Flexlm not cascading licenses properly

[jpostlewait]

2009 licenses don't appear to be cascading properly.

I've installed AcadMEP and include the shortcut to run as plain acad but unfortunately it still pulls an MEP license and when the MEP license limit is met it will not pull a Vanilla license. What do I need to do to fix this?

Thanks in advance.



John Postlewait

IS Department

GBA

[TravisNave]

I believe that AutoCAD only pulls from the PLIST of the Revit Building and Stucture Series. What is the license Increment for the MEP that you are running?

[jpostlewait]

Seems as though I had a mistaken impression of the cascading feature.

Thanks for your help Travis and as usual the Autodesk marketing department and the production people have no idea what the other is doing.

[TravisNave]

You got that right! I particularly love it when it does work right, but the side effect becomes when all the cheap AutoCAD licenses are used up and then nobody can launch Vanilla. 😉

[jpostlewait]

That's exactly why I installed MEP instead of Vanilla because I was running low on Vanilla.

Not the first time I've been fooled.

[TravisNave]

Agreed. The idea is a good one, but because PLIST isn't compatible between all the different versions of Vanilla, people still have to end up running multiple icons on their desktop. It's a shame. Or a sham.