” on page 16
• “Miscellaneous Behaviors” on page 17
• “Setting Environment Variables” on page 17

For additional reference while loading software, Mentor Graphics provides key system
documentation on SupportNet and the install DVD/CD ROM. Refer to the following manuals:

• IE3D Release Highlights (ie3d_15.0_rn.pdf)

• Managing Mentor Graphics IE3D Software (manage_sw_ie3d.pdf)
• Licensing Mentor Graphics Software (mgc_licen.pdf)
• License Administration Guide (flexnet_admin.pdf)

Before You Begin Installation

The following are pre-requisites to the Mentor Graphics product installation.

1. Order software licenses from Mentor Graphics. Licensing should be installed prior to
installing application software.

Note
To make full use of the Mentor Install Program automatic product selection by licenses,
set up your software licensing environment before installing application software.

2. Check system requirements. For current system requirements, refer to the SupportNet
Download tab for this release. The release documents are located in the
release_documents directory on the application DVD/CD ROM or from SupportNet.

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Additionally, the following web site on SupportNet lists all supported system
configurations:
http://supportnet.mentor.com/systemreqs/index.cfm

Ordering Licenses
New users must order software licenses prior to installing Mentor Graphics software. To order
licenses, contact your local Mentor Graphics sales office. They can provide you with
information on the number of node-locked and floating licenses your company purchased and
any current license sever configurations you may have. You must provide them with:

• Any new license server configuration

• The host ID numbers of client and license server workstations for node-locked licenses
• The host ID number of the license server workstation for all floating licenses
Existing customers are reminded that your licensing report is available at the SupportNet web
site (http://supportnet.mentor.com/myaccount), then choose the Licenses tab.

Note
The Customer Support web site requires a login and password. To register and obtain a
password, go to http://supportnet.mentor.com/user/register.cfm. If you have difficulties,
email csd_registration@mentor.com.

If you are registered, but have forgotten your password, go to

http://supportnet.mentor.com/user/forgot_password.cfm.

Installing and Configuring Licensing

All Mentor Graphics products require licensing to be installed and configured properly before
invoking and operating them. It is recommended that licensing be installed before installing
applications. For more licensing information, refer to the Download tab on SupportNet or the
release_documents directory at the top level of the DVD/CD ROM for the following
documents:

• Chapter 1, “Licensing” in the Managing Mentor Graphics IE3D Software

(manage_sw_ie3d.pdf)
• Licensing Mentor Graphics Software manual for detailed licensing information for the
system administrator (mgc_licen.pdf)
• License Administration Guide manual for detailed licensing tools usage
(flexnet_admin.pdf)

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 Downloading Software From SupportNet

Downloading Software From SupportNet

Note
SupportNet stores some of your download history. If you have previously downloaded
the software, SupportNet may not prompt you for all the steps in the procedure below,
such as step 6.

1. Create a IE3D download directory on your computer. Change to that directory.

2. Using a web browser, log on to Mentor Graphics SupportNet.
3. In the “My Products” area, click IE3D.
4. In the “Downloads” list, click the version you want to use.
5. Click the down arrow or the text (reference figure below).

6. Read the Software Terms and Conditions and click I Agree at the bottom before
downloading the software.
7. In the Product Download window, select the FTP Download button associated with the
platform-specific version of the software you want to download.
8. The following is platform dependent:
On Linux:
Untar the file. For example:
# tar -xvf 2010??_ESDM.rhel4.tar

On Windows:

Note
The following instructions use WinZip as the extraction utility. If you use a different
extraction utility, make appropriate selections to ensure that the directory structure of the
Mentor Graphics software is preserved.

i. In the File Download pop-up, click Save to save the .zip file to your machine
ii. In Windows Explorer, right-click the .zip file.
iii. From the pop-up menu, select Winzip > Extract to...

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Note
The folder you extract the .zip file into becomes your installation source folder. This
folder must not have any spaces in its path.

iv. Navigate to the folder to uncompress to.

v. Select “Use Folder names” and click Extract.
The data is extracted to the selected location.
9. Follow the instructions listed in “Quick Install for Windows” or “Quick Install for
Linux”.

