Windows 10

Delft3D 4.04.01
Software installation

For use by: Students

Version: 1.4
Date: 21­04­2021
Owner: SID Studoc
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 Installing Delft3D 4.04.01 on Windows 10
You can download the MATLAB compiler and Delft3D installation files from https://software.tudelft.nl

Before you begin

The following instructions are supported by TU Delft and have been tested to be working. We are offering this
manual to you as an extra service. In the event you have a different configuration or version of the OS to the
one described here and you have problems, we advise you to contact your nearest Service Desk, Student IT Desk
(SID) or Workplace Services (WPS).

Prerequisites
In order to install Deltares Delft3D, make sure that you are running Windows 10 and that you have access to the
administrator rights of your device.

Contents
1. Installing the MATLAB compiler
2. Installing Deltares Delft3D
3. Adding the license path to Windows 10
Part 1: Installing the MATLAB compiler

Step 01: Download the MCRInstaller from Step 02: Start the installation of the MATLAB compiler by
https://software.tudelft.nl and run the .exe file pressing ’next’.
(MCR_R2013b_win64_installer.exe). You will see the
following pop­up appear: wait for the process to finish.

Step 03: Read the terms of the license agreement, select Step 04: Specify where you want to install the software,
’yes’ and press ’next’. preferably in the ’Program Files’ folder of your computer.
Then, press ’next’.

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Step 05: Confirm the installation by pressing ’Install’. Step 06: Wait for the installation process to finish. This can
take a couple of minutes.

Step 07: The installation of the MATLAB compiler has been

completed! Select ’Finish’ and move on to the second part
of the manual.

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 Part 2: Installing Deltares Delft3D
Step 08: Download the Deltares Delft3D installation
file from https://software.tudelft.nl and run the .msi file
(delft3d_x64_binaries_hydro_morpho_waq.msi). Check
whether you have correctly downloaded version 4.04.01.
Then, press ’Next’.
Step 10: For most users, the ’Typical’ installation will suf­
fice. However, if you want to specify the location of the in­
stallation of Delft3D, select ’Custom’.
Step 09: Read the terms in the License Agreement, select
the checkbox and click ’Next’.
Step 11: CUSTOM INSTALLATION ONLY
Specify the location of the installation by clicking on
’Browse’ and selecting the desired folder. For convenience,
make a new folder in this location named ’Deltares’, and a
subfolder called ’Delft3D 4.04.01’, and select this subfolder
as the definitive installation location. Then, press ’Next’.
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Step 12: Click on ’Install’. When Windows asks for admin­ Step 13: Delft3D has successfully been installed! Press
istrator permission, fill in the credentials of the local admin­ ’Finish’ to finish the installation and move on to the third
istrator account of your device and continue the installation. part of this manual.

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 Part 3: Adding the licence path to Windows 10

Step 14: This installation of Delft3D works with a network Step 15: Select ’System’.
licence of TU Delft. Therefore, this license must be added
to your device in order to be able to use Delft3D. Go to the
Control Panel and select ’System and Security’.

Step 16: Select ’Advanced system settings’ in the sidebar. Step 17: In the ’Advanced’ tab of the System Properties,
select ’Environment Variables’.

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Step 18: This is the location where the license network
must be added to Windows. Therefore, select ’New’ in or­
der to add the network path of the license to the system
variables of your device.
Step 19: Add the following 2 variable names and values in
2 separate windows and click OK.
• Variable name: DHSDELFT_LICENSE_FILE and
variable value: 29035@flexserv11.tudelft.nl
• Variable name: DWLDELFT_LICENSE_FILE and
variable value: 29035@flexserv11.tudelft.nl

Step 20: Now the license has been added and you are
ready to use Delft3D!
REMEMBER: in order to use the network license, you must
either be connected directly to the on­campus TU Delft net­
work or use a VPN connection to connect to the TU Delft
network.