CAD

Tools Available for Access

CMC provides access to Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools for academic research, classroom, and industrial R&D in the areas of microelectronics, MEMS, microfluidics, photonics, and embedded systems.

For more information about

Academic Access Requirements, please contact registrar@cmc.ca;
CAD tool software portfolio and access, including CMC Cloud Design Environments, please contact cad@cmc.ca; and
For industrial access, please contact sales@cmc.ca.

Company	Tool Name	Download	Quick Start Guide
	XperiDesk Suite	Access through CADpass	XperiDesk Quick Start Guide
	ANSYS Campus Solutions Software	Download from CMC	Quick Start Guide: Installing ANSYS Electronics Desktop for Research via CADpass R20 Quick Start Guide: Installing ANSYS Mechanical/Fluids Software for Research via CADpass R20 Quick Start Guide: Installing ANSYS Electronics Desktop for Classroom via CADpass R20 Quick Start Guide: Installing ANSYS Mechanical/CFD Software for Classroom via CADpass R20
	Altium Designer	Download from Altium Note: To download the installation file from the Altium website, you will need to contact CMC to obtain an Altium account.
	ARM ARM Fast Models	Download from CMC
	Cadence University Software Cadence Academic Suite for Teaching Cadence for US Academics	Windows: Download from CMC Microsystems Linux: Via Supported Technology Configuration (STC) disk. For more information, contact your STC administrator.	Quick Start Guide: Installing Cadence Allegro/OrCAD via CADpass R20 Quick Start Guide: Setting up Cadence Allegro/OrCAD Software via CADpass Classic
	COMSOL Multiphysics COMSOL Modules	Download from CMC	Quick Start Guide: Installing COMSOL Multiphysics via CADpass R20
	Crosslight Semiconductor Device Simulation Software	Download from CMC	Crosslight Quick Start Guide
	CoventorMP MEMS Design Platform	Download from Coventor	CoventorMP Quick start Guide
	Design Workshop DW-2000 Photonic Design Software	Download from Design Workshop	Quick Start Guide: Installing dw-2000 via CADpass R20
	ThermoFisher Amira and Avizo 3D Visualisation and Analysis Software	Download Avizo Download Amira	Quick Start Guide: Amira and Avizo 3D Visualisation Software
	IAR Embedded Workbench	Download for ARM Cortex-M Download for 8051	Quick Start Guide: Installing IAR Embedded Workbench on Windows and Accessing the License via CADpass
	Intel FPGA Development Tools (formerly Altera)	Get FPGA development tools	Intel FPGA Development Tools Quickstart Guide Intel FPGA Development Tools Quickstart Guide for Linux
	Keysight Technologies PathWave Software Platform	Download from Keysight	Quick Start Guide: Keysight Technologies’ Software
	Luceda IPKISS.EDA	Download from CMC	Quick Start Guide: Luceda IPKISS.EDA
	Lumerical Solutions Interconnect	Download from Lumerical Solutions	INTERCONNECT Quickstart Guide
	Mentor Graphics Higher Education Program	Mentor Downloads	Quick Start Guide: Installing Mentor Graphics PADS CAD Software via CADpass R20 Quick Start Guide: Installing Mentor Graphics HyperLynx via CADpass R20
	NI LabVIEW Design Tool	Download: LabVIEW Design Tool 2011 Download: LabVIEW Design Tool 2012 Versions 2013 to 2015: Download from National Instruments Versions 2016 and later: Download from NI LabVIEW	LabVIEW Quickstart Guide
	OptiBPM Optical Simulation Software OptiFDTD Design Tool		OptiBPM Quick Start Guide OptiFDTD Quickstart Guide
	Photon Design CrystalWave and OmniSim Design Tools Photon Design FimmWave Design Tool	Download CrystalWave and OmniSim from CMC Microsystems Download FIMMWAVE from CMC Microsystems	CrystalWave Quickstart Guide FIMMWAVE Quickstart Guide
	SolidWorks Software Packages	Download from CMC Microsystems	Quick Start Guide: Installing Dassault Design Systemes SolidWorks Software via CADpass R20
	Synopsys Design Tools	Download from CMC
	Xilinx Vitis Xilinx ISE/Vivado Design Suite Xilinx Vivado for Teaching Xilinx SDSoC Xilinx SDAccel	Download from CMC	Xilinx Quickstart Guide Xilinx Quickstart Guide for Linux Xilinx Vivado Quickstart Guide Quick Start Guide: Setting Up Xilinx SDAccel Licensing on Linux Using CADpass Quick Start Guide: Using SDAccel in CMC Cloud
	Zemax OpticStudio Professional Optical Design Tool	Get Zemax	Zemax Quickstart Guide
	Synopsys Technology CAD Tools	Contact cad@cmc.ca to arrange.
	Cadence Allegro/OrCAD Software	Download from CMC	Quick Start Guide: Installing Cadence Allegro/OrCAD via CADpass R20
	ANSYS Lumerical Solutions INTERCONNECT	Download from ANSYS Lumerical	Quick Start Guide: Installing ANSYS – Lumerical Interconnect via CADpass R20
	Synopsys QuantumATK Academic Software	Download from CMC	Quick Start Guide: Installing Synopsys QuantumATK Academic Software via CADpass R20
	Synopsys ASIP Designer	Via STC disk
	Synopsys Photonic Solutions (Rsoft, OptSim, OptoDesigner)	Download from CMC	Quick Start Guide: Installing Synopsys Photonic Solutions (RSoft Photonic Device, OptSim, and OptoDesigner) via CADpass R20
	Mentor Graphics Tanner Suite	Download from CMC
	Mentor Graphics softMEMS MEMS Pro	Download from CMC
Company	Tool Name	Download	Quick Start Guide

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