Borrowing Tekla Structures licenses for offline use

Tekla Structures
2018
Tekla Structures

Borrowing Tekla Structures licenses for offline use

When you want to work offline, you can borrow an activated license from the Tekla Structures license server. The borrowed license is transferred from the license server to your computer, so it is not available for other users during the borrowing. Also a product file is needed for borrowing licenses. You do not need to borrow a license for offline use if you have installed a license server on your computer.

You can borrow Tekla Structures licenses for offline Tekla Structures use in Tekla Structures License Borrow Tool :

  • The version of Tekla Structures License Borrow Tool should be the same as the version of Tekla Structures license server.

  • The maximum license borrow duration is one month. You define the borrow expiration date when you borrow the license.

  • The borrowed license is reserved for you until the borrowing period expires, or until you return the license, depending on which comes first.

  • You need a network connection to the license server while you are borrowing or returning a license. You can also borrow licenses through a VPN connection. After borrowing, you can turn off the network or VPN connection and work with the borrowed license.

  • When you want to stop borrowing a license, return it to the license server.

Product ID file

A product ID ( .tpi ) file is needed for borrowing licenses. The product ID file contains all the information needed in license borrowing. The administrators need to provide the offline users with a customized product ID. For more information, see Provide offline users with a customized product ID file.

When you install Tekla Structures License Borrow Tool , the standard.tpi file is automatically installed in the ..\TeklaStructures\License\Borrow folder. This default product ID file lists all Tekla Structures configurations and their product IDs. However, you can only borrow the licenses that are activated for you on the license server. If you want that Tekla Structures License Borrow Tool only displays the activated licenses, ask your license server administrator for a customized product ID file and open it in Tekla Structures License Borrow Tool when you start license borrowing.

How does the license borrowing work

License borrowing works in the following way:

  1. The administrator installs and sets up a Tekla Structures license server on a separate server computer, and activates the licenses for borrowing.

  2. The user installs the Tekla Structures License Borrow Tool , connects the computer with Tekla Structures to the Tekla Structures license server, and opens the product ID file to see the licenses that are available for borrowing.

    For more information about setting up license borrowing, see Set up Tekla Structures License Borrow Tool for Tekla Structures offline use.

  3. The user borrows licenses from the license server.

    For more information about borrowing licenses, see Borrow a license from Tekla Structures license server.

  4. The user waits for the license expiration date, or returns the licenses to the server before the expiration date.

    For more information about returning borrowed licenses, see Return a borrowed Tekla Structures license.

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