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 Quick Install for Windows

Quick Install for Windows

Note
By default, the Mentor Install Program is installed to C:\MentorGraphics\Install on
Windows. If you need to install the Mentor Install Program to an alternative location, see
“Installing the Install Program to an Alternative Location” section in the Managing
Mentor Graphics Software manual.

1. Navigate to the directory where you downloaded the release to. Double-click setup.exe
to start the install program.
Alternatively, if you are installing from DVD/CD ROM, insert the disc into your drive.
If the installation does not automatically start, select Start > Run, specify the DVD/CD
ROM drive letter and install executable (for example C:\setup.exe) and click OK.

Note
You must have Administrator privileges to install the software products from DVD/CD
ROM on Windows systems.

Note
It is highly recommended that you stop all other programs before you install Mentor
Graphics products.

Tip: After the Mentor Install Program invokes, instructions for performing each of the
following tasks are available in the online help.

2. In the Mentor Graphics Install window, click Install Products. The Source and Target
screen displays.
3. Specify the source location by typing the source path in the source location field or click
Search to select the source directory. The default source location is the path where you
invoked setup.exe in Windows. Valid source directories display as gold-colored folders.
4. Type the target path in the target location field or click Browse to select the target
directory.
Restrictions: Do not use spaces in the path. Other Mentor Graphic products and
features do not accept spaces in the target path.
5. Click Next to display the Product Selection screen.

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Note
If the license environment variable is set, the Loading License Data screen displays
before the Product Selection screen. Your license is checked and a key icon is placed to
the right of the product name in the Product Selection screen.

6. Select the products to install by selecting the appropriate check boxes. Products
previously installed have a “target” icon to the right of the product name.

Note
IE3D Distributed Computing Agent and IE3D EM Designer are installed on a computer
(A) and IE3D Distributed Computing Service is installed on a different computer (B).

7. Click Next to display the License Agreement screen.

8. Read the licensing agreement and click Agree to accept. The Confirm Selections screen
displays.
9. Confirm the product selections by clicking Install.

Caution
Some software installations launch post-installation processes that may include separate
dialogs and command shells. Do not dismiss these dialogs or shells; they will either
complete automatically or certain dialogs will require input. If any reboot requests occur
during the installation process, respond No and reboot after the installation has
completed. Once all the post-install processes are complete, the install wizard indicates
the overall install process is complete.

10. Click Done when the installation is complete.

Caution
If you choose to run verification on the install, run it immediately after installation and
prior to running any of the products as the products can modify the installed files. These
modified files could return unsatisfactory installation verification results.

Note
For the remainder of this installation, the server has the IE3D Distributed Computing
Service product installed and the agent has the IE3D Distributed Computing Agent and
IE3D EM Designer products installed.

11. Set the system environment variable “MGLS_LICENSE_FILE” to the license server,
refer to “Installing and Configuring Licensing” on page 4 for additional information.

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 Quick Install for Linux

Quick Install for Linux

Note
By default, the Install Program is installed to $HOME/mgc/install.<vco> on Linux.
<vco> is “ixl” for Linux. If you need to install the Mentor Install Program to an
alternative location, see “Installing the Install Program to an Alternative Location”
section in the Managing Mentor Graphics IE3D manual.

1. If installing from DVD/CD ROM, follow the instructions here to mount the DVD/CD
ROM. If installing from a downloaded release, proceed to step 2.

Note
Mounting and unmounting the DVD/CD ROM on UNIX systems requires “root”
privileges. However, installing the application software does not require “root”
privileges.

