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KenFarley21-Topaz II
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License - how to use specific one when starting Creo

  • March 29, 2013
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We have a few different licenses on our server with different capabilities. For example, a couple of them and only those, are able to use the Flexible Modeling module. Therefore, if someone wants to use that particular functionality, they need to get one of the pertinent licenses. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any easy way to indicate which license you want to start up with. So the unfortunate person just keeps starting up instances of Creo until they get one of the licenses that allow the stuff they want, then close all the "loser" instances. Kind of a stupid way to do this.

Is there a way for us to explicitly demand a specific license or licenses upon Creo startup? Options to include in the shortcut?

Best answer by LukaszMazur

Check this post by Martin Hanak: http://communities.ptc.com/message/200425#200425

He attached a document explaing how you can reconfigure licenses Creo starts with, but using this as a guideline, you can also add new configurations (running Creo with different licenses), give them meaningful names, like "Creo standalone" or "Creo with Flex Modeling" and use it during Creo startup. You'll just have to sort out what licenses are being launched with given configuration - Flexible Modeling will be under "startup extensions" in edit dialog box (don't remember full name for this specific licenses).

Plus, all the configurations are actually a *.psf files placed under Parametric\bin directory. These are simple text files you can edit, just licenses names are sort of tricky

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LukaszMazur16-PearlAnswer
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March 29, 2013

Check this post by Martin Hanak: http://communities.ptc.com/message/200425#200425

He attached a document explaing how you can reconfigure licenses Creo starts with, but using this as a guideline, you can also add new configurations (running Creo with different licenses), give them meaningful names, like "Creo standalone" or "Creo with Flex Modeling" and use it during Creo startup. You'll just have to sort out what licenses are being launched with given configuration - Flexible Modeling will be under "startup extensions" in edit dialog box (don't remember full name for this specific licenses).

Plus, all the configurations are actually a *.psf files placed under Parametric\bin directory. These are simple text files you can edit, just licenses names are sort of tricky

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