Manage subscriptions for Tekla products
Subscription licenses are the default licensing option for Tekla products.
Subscriptions are delivered and managed in the Tekla Online Admin Tool, Tekla's online account and licensing portal. Administrator users in each organization assign the subscription licenses to users. Users access their assigned subscriptions by logging into their account when starting Tekla Structures.
All users can view their currently assigned subscription licenses in their Tekla Online profile.
Assign subscription licenses to users
As an administrator, you assign your company's subscriptions for Tekla products and services that require a license.
Before you begin, add any new users to the Employees or External license users group as explained in Manage user accounts for Tekla products.
Each named license seat can have exactly one assigned user. Some license types limit the number of times that you can reassign the licenses from user to user. Pay attention to the license type and make sure that you have selected the correct users when you assign licenses.
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You are responsible for following the terms governing the use of each license, such as the countries where the license is allowed to be used.
You can assign any number of users to floating licenses regardless of the number of license seats you have. The number of licenses that you have determines the maximum number of concurrent users on a first-come-first-served basis.
- Sign in to the Tekla Online Admin Tool.
- On the Employees or External license users tab, select the check box on the user's row to assign licenses.
Reassign subscription licenses from one user to another
You can reassign license seats from one user to another, with some limitations. Reassigning license seats allows you to keep using the subscription license when there are unexpected changes, such as when an employee changes roles or leaves the company.
Before you begin, ask the user who currently has the subscription license assigned to sign out and exit from their Tekla app without reserving the subscription license. If the user does not sign out and exit, you can release the subscription license, but you cannot reassign the it to another user until it is no longer reserved.
Some license types limit the number of times that you can reassign the licenses from user to user. Pay attention to the license type and make sure that you have selected the correct users when you assign subscription licenses.
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You are responsible for following the terms governing the use of each license, such as the countries where the license is allowed to be used.
Check subscription usage and expiration date
You can view both the current Tekla subscription users and statistics about past usage.
- Click the question mark next to the license name in the Employees view to see the basic usage details:
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Assignments remaining: number of times you can assign any of the license seats to a user. Each standard license seat can be assigned a maximum of four times per year.
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Seat count: how many license seats you have.
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Assigned: how many users have been assigned one of the license seats.
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Reserved by invitation: how many licenses have been reserved in invites to new users to join your Tekla Online organization. The license is assigned when the user accepts the invitation. The license reservation ends if the email address is not valid, the user rejects the invitation, an administrator in your company cancels the invitation before the user accepts it, or the invitation expires.
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- To view more information, go to the License details tab.
There are two views that you can cycle through by using the button above the license information table.
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By default, you are in the License view. You can click each license to see details, such as the subscription period for your subscription licenses.
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Click the Usage view button to go the view and see a summary of license counts, number of assigned licenses, and the current usage. When you click the In use column in this view, you can also see the individual users who are currently using a license seat.
- License expiration warnings are also displayed to users in Tekla Structures when the expiration date is nearing for licensed features such as Tekla Model Sharing.
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About Tekla Partner configuration licenses
Subscriptions for the Tekla Partner configuration can be used only for purposes of application and BIM content development as part of the Tekla Partners Program. Use for other commercial purposes including, but not limited to, modeling, detailing, or fabrication is explicitly excluded.
The Tekla Partner configuration uses named single-user Tekla subscriptions. There are no limits for how many times you can re-assign the subscription license seats.
The terms of the Tekla Partner program only allow you to assign Tekla Partner subscription license seats to people who are directly employed by your company. For example, you are not allowed to assign your Tekla Partner subscription license seats to subcontracted resources who work for another company. The company that employs the subcontracted resources must enter the Tekla Partners Program separately and assign its own subscription license seats to its employees.
Note: Some existing users might have legacy Tekla Partner configuration licenses that can be assigned to any number of users at the same time. For these users, the number of licenses that you have determines the maximum number of concurrent users.
More information about the Tekla Partners program is available in the Tekla Developer Center.
About Tekla Student subscriptions
Tekla Student subscriptions are personal 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 Structures subscriptions
Tekla Structures subscriptions are purchased as a recurring or fixed-term subscription. The licenses unlock the Tekla Structures Carbon, Graphite, or Diamond configurations, which progressively enable more product features.
Tekla Structures subscriptions are named single-user licenses. Each user must have their own Trimble Identity and Tekla Structures subscription license seat. As an administrator, you assign license seats to users. You can assign license seats to both employees and external license users.
It is not possible to use Tekla Structures simultaneously on different computers with the same subscription license. Users must sign out and exit Tekla Structures or close Tekla Structures without keeping the license reserved to be able to use the license on a different computer.
Tekla Structures subscriptions can be used offline for up to 72 hours. Users can reserve the license for offline use even when they close Tekla Structures.
Tekla Structures subscription license types
Different license types provide different levels of flexibility. The license type determines how many times license seats can be reassigned from one user to another, and the country where the license is allowed to be used.
| License type | License seat assignment | Country of use |
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| Standard | Maximum of four assignments in each calendar year | Only within the country of purchase |
| Flex | No limitations | Only within the country of purchase |
| Worldwide | No limitations | No limitations |
Using subscriptions with older Tekla Structures versions
Tekla Structures subscriptions can be used to license Tekla Structures 2019 and higher. When used with a version earlier than Tekla Structures 2021, the subscription activates one of these configurations:
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A Tekla Structures Carbon license activates the Project viewer or Production planner configuration.
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A Tekla Structures Graphite license activates the Rebar Detailing or Production planner configuration.
- A Tekla Structures Diamond license activates the Full configuration.
In Tekla Structures 2021 or later, the same license allows you to open multiple instances of Tekla Structures on the same computer. The following earlier versions and service packs also allow you to open multiple instances of Tekla Structures:
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2019i SP10 or later
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2019 SP12 or later
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2020 SP9 or later
For earlier versions and service packs, the same license does not allow opening an older version of Tekla Structures together with a newer version of Tekla Structures on the same computer.
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Although permitted by licensing, simultaneously running multiple instances of Tekla Structures on the same computer might cause errors in some features, such as extensions.