To mount the DVD/CD ROM on Linux, do the following:

a. Insert the Volume 1 DVD/CD into the DVD/CD ROM drive.
b. If necessary, create a mount point (directory) for your DVD/CD ROM device.
c. Mount the DVD/CD ROM. The following table shows command-line examples for
the supported operating systems. Substitute the SCSI address for the value of “x”.
Table 1. Mounting Commands by Operating System
Operating System Use These UNIX Commands...
Linux mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

2. Run the Mentor Install Program by invoking install.ixl (Linux).

Linux example:
/cdrom/install.ixl

Tip: After the Mentor Install Program invokes, instructions for performing each of the
following tasks are available in the online help.

3. In the Mentor Graphics Install window, click Install Products. The Source and Target
screen displays.
4. Specify the source location by typing the source path in the source location field or click
Search to select the source directory. The default source location is the path where you
invoked install.

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Type the target path in the target location field or click Browse to select the target
directory.
Click Next to display the Product Selection screen.
5. Select the products to install by selecting the appropriate check boxes. Products
previously installed have a “target” icon to the right of the product name.

Note
IE3D Distributed Computing Agent and IE3D EM Designer are installed on the agent
computer and IE3D Distributed Computing Service is installed on a different computer.

Note
If the license environment variable is set, the Loading License Data screen displays
before the Product Selection screen. Your license is checked and a key icon is placed to
the right of the product name in the Product Selection screen.

6. Click Next to display the License Agreement screen.

7. Read the licensing agreement and click Agree to accept. The Confirm Selections screen
displays.
8. Confirm the product selections by clicking Install.
9. Click Done when the installation is complete.

Caution
Some software installations launch post-installation processes that may include separate
dialogs and command shells. Do not dismiss these dialogs or shells; they will either
complete automatically or certain dialogs will require input. If any reboot requests occur
during the installation process, respond No and reboot after the installation has
completed. Once all the post-install processes are complete, the install wizard indicates
the overall install process is complete.

Caution
If you choose to run verification on the install, run it immediately after installation and
prior to running any of the products as the products can modify the installed files. These
modified files could return unsatisfactory installation verification results.

Related Topics
“Setting Environment Variables” on page 17

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 Getting Technical Support

Getting Technical Support

If you have questions about this software release, please log in to SupportNet. You may search
thousands of technical solutions, view documentation, or open a Service Request online at:

http://supportnet.mentor.com/

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http://supportnet.mentor.com/user/register.cfm

All customer support contact information can be found on our web site at:

http://supportnet.mentor.com/contacts/supportcenters/

Connecting IE3D Server and Agent

During project development, distributive simulation is performed on the design to maintain
design specifications. Before you can perform distributive simulation you need to connect the
agent to the server. Use the following procedure to connect the agent to the server.

Prerequisite
• The workstation server has IE3D Distributed Computing Service product installed.
• The workstation agents have IE3D Distributed Computing Agent and IE3D EM
Designer products installed.

Procedure
Windows
Double-click on C:\MentorGraphics\15.0IE3D\SDD_HOME\IE3D\server\zds.exe.

Linux
Double-click on C:\MentorGraphics\15.0IE3D\SDD_HOME\IE3D\server\run_zds.

1. In the Configure Distributed Agent Licenses screen select ZDM-8 or ZDM-16

(Figure -2). The selection defines the maximum number of cores allowed for any Agent.
Choose ZDM-8 unless you have more than 8 cores.

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Figure -2. Configure Distributed Agent License

2. Enter the number of licenses required and click OK.

The number of licenses limits the number of agents used by the server. For example; if
the requested licenses is 4, the server can connect to a maximum of 4 agents.
3. In the IE3D Distributed Service screen, the Total licenses equals the number of
requested licenses. The Stop button is active, indicating the server is started ().

Figure -3. IE3D Distributed Service Window

For an agent to connect to the server you need the server’s name or IP address and Port
number. The IE3D Distributed Service screen provides the servers name (screen
heading) and port number. To obtain the servers IP address, use the following:
a. Choose Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.
b. On the command line enter systeminfo.

Windows
On the agent, double-click
C:\MentorGraphics\15.0IE3D\SDD_HOME\IE3D\agent\zdm.exe.

Linux
On the agent, double-click
C:\MentorGraphics\15.0IE3D\SDD_HOME\IE3D\agent\run_zdm

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4. In the Host Setting screen, enter the servers IP address or name in the Host filed
(Figure -4).

Figure -4. Host Setting Window

5. In the Host Setting screen - Port field, enter the server port number.
6. Click OK.
7. The ZDM screen displays and the message filed contains “Connected to distributed
server” (Figure -5). If it did not connect, click the Stop button and enter the ZDS Host
and ZDS Port values of the server. (The ZDS Host is the server’s IP address or computer
name and ZDS Port is the servers port number.)

Figure -5. ZDM Window

Checking the server’s IE3D Distributed Service screen shows one agent connected and
the licenses remaining is decremented by 1 (Figure -6). Additional agents can connect to
the server as defined by the number in the Remaining Licenses field. Each agent
requires a license.
For distributed simulations, refer to the IE3D User’s Manual.

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Figure -6. IE3D Distributed Service Connected

Related Topics
“Miscellaneous Behaviors” on page 17

Performing Distributed Simulations

During project development, distributive simulation is performed on the design to maintain
design specifications. To perform distributive simulation use the following procedure:

Prerequisite
• The server and agent have a peer-to-peer connection (“Connecting IE3D Server and
Agent” on page 11).

Procedure
1. Launch Mgrid (Start > All Program > Mentor Graphics SDD > IE3D 15.0 >
MGrid).
2. Click Yes to launch the IE3D Program Manager.
3. Use MGrid to open a *.geo file on the agent (Sample .geo file
C:\Mentorgraphics\15.0IE3D\SDD_HOME\IE3D\ie3d).
4. Choose Process > Simulate
5. In the Simulation Setup window, select “Invoke IE3D Network Distributed simulation”.
6. In the “After Setup” section and click OK. It will open Jobs Manager window, which is
shown in Figure -7.

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The information at the bottom of the window, “Disconnected to Distributed Service”

message displays in red font.

Figure -7. IE3D Jobs Manager - Running Job

7. Click ZDS Setting button to view the Host Setting window (Figure -4 on page 13).
8. Enter the IP address or host name and port number of the ZDS and click OK.
Now at the bottom of the window “Connected to Distributed Service” message as
highlighted in Figure -8.
9. The IE3D Jobs Manager window also displays the status, agents with ID, and simulation
time. To see the frequency points, click on the small triangle button at the beginning of
the line. (Figure -8)

Figure -8. IE3D Job Manager Frequency Points

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Once the jobs are assigned, the details can be viewed in server IE3d Distribution Service
window as shown in Figure -9. It displays which frequency points are being simulated
along with the agent ID and the status.
After all of the frequency points are simulated, the results are available in the Output
directory created at the *.sim file location (project folder).
The Jobs Manager window displays Distributed Job finished when the job is complete.
The log file can be viewed by clicking Open Job Log button (Figure -8).

Figure -9. Running Distributed Simulations

Opening IE3D on Linux

Use the following procedure to launch IE3D on a Linux system.

Prerequisite
Install and configure licensing. See “Installing and Configuring Licensing” on page 4.

Procedure
1. Use the following commands to launch IE3D:
• <install_directory>/15.0IE3D/SDD_HOME/IE3D/bin32/run_ie3d (rehel4)
• <install_directory>/15.0IE3D/SDD_HOME/IE3D/bin64/run_ie3d (rhel464)

Related Topics
“Setting Environment Variables” on page 17

“Miscellaneous Behaviors” on page 17

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Miscellaneous Behaviors
• Thing the user needs to know.

Setting Environment Variables

To enable Mentor Graphics flow releases to interact with IE3D on Linux computers, set the
ZELAND_SITE environment variable on the Linux workstation.

c shell example:

setenv ZELAND_SITE <install_directory>/15.0IE3D/SDD_HOME/IE3D

See also: “Managing Environment Settings” chapter in Managing Mentor Graphics IE3D
Software manual (manage_ie3d_sw.pdf), which is located in the release_documents folder in
the software download file or CD.

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