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JoeFrancz1-Visitor
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February 29, 2016
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How to lock a creo license to a cad worker machine

  • February 29, 2016
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I am trying to find a way to lock a license of creo to a cad worker machine.  The worker machine is a stand alone workstation.  Right now if all the seats of creo are used up the cad worker wont work.

Thanks for the help.

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    BenLoosli23-Emerald III
    23-Emerald III
    February 29, 2016

    Look in the FlexNet manual under the options that can be put in the opt file.

    You can lock licenses in there.

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    rbhoraskar14-Alexandrite
    14-Alexandrite
    February 29, 2016

    You should have a separate or bundled "Foundation Viz" license, check the License file,

    A. If you do not have Viz license, contact PTC License Management with MAC id of Publsihing machine and Sales Order and Customer Number.

    B. If you have Viz License On Publisher machine do the following:

    1. Go to the Creo Install location

    2. Parametric/bin folder

    3. look for reconfigure.exe

    4. once launched click Next for "Reconfigure existing software"

    5. click Next again

    6. click customize

    7. go to "Command Configuration Tab"

    8. click Edit

    9. In the License to Run Box you should Only have "Foundation Viz" license for publishing.

    10. do the needful click OK and Install to Finish.

    This way you are not consuming other licenses which Creo users are using.

    Thanks,
    Rahul

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      davehaigh13-Aquamarine
      13-Aquamarine
      February 29, 2016

      FYI the part numbers for the vis package are:

      MNT-5055f-t2     Support for: Windchill Visualization Adapter Starter Package

      PKG-5055-f        Windchill Visualication Adapter Starter Package

      They both should be Zero Dollars.

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      JoeFrancz1-VisitorAuthor
      1-Visitor
      February 29, 2016

      Thanks David.  I like the free part.  I will check into it.

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      BenLoosli23-Emerald III
      23-Emerald III
      February 29, 2016

      Another option is to install the View generation license standalone on your publishing machine, so it is the only machine to see the license.

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      JoeFrancz1-VisitorAuthor
      1-Visitor
      February 29, 2016

      Where can I find that?  We are using creo2.0 by the way

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      23-Emerald III
      BenLoosli23-Emerald III
      23-Emerald III
      February 29, 2016

      Joe,

      On the Creo 2 Help CD is a FlexLicensing.pdf file. Open it and read chapter 13 on Managing the Options File.

      There is a section on how to set up the opt file for reserving a license.

      Ben

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      JoeFrancz1-VisitorAuthor
      1-Visitor
      February 29, 2016

      I contacted our VAR and they are working on getting me the packages David mentioned.

      Thanks for everyone's help.

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      gkoch1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      March 2, 2016

      Maybe you want to consider marking David's post as Correct Answer (at least, as soon as you actually get the free worker license)?

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