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February 24, 2022
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License re-installation required each time I switch from university site use to home use

  • February 24, 2022
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Hello, Would you help me please?

I have the student version installed for my degree course and have different locations from which I access the license.

Each time I move location, the software requires that I re-install the license.

Is there a way around this please?

Thank you

John

Best answer by MartinHanak

Hi,

I guess that university Creo license is floating one. Therefore you can contact university CAD admin and ask him to borrow university Creo license for your personal computer.

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
February 28, 2022

Hi,

path to license is defined in parametric.psf file located in Parametric\bin subdirectory.

Info is available in two following lines:

ENV=PTC_D_LICENSE_FILE-=...

ENV=CREOPMA_FEATURE_NAME=...

 

Please put parametric.psf file into zip archive and upload zip archive.

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JS_102223561-Visitor
1-Visitor
February 28, 2022

Hello, zip file as requested.

Thanks

John

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
February 28, 2022
@JS_10222356 wrote:

Hello, zip file as requested.

Thanks

John

Hi,

 

I can see following line in parametric.psf ...

ENV=PTC_D_LICENSE_FILE-=C:\ProgramData\PTC\Licensing\BK700908EDSTUDENTEDUNI_license.dat;C:\ProgramData\PTC\Licensing\BK800908EDSTUDENTEDUNI_license.dat;C:\ProgramData\PTC\Licensing\BK700908EDSTUDENTEDUNI_license.dat

 

3 license files are mentioned

C:\ProgramData\PTC\Licensing\BK700908EDSTUDENTEDUNI_license.dat

C:\ProgramData\PTC\Licensing\BK800908EDSTUDENTEDUNI_license.dat

C:\ProgramData\PTC\Licensing\BK700908EDSTUDENTEDUNI_license.dat

 

Info:

  • 3rd entry is duplicate of 1st entry
  • BK700908EDSTUDENTEDUNI_license.dat contains license which enables you to launch Creo up to release 7.0
  • BK800908EDSTUDENTEDUNI_license.dat contains license which enables you to launch Creo up to release 8.0

 

Also I can see following line in parametric.psf ...

ENV=CREOPMA_FEATURE_NAME=CREOPMA_Student6 ()

 

Info:

  • when you start Creo (which release ?), it looks in the license file and looks for the line INCREMENT CREOPMA_Student6
  • if Creo locates INCREMENT CREOPMA_Student6 then it starts successfully

 

Note no.1:

The following line is sufficient

ENV=PTC_D_LICENSE_FILE-=C:\ProgramData\PTC\Licensing\BK800908EDSTUDENTEDUNI_license.dat

 

Note no.2:

It is necessary to check whether BK800908EDSTUDENTEDUNI_license.dat contains INCREMENT CREOPMA_Student6

 

Note no.3:

Every INCREMENT block contains HOSTID=PTC_HOSTID=xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx key, where xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx is physical address of network card.

It is necessary to check whether xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx is equal to physical address of your network card.

Network card information can be displayed using command ipconfig /all

You can also forward information into ip.txt file using command ipconfig /all > ip.txt

 

If you will send me BK800908EDSTUDENTEDUNI_license.dat and ip.txt, I can provide you more information.

 

 

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