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Download & Installation
Current available version for download is Ver.15.78.
Unzip the installer to run the installation. If you have a security key, you can run the software with no limitation. For software trial, click through the first two dialogs regarding network license keys. Then select‘Let me run the program with the limit of 12 surfaces’ when prompt.
Security key driver:
If you have just purchased a new license to SYNOPSYS, please follow the instructions in the file, SYNOPSYS Security Key installation and renewal.pdf, to activate the security key. You will also need to download the key files for the installation.
If you are installing network key, please download the Sentinel Protection Installer 7.6.9.exe and install it on your key server only.
If you have an older version of the Sentinel key driver (prior to January 2012), you will need to download the new driver in the Keyfiles.zip.
DLLs to run SYNOPSYS:
After successfully install the security key, if you get error messages regarding missing DLLs when you first run SYNOPSYS, you can download SYNOPSYS_DLL_IA32.zip to resolve this problem. Unzip it, Copy and paste all the .dll files into your SYNOPSYS folder (usually, it is C:\SYNOPSYS). After that, SYNOPSYS™ Version 15 should run.
Starting Guide:
If you are new to SYNOPSYS™, the following technical guides will be useful in getting started:
● Automatic Design Tools in SYNOPSYS™
Security key driver cleanup utility:
If there is some catastrophic event happens to yor key driver, please use follow the steps below to clean up the key driver before installing the new one.
1. Removes all Safenet key drivers
2. Take key out of USB port
3. Run the correct utility for your version of windows
● Key driver cleanup utility for 32-bit versions of Windows (153 KB)
● Key driver cleanup utility for 64-bit versions of Windows (248 KB)
4. Reboot
Documentation:
All SYNOPSYS™ documentation is now contained in the download file. That means it is always up to date, and you don’t have to thumb through a paper copy when you want to look up something. We recommend that new users print out the Tutorial Manual, read it completely, and work the simple examples. The second component, the User’s Manual, is too long to print — but it is completely cross-referenced so you can find any topic, within seconds, on your monitor screen. When you run the program, type HELP UM to open the User’s Manual, or HELP TM to open the Tutorial Manual. There are many ways to open the manual to a desired topic instantly. Read about them in Section 13.1 of the manual. This is probably the friendliest help feature in the software industry.
RUSSIAN We also provide a pdf file of the Tutorial Manual in Russian. Click to download a zip file of the document.
JAPANESE Click here to download a zip file of the Tutorial Manual in Japanese.
FRENCH Click here to download a zip file of the Tutorial Manual in French.