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November 18, 2008
Question

Wildfire 5 download???

  • November 18, 2008
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Has anyone had any success downloading Wildfire5? I've looked on the software update area on the PTC website and WF5 is not there. We are fully payed up on our maintenance, so I can't understand why I can't see it.

Any ideas anyone?

Cheers

Jeff

    4 replies

    1-Visitor
    November 18, 2008


    Try updating your licenses first. Retrieve your existing
    license packs and click the radio button that asks about installing WF
    3.0 +. You will need to have a license file with "WF 5.0 Pre", (Feature
    Version 30.0). I also updated our PTC License Management software while
    I was at it.

    Dave
    21-Topaz II
    November 18, 2008
    So, are the "WF 5.0 Pre" licenses different than the WF5 production
    licenses will be?  In other words, if I get IT to swap the license file
    for the pre-production, will I have to do it again when F00 comes out?
    How has that been handled in the past?

    Doug Schaefer
    1-Visitor
    November 18, 2008
    IIRC, in the past it has usually been set up so a valid license from the
    current production release will work for the new pre-production release.
    You would need a new license file only when the new full release came
    out.

    I don't know why PTC did it differently this time, not a huge deal but
    slightly annoying since we just updated our licenses to check out WF4 a
    couple weeks ago 😛

    Best Regards,
    1-Visitor
    November 18, 2008
    Yes you will.

    PTC has used 2 options for pre-production/production licensing.
    The first is to allow anyone with a V4 license to access pre-V5.
    The second is to issue new license codes for both the Preproduction and
    the Production.
    They have been using this second method since Wildfire V2 or V3.



    Ben Loosli
    Sr IS Technologist
    Engineering Automation Systems
    L-3 Communications/Integrated Systems
    Waco, TX 76715

    254-867-4069
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