Switch from Network to Stand-Alone in 2017? YES!

[TravisNave]

Issue:  In previous versions of Autodesk products (except for Revit) it was not easily possible to switch license types from network to stand-alone without making registry changes or reinstalling the product entirely.

Solution:  Autodesk has finally made switching from network to stand-alone and back much easier.  In fact, you can switch from network to trial in the event that you find yourself off the network without a borrowed license.  In a pinch, you could switch to a one-time trial install for 30 days and continue to work until you can access your network licensing again!

Instructions:  Follow these steps to change your license type:

1.  Launch your Autodesk 2017 product and choose the Help > About pulldown from the upper right-hand corner where the help ? bubble is located. 

2.  Choose the new Manage License... button (formerly Product Information) on the resulting window.

3.  Under the new License Manager screen, choose the option for Change license type next to your installed product.  Note the change that this is also the location where you borrow a network license.

4.  Verify that you want to change the license type by clicking the Change button on the resulting window.

5.  If you are on a network version, you may get the familiar warning to save and quit since your network license has now been removed.  Choose the option that best fits your needs and let your Autodesk product close.

6.  Launch your Autodesk product again.  You will now be presented with the licensing screen just as if you installed it fresh.  Choose the option that best fits your needs.  If you are on a network version and do not have access to your network license manager because you forgot to borrow, then you can run a 30-day trial for one time only.  A trial will only work once and cannot be reset.

Conclusion:  Your product licensing can now be safely changed.   Thank you Autodesk for finally addressing this issue over the years. 

Good Luck!

[Mark.Lancaster]

@Steven.A.King

Well since you have term based licensing than the contract manager or software coordinator for your subscription needs to assign the product use to your named account in order for it to work.  This is required for stand-alone/single user term based licensing.  Are you the contract manager or software coordinator for your subscription?

[Steven.A.King]

I am the manager, and it worked, thank you.

Steven King
BIM/CAD Manager
sking@mcveighmangum.com
Office: (904) 483-5200 | Direct: (904) 483-5220
McVeigh & Mangum Engineering, Inc.
9133 RG Skinner Pkwy
Jacksonville, Florida, 32256
www.mcveighmangum.com


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[natasha.l]

Hello @Steven.A.King,

That's great!  Have a good day. 

Please "Accept As Solution" if a reply has helped resolved the issue or answered your question, to help others in the community.

[natasha.l]

Hello @Steven.A.King,

I wanted to check-in with you, I hope you were able to resolve the issue. 

[tdurrant]

I have 300 computers that I need to switch from Stand alone to Network Licenses, is there a way to do this via the command line, answer file or registry entry?  Thanks.

Terry Durrant

Systems Administrator

University of Miami

[Mark.Lancaster]

@tdurrant

Don't want to assume but are these related to the 2017 or 2018 version?

If so, the information is controlled by the information in the LGS data file that located under C:\Programdata\Autodesk\CLM\LGS\<product key>_20XX.0.0.F location.   If you perform a license reset per this article on one of the machines.  Then start the app up again and select network as the option upon launch.  Next Enter your license server information and it should grab the license from your license server.

From there, delete the same information (license reset) on the other machines and copy the C:\Programdata\Autodesk\CLM\LGS content from the good machine all over to the other machines.  If the ADUT folder that's listed in the article I linked is the same Windows users account on every machine then you could copy that folder over as well.

In the end its not going to be 100% automated and you may have to visit each machine.