Manage Tekla Structures online licenses
Online subscription licenses are the default licensing option for new Tekla Structures licenses.
Online licenses are delivered and managed in Tekla's online account and licensing portal, Tekla Online Admin Tool. Administrator users in each organization add users to their organization and assign the licenses to users. Users access their assigned online licenses by logging into their account when starting Tekla Structures.
All users can view their currently assigned licenses in their Tekla Online profile.
About Tekla Structures online licenses
Tekla Structures online licenses are purchased as a recurring or fixed-term subscription. The license details, including renewal information, can be viewed in Tekla Online Admin Tool. The licenses unlock the Tekla Structures Carbon, Graphite, or Diamond configurations, which progressively enable more product features.
Tekla Online administrators assign licenses to users. Tekla Structures online licenses are named single-user licenses. Each user must have their own Trimble Identity and Tekla Structures subscription license seat.
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If you have a Standard Tekla Structures online subscription license, you can assign each license seat for a total of four times per calendar year. This allows you to keep using the license when there are unexpected changes, such as if an employee changes roles or leaves the company.
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Flex and Worldwide licenses can be reassigned from one user to another without limitations. If you plan to switch licenses from user to user, you should select one of these licenses.
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Standard and Flex licenses must only be used within the country of purchase. Worldwide licenses can be assigned to users in any country.
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You can assign Standard, Flex, and Worldwide licenses to both employees and external users.
It is not possible to use Tekla Structures simultaneously on different computers with the same online license. Users must close Tekla Structures without keeping the license reserved to be able to use the license on a different computer.
Tekla Structures online licenses can be used offline for up to 72 hours. The user can reserve the license for offline use even when they close Tekla Structures.
For more information on managing renewals, see Manage renewals in Tekla Online.
Using online licenses with older Tekla Structures versions
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A Tekla Structures Carbon license activates the Project viewer configuration.
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A Tekla Structures Graphite license activates the Rebar Detailing configuration.
- A Tekla Structures Diamond license activates the Full configuration.
The same license allows opening multiple instances of Tekla Structures on the same computer for the following versions and service packs:
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2019i SP10 or later
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2019 SP12 or later
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2020 SP9 or later
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2021 (any service pack)
For earlier versions and service packs, a single license does not allow opening an older version of Tekla Structures together with a newer version of Tekla Structures on the same computer.
Although permitted by licensing, simultaneously running multiple instances of Tekla Structures on the same computer might cause errors in some features, such as extensions.
About Tekla Partner configuration licenses
The Tekla Partner configuration uses a Tekla Online license. A Partner license can be assigned to any number of users at the same time. The number of licenses you have determines the maximum number of concurrent users. You are only allowed to assign Partner licenses to people within your own organization. More information on the terms of this license and the Tekla Partners program is available in the Tekla Developer Center.
About Tekla Student subscriptions
Tekla Student subscriptions are personal online subscriptions meant only for educational users who want to try out and learn Tekla Structures, Tekla Structural Designer, and Tekla Tedds in Tekla Campus.
Using a Tekla Student subscription for any commercial work is prohibited. All models are saved in a format that cannot be opened using commercial subscriptions. For more information, visit the Tekla Campus website.
About Tekla Model Sharing licenses
Tekla Model Sharing uses Tekla Online licenses that are purchased as a yearly subscription. You should have one license seat for each user who is currently taking part in the project. You can transfer Tekla Model Sharing licenses from one person to another (with restrictions explained further in this section), so the same license can be used by different people as the projects progress and resource needs change.
You do not need to specifically assign individual licenses for each user. Instead, you give users access to the license pool of your organization. You can give access to an unlimited number of users, so there is no need to adjust license access rights every time people move in and out of projects. You do still need to keep track of how many licenses are needed at peak usage. If you do not have enough free licence seats for all users who try to join Tekla Model Sharing at the same time, some users attempting to join see a message that all license seats are reserved.
Users can work on a shared model offline without reserving a license. A license is reserved when a user launches a Tekla Model Sharing operation. If a user joins Tekla Model Sharing from several devices, the user reserves a separate license seat for each device. The license is released within three hours after the user disconnects (shuts down Tekla Structures, switches to working on a model that is not shared or is otherwise cut off from the Tekla Model Sharing service).
Assign online licenses to users
As an administrator, you assign your company's Tekla Online licenses for those Tekla products and services that require a license. All license types do not allow you to freely assign the licenses from user to user, so pay attention to the license type when you assign licenses to users.
Check Tekla Online license usage and expiry date
You can view both the current Tekla Online license users and statistics on past usage.