Industry Collection Licensing | Basic Information & Licensing Usage

[natasha.l]

options file, network license, industry collection 

Hello All,

We have had some questions on the forum regarding Industry Collection product & how these licenses function. I would like to provide the information we have collected. 

Industry Collection Licensing

Basic Function

Industry Collection licenses are meant to stand on their own in that they provide a package of Autodesk products for a single user, they are user specific & provide a collection of products with various versions(current & 3 versions back) for the assigned user/users to access.

A deployment cannot be created from a collection installer, each individual product requires a deployment & be activated as a collection with an internet connection. 

Only an assigned user/users have access to the license collection of products & the products cannot be split/divided within the collection. 

Usage

Single User License

Industry Collections with a single user license, are one single assigned user, consuming one license for the entire Industry Collection. Products can not be shared with other users, but it can be installed on more than one computer. 

Multi-User License

Industry Collections can be combined with other Autodesk network licenses on one license file. To use a collection license with multiple users, a multi-user license would have to be purchased with the proper amount of seats for your organization & 1 user/seat can access the collection at a time and only 2 products can be used by the user at a time on the same computer. 

Controlling License usage with Industry Collections, Suites & Point Products

You can control license usage when licenses are combined, to define user limitations & inclusions by creating an options file that does one of the following:  

• For a user who would frequently use multiple products in the Collection, remove them from access to point product licenses in the options file, for example with Excluding license usage option 

Or 

• Project specific options file & a LM_PROJECT variable association. You could include all the collection licenses in a project & call it "COLLECTION" and all the suite products in a project & call it "SUITE" using the LM_Project in the options file. This will allow an assigned user/users to switch from "COLLECTION" to "SUITE" based on the environment variables created & placed on the client computer.  

[natasha.l]

options file, network license, industry collection 

Hello All,

We have had some questions on the forum regarding Industry Collection product & how these licenses function. I would like to provide the information we have collected. 

Industry Collection Licensing

Basic Function

Industry Collection licenses are meant to stand on their own in that they provide a package of Autodesk products for a single user, they are user specific & provide a collection of products with various versions(current & 3 versions back) for the assigned user/users to access.

A deployment cannot be created from a collection installer, each individual product requires a deployment & be activated as a collection with an internet connection. 

Only an assigned user/users have access to the license collection of products & the products cannot be split/divided within the collection. 

Usage

Single User License

Industry Collections with a single user license, are one single assigned user, consuming one license for the entire Industry Collection. Products can not be shared with other users, but it can be installed on more than one computer. 

Multi-User License

Industry Collections can be combined with other Autodesk network licenses on one license file. To use a collection license with multiple users, a multi-user license would have to be purchased with the proper amount of seats for your organization & 1 user/seat can access the collection at a time and only 2 products can be used by the user at a time on the same computer. 

Controlling License usage with Industry Collections, Suites & Point Products

You can control license usage when licenses are combined, to define user limitations & inclusions by creating an options file that does one of the following:  

• For a user who would frequently use multiple products in the Collection, remove them from access to point product licenses in the options file, for example with Excluding license usage option 

Or 

• Project specific options file & a LM_PROJECT variable association. You could include all the collection licenses in a project & call it "COLLECTION" and all the suite products in a project & call it "SUITE" using the LM_Project in the options file. This will allow an assigned user/users to switch from "COLLECTION" to "SUITE" based on the environment variables created & placed on the client computer.  

[natasha.l · Accepted solution]

Links with more information:  

Industry Collections licensing

Generate a Network License File in your Autodesk Account

Control Network License Access Using an Options File

[natasha.l · Accepted solution]

Links with more information:  

Industry Collections licensing

Generate a Network License File in your Autodesk Account

Control Network License Access Using an Options File