Here at the AWR group of National Instruments, we are happy you are interested in getting started with our software. If you are a relatively new RF/Microwave engineer, we are glad you found us now in your career. You have made the right choice and we are exited to have you using our software. If you are not as new and used to using another design software, we are glad you are looking at the NI AWR Design Environment and look forward to the opportunity to prove to you will spend more time doing engineering work and less time managing your design.
Get Your Evaluation License
Our goal is to make it easy for you get up and running with an evaluation of our software.
Start here: http://www.awrcorp.com/download-ni-awr-design-environment
You will be required to register with your company information and the HOSTID of the computer for your evaluation. We will grant you a 7 day license to get you started. To get an extended evaluation, our sales team will need to review and approve an extended evaluation. Extended evaluations could be delayed if the information used to register does not appear to be accurate. If you work for a well known company and use a generic email domain, this will delay your extended approval. We don't want to be difficult, we want to make sure people registering are legitimate potential customers.
Print the Quick Reference Guide
AWR provides a Quick Reference Guide. This is a condensed document of tips and tricks on how to accomplish many tasks. This has been developed over years of supporting our customers. Every engineer using the NI AWR Design Environment should have a printed version this guide on their desk.
Please use Help > Quick Reference from the NI AWRDE to open a printable version of this guide or you can download here. You can also contact AWR support (awr.support@ni.com) to get copies of this guide free of charge. If you request one, make sure to request for each designer in your group, they will thank you for thinking of them. Your boss will thank you for finding ways for AWRDE users to be more efficient.