Explains a setting in the options file to manage the return of idle network licenses to the server.
License timeout is a setting that determines how long a network license can be idle before the license server takes back the license. The license is considered idle if there is no user activity in the Autodesk product. The maximum idle time is measured in seconds and set with a parameter in the options file.
Without a license timeout setting, a license can be stranded on a client computer after a crash or power failure. In that case, to return the license to the server you would have to use the LMREMOVE program on the license server.
You can use the TIMEOUT parameter to set individual license timeout periods for each Autodesk product, or use the TIMEOUTALL parameter to set one license timeout period for all Autodesk products on your computer.
If a user's license is lost because of the idle timeout, the product attempts to acquire a new license once the user starts using the product again. If no license is available, the user can save work before the product shuts down.