The environment variable for Solid Edge is: SE_LICENSE_SERVER.Solid Edge will use an Environment Variable to define the license file location (Not hardcoded).Once the COMPOSITEID, is registered the permanent license will be generated & delivered.Ī few points to note about the new v220 license file are as follows: Customers can register their CID for the first time on the License Management page.ģ. Customers will be required to runGetCID.exe to obtain their COMPOSITE IDĢ. A quick summarization of these instructions are as follows:ġ. Instructions should have been sent to your company with a temporary 30 Day v220 license file. Instead you will have to register your license servers composite with Siemens to get your permanent license file. The biggest change that you will notice here is that all current Solid Edge Server Dongles (SE_HWKEY_ID=36243) are being retired, and all Unique Host ID (MAC Address) are being retired. Transition Plan to v220 – Existing Floating Customers
#SOLID EDGE LICENSE FILE UPGRADE#
I think the best way to clarify this is to go through the steps of a standard upgrade process. Note:Customers may continue using their pre-v220 license in parallel during the migration to v220įor some of you, this may make perfect sense,but most of you are still wondering how this will affect your installation of Solid Edge 2020. Solid Edge 2020 licenses will NOT validate previous versions of Solid Edge. Client License file location will now be based on the SE_LICENSE_SERVER environment variable.ĥ. Solid Edge seats can now be on the same Sold-to & in the same license file with other common licensed products.Ĥ. All Solid Edge 2020 Floating/Server Managed products will now use the UGSLMD license daemon.ģ. The old Solid Edge CID is now referred to as COMPOSITE2 or COMP2.Ģ.
#SOLID EDGE LICENSE FILE HOW TO#
If you already use other Siemens products, you are probably already familiar with the common licensing platform.If not, then the following information will explain the common licensing platform and how to use it.įirst, let me explain some of the main differences or changes from the previous licensing:ġ. So, I can only assume that Siemens is moving Solid Edge to this platform in a move to align all products to the same licensing platform. The common license platform is the license platform used by NX, Teamcenter, NX CAM, Tecnomatix, etc. This introduction has caused some confusion, so I will try to clarify it, in this blog article. Normally this is relatively a simple process, but this release has introduced a new common licensing platform. With the release of Solid Edge 2020, several early adopters have contacted us requesting help in upgrading.