Is there a way of starting creo with option 'work offline' for users with borrowed licenses?

You can create any number of special startup scripts. I have a bunch.

If your running without Windchill there are a couple consideration.

• Where is it going to find startparts, drawing templates, etc
• Where is it going to save to and look in.

If you’re looking into Windchill for start parts, drawing templates, etc. you will not have access to those. However, If you’re looking at a network share, you can make those folder/files available off-line in windows. So the user in the middle of nowhere will still see those network drive resource just as if they were hooked up to the network.

As for where is saves & open files I use these settings.

file_open_default_folder working_directory  <-- without Windchill

file_open_default_folder workspace  <-- with Windchill

Finally we have to talk about how to get your system to forget the last registered server.

I do this in the startup script:

rem ** set Cache Name
set CacheName=no_pdm_cache
rem ** Kill the creo agent so Creo doesn't try to connect to the last windchill server accessed
tskill creoagent
tskill nmsd.exe
del "%USERPROFILE%\pro\%CreoDir%\cache\%CacheName%\PTC\ProENGINEER\.wfwsi2008
del "%USERPROFILE%\pro\%CreoDir%\cache\%CacheName%\PTC\ProENGINEER\.Settings\active_server_config.fld
del "%USERPROFILE%\pro\%CreoDir%\cache\%CacheName%\PTC\ProENGINEER\.ssappd\ServerMgr\.srv_mgr_db.fldx

rem ** Set some paths
set PTC_WF_ROOT=%USERPROFILE%\pro\%CreoDir%\cache\%CacheName%\PTC\ProENGINEER

The last three lines are deleting other references to the server inside the cache folder. Since the first line and near the end of my script I'm setting the cache to a folder named no_pdm_cache, those lines may not be necessary, but I think they are a good idea anyway.