License settings

In the License settings dialog box, you can specify the license you want to use to start Allplan. In addition, you can activate and return licenses. To open this dialog box, start the Services application and click Utilities - License settings.

The dialog box is divided into three sections:

• License activation: use this section if you want to activate the license by entering a Product Key or if you want to return or update a license.
• License selection: use this section if you get the license from an Allplan license server or if you have several licenses and you want to select the preferred license.
• Start as Viewer: click this button if you want to start Allplan as a viewer.

Enter your Product Key here.

This is where you enter the Product Key for Allplan. The easiest way to enter the Product Key is to copy it to the Clipboard. Then you can paste it into the box using CTRL+V or the shortcut menu. After you have done this, Allplan checks whether the Product Key is valid. If the Product Key is valid and the license has not been activated yet, you will see the Activate license button. Click this button to activate your license.

Activating the license

After you have entered a valid Product Key, you can activate your license by clicking Activate license. This connects the license with the computer at which you activated the license. As a result, you can see the Activation has been completed successfully message.

Activated licenses

You can see all licenses that are active on this computer.

Updating the license

This button is only active when you can update your license. For example, you have purchased a new module or additional licenses for a license server. Go to the Activated licenses area, select the license you want to update. Then click Update license.

Returning the license

If a license is active, you can return this license. For example, this is useful if you want to use the license on a different computer. Go to the Activated licenses area, select the license you want to return. Then click Return license.

Available licenses

You can see the names of the available licenses here. Click or to get detailed information on a license. The color indicates whether the license has already expired ( = expired).

Seat no.

You can see the seat number here.

Available

This column shows how many licenses are still available. In the case of licenses provided by an Allplan license server, you can click the dropdown arrow to see the users who are working with a license.

Priority

• Click to select one or more licenses as favorites. Allplan will then prefer these licenses.
• Click in the last column to exclude a license; the symbol changes to . Click to make the license available again.
• If you do not select any license or if you have selected several favorites, Allplan will automatically use the first free license it finds.
• If you activate a license, this license will become the favorite. All other favorite settings will be removed. Allplan will automatically start with the activated license.

Borrow license for

You can borrow licenses from an Allplan license server and return the licenses to the server again.

Note: These buttons are only available if you have chosen the license of an Allplan license server in the Available licenses area at the top of an Allplan client.

You can specify how long you want to borrow the license from the Allplan license server. You can use Return license to return the borrowed license before the period specified expires.

Find license server automatically

When you select this option, Allplan automatically detects an Allplan license server on the LAN. If, for example, you use a VPN connection, Allplan may not be able to detect a server automatically. In this case, you can enter the server manually (see Additional server name).

Note: Only the Windows administrator can change this option.

Additional server name

If Find license server automatically is not active or Allplan has not automatically found a license server, you can manually enter the name or the IP address of the server. If Find license server automatically is active, you can enter an additional server. After having entered the server name, click Update to see the licenses of the new license server. Use semicolons to separate several server names.

Update

This is where you can update the list of license servers. For example, this is useful when you have entered an additional server name.

You can configure Allplan to start as a viewer. Click Start as a viewer.