A license is an authorization to run Autodesk Nastran or any of its related software modules. Possession of a license indicates that the software has been obtained legally and is an authorized copy which may be executed.
The software can be run as a client-server model where the license server is possibly on a different machine. Autodesk provides license servers for a number of operating systems. Your retailer can provide the appropriate license server for your requirements. This package does not provide an Autodesk license server.
We strongly recommend that you install and activate your license server before installing Autodesk Nastran.
Enabling the License
Once you have received your license information you will need to do the following:
- Install the required license onto the license server and ensure that is operational. Documentation on this process is supplied with the license server. You will need to know the network name or IP address, and possibly the license server port of the license server, in order to configure the environment variables correctly as discussed in the Configure Installation section.
- Run the Autodesk Nastran install process to