Creo 3.0 Student Premium?

[cwatson]

Hi all

I've just downloaded (for £185ish) the student premium version of Creo 3.0, but it doesn't seem to offer either the NC milling or injection moulding processes that I actually need for uni. I'm curious if it's maybe just an error I've made during installation or if it actually doesn't offer 80% of the functionality that students need?

Thanks for any help...

Calum

[MartinHanak]

Hi,

did you check your license file, if it contains needed modules. Please publish picture of contents of your license file.

MH

[cwatson]

Thanks for the quick reply Martin

I'm not really sure what to look for, but this is what's in the downloaded file:

If you can point me in the right direction I'll have a look for whatever you need to know...

For example we need the mold cavity option which is grayed out here, which is basically an entire module for uni which I can't do at home:

Thanks again

Calum

[MartinHanak]

Hi,

1st picture ... installation media

2nd picture ... File > New dialog box

None of pictures contain licensing information. I guess that you received license file via email. The file is somewhere on your disc, its name is something like *license.dat.

To see modules included in your license, you can click File > Help > System information and scroll the output (this sequence is valid for Creo 2.0). You will see something like this:

MH

[cwatson]

Hi Martin

Here's what the license says:

It does say Education Edition, which I though was different to the Academic version? So when I bought Student Premium I hoped it would be a full program, the sales woman said she didn't know either but if it has to be paid for it's usually a short term full version. Or where it says License Name: CREOPMA_StudentP3 does that mean Student Premium?

I'm guessing then I need MOLD_ANALYSIS full and also whatever the CNC functions are called?

Thanks again

Calum

[MartinHanak]

Hi,

look at the following picture...

The picture says that your installation uses two license files located in C:\ProgramData\PTC\Licensing directory.

Please open them in Notepad, we need to locate lines beginning with INCREMENT keyword.

Maybe BW*license.dat contains Premium license. If this is true then you will need to modify parametric.psf file to use info from this file.

Two important lines in parametric.psf file are:

ENV=PTC_D_LICENSE_FILE-=path_to_licence_file

ENV=CREOPMA_FEATURE_NAME=Creo_License_name ()

MH

[cwatson]

Hi Martin, I hadn't realized you'd replied already so I'm sorry for the delay!

These are all the INCREMENT bits I can see, the first 3 are from the BK*license.dat and the rest from BW*license.dat.

INCREMENT CREOPMA_Student3 ptc_d 34.0 20-oct-2016 uncounted \

  10C060B05D7866B8D52F VENDOR_STRING="VSVER=2.0 \

  LO=(0,6,7,10,17,19,32,34,48,51,61,69,73,110,115,127,128,135,137,155,188,191,283,325,326,336,347)" \

  HOSTID=PTC_HOSTID=14-DD-A9-55-96-2F SUPERSEDE \

  ISSUER=PTC-WEB-CREOSTUDENT3 ISSUED=21-OCT-2015 \

  NOTICE="b00260255@studentmail.uws.ac.uk, " \

  SIGN2="1EE7 AC07 E709 8F94 598B 5A6D F471 8290 A42C \

  FC67 5841 C0CC 6724 20F9 F639 1E8F E6A1 6F89 C711 \

  07DA 4EE1 7D39 5559 90F0 2D66 C87A 32F4 BB1C 4F18 \

  7441"

INCREMENT CREOLAY_Student3 ptc_d 34.0 20-oct-2016 uncounted \

  0080F0B050297775B23E VENDOR_STRING="VSVER=2.0 \

  LO=(6,7,17,19,32,69,110,291,326,336)" \

  HOSTID=PTC_HOSTID=14-DD-A9-55-96-2F SUPERSEDE \

  ISSUER=PTC-WEB-CREOSTUDENT3 ISSUED=21-OCT-2015 \

  NOTICE="b00260255@studentmail.uws.ac.uk, " \

  SIGN2="1D6D 5DB4 FA9E D555 DFB8 7CB9 1D7D 0590 C8E6 \

  13AC 8ADD CA4F 5544 AB12 1CB9 0DEE 2015 8C49 4B52 \

  40C8 D2B8 DA0D EFBA A330 22BD 0AC5 0762 6ABF CEBD \

  9D0E"

INCREMENT CREODMA_Student3 ptc_d 34.0 20-oct-2016 uncounted \

  D0D03010A5F80FC1957A VENDOR_STRING="VSVER=2.0 \

  LO=(6,7,17,19,32,69,110,155,326,336)" \

  HOSTID=PTC_HOSTID=14-DD-A9-55-96-2F SUPERSEDE \

  ISSUER=PTC-WEB-CREOSTUDENT3 ISSUED=21-OCT-2015 \

  NOTICE="b00260255@studentmail.uws.ac.uk, " \

  SIGN2="1B16 F2F6 149D C822 B026 32FE A84F BE64 DF58 \

  2689 84E7 9030 19DF 4516 ABA8 0445 5BE7 4AB4 38B1 \

  7E46 FADA FF55 BA64 CCC2 7592 9A10 6894 CEC2 FC4E \

  488C"

INCREMENT MECBASICUI_Academic3 ptc_d 34.0 26-oct-2017 \

  uncounted 50D0E03020362587981A \

  VENDOR_STRING="VSVER=2.0 LO=(19,136,211)" \

  HOSTID=PTC_HOSTID=14-DD-A9-55-96-2F SUPERSEDE \

  ISSUER=PTC-WEB-CREOACADEMIC3 ISSUED=26-OCT-2016 \

  NOTICE="b00260255@studentmail.uws.ac.uk, " \

  SIGN2="0506 326D D28B 7774 D1A7 59D6 E29D A3AC 822B \

  8111 2D71 A636 D115 BD36 CB86 0AD5 43D1 D7C0 E162 \

  5461 D13A BE71 2FB8 2FAD EA70 96DB C3BB 5BE9 31BA \

  4288"

INCREMENT CREODMA_StudentP3 ptc_d 34.0 26-oct-2017 \

  uncounted E030F070A20667016A6C \

  VENDOR_STRING="VSVER=2.0 \

  LO=(6,7,17,19,32,69,136,155,326,336)" \

  HOSTID=PTC_HOSTID=14-DD-A9-55-96-2F SUPERSEDE \

  ISSUER=PTC-WEB-CREOACADEMIC3 ISSUED=26-OCT-2016 \

  NOTICE="b00260255@studentmail.uws.ac.uk, " \

  SIGN2="1DFE 86FC E665 5C27 DC31 2302 E209 50AB D7C1 \

  487C C750 4A3A B32B 5662 B4E2 017B 023A 08B3 FC4C \

  4BE9 63CA 7356 4701 2334 4FD7 F10D B71E E9F8 5105 \

  CE31"

INCREMENT CREOLAY_StudentP3 ptc_d 34.0 26-oct-2017 \

  uncounted 0080D070B561C37CAE26 \

  VENDOR_STRING="VSVER=2.0 \

  LO=(6,7,17,19,32,69,136,291,326,336)" \

  HOSTID=PTC_HOSTID=14-DD-A9-55-96-2F SUPERSEDE \

  ISSUER=PTC-WEB-CREOACADEMIC3 ISSUED=26-OCT-2016 \

  NOTICE="b00260255@studentmail.uws.ac.uk, " \

  SIGN2="097B 4EB0 8658 5F1D A6D1 26E7 6BF9 C703 43F9 \

  E2C0 D31B 867C EF5C 9316 5F78 0380 BED3 6666 C5AD \

  2033 16D9 25FD 7162 E8AB B8F1 91BC D8ED 2717 2D7E \

  2E8C"

INCREMENT MECBASICENG_Academic3 ptc_d 34.0 26-oct-2017 \

  uncounted 70404020CC48FF04A85D \

  VENDOR_STRING="VSVER=2.0 LO=(19,212)" \

  HOSTID=PTC_HOSTID=14-DD-A9-55-96-2F SUPERSEDE \

  ISSUER=PTC-WEB-CREOACADEMIC3 ISSUED=26-OCT-2016 \

  NOTICE="b00260255@studentmail.uws.ac.uk, " \

  SIGN2="0344 FD57 7B17 772E 5575 A307 EE29 0DFD E824 \

  F0C3 B242 F9ED 2B1E 071F 4634 1CC7 3C23 A991 97A3 \

  D187 5B2A DC16 28CB 7337 C9CD 081A B88D 4344 0FC4 \

  EF64"

INCREMENT CREOPMA_StudentP3 ptc_d 34.0 26-oct-2017 \

  uncounted 1070307014AE7F9067B4 \

  VENDOR_STRING="VSVER=2.0 \

  LO=(0,6,7,10,17,19,32,34,40,45,48,51,61,63,66,69,71,73,97,106,115,127,128,136,137,155,158,188,191,275,277,278,283,325,326,336,347)" \

  HOSTID=PTC_HOSTID=14-DD-A9-55-96-2F SUPERSEDE \

  ISSUER=PTC-WEB-CREOACADEMIC3 ISSUED=26-OCT-2016 \

  NOTICE="b00260255@studentmail.uws.ac.uk, " \

  SIGN2="1DED 3647 34A3 D364 6D9F BC3E 5D10 C092 FAAE \

  0B53 9285 792B 32F5 A8D1 CA24 031D 7B40 7761 EDAE \

  94F6 CB5F 7EAB 478C E268 5920 4B97 3BDC FA08 B537 \

  ABA0"

Where would I find parametric.psf? Even a search doesn't bring that file up???

Thanks again

Calum

[MartinHanak]

Hi,

1.]

BK*license.dat is not valid any more, because licenses expired on 20-oct-2016

2.]

BW*license.dat licenses are valid until 26-oct-2017

3.]

parametric.psf is located in C:\Program Files\PTC\Creo 3.0\Mxxx\Parametric\bin directory by default (I hope)

4.]

Your parametric.psf file should contain:

ENV=PTC_D_LICENSE_FILE-=C:\ProgramData\PTC\Licensing\BW400503ED1165-QFHV-DRRX_license.dat

ENV=CREOPMA_FEATURE_NAME=CREOPMA_StudentP3 ()

5.]

CREOPMA_StudentP3 license contains following modules

LO=(0,6,7,10,17,19,32,34,40,45,48,51,61,63,66,69,71,73,97,106,115,127,128,136,137,155,158,188,191,275,277,278,283,325,326,336,347)

You can find translation of numbers into names in license.res file located in C:\Program Files\PTC\Creo 3.0\Mxxx\Common Files\text\licensing directory

Instead of looking into this file, you can click File > Help > System information

MH

[MartinHanak · Accepted solution]

Hi,

if you go to PTC Webstore and activate Key features tab, then you will see contents of the Premium license. NC manufacturing and Mold is not present.

MH

[cwatson]

Hi Martin

Disappointing that the $200 student premium version of the software doesn't allow for 75% of the work we need at university!

Thanks for all your help though.

Calum