Install Sigasi HDT as VHDL Plugin in Eclipse


Prerequisites

  • You need to have Eclipse installed. You need at least version 3.5, but you should consider moving to Eclipse 3.6 if you can.

Install the VHDL Eclipse plugin

  • Click Help > Install New Software...
  • Enter http://download.sigasi.com/updates/hdt as update site in the "Work with" field. If your firewall complains, allow access for Eclipse application.
  • Sigasi HDT will appear as installable Eclipse plugin. Enable the checkbox next to it.

  • (Optional) Unselect Contact all update sites during install to find required software to speed up the installation. If you leave this box checked, various Eclipse servers will be contacted during the installation. This can seriously slow down the installation because these servers are often under heavy load.
  • Click Next
  • An overview of what will be installed is shown (Just Sigasi HDT in this case). Click Next.
  • Read the license, accept it and click Finish to start the actual installation.
  • Next click yes to restart Eclipse and finish the installation.

Java Virtual Machine Settings

We recommend to increase the default heap size settings of Eclipse. You can do this by adding following lines to eclipse.ini in your Eclipse installation folder:

-vmargs
-Xmx1024m

This sets the maximum heap size to 1024 MB. If you system has plenty of memory, you can even choose higher numbers.

Note: If your eclipse.ini already contains these arguments, you should not append these parameters again, but instead modify the existing values. If -vmargs is there already, but -Xmx1024m is not; you should add -Xmx1024m after the existing -vmargs.

License key

Fill in your license code at Window > Preferences > VHDL > License.

Use the VHDL Eclipse plugin

The easiest way to start working with the Sigasi HDT plugin is to open the VHDL perspective first, by clicking Window > Open Perspective > Other... and selecting VHDL. As a result all relevant views for working with VHDL code are opened, just like you know them from the stand-alone Sigasi HDT application.

If you haven't done so, walk through our built-in tutorial. If you have a trial license, finishing this tutorial will get you an extra week on top of your current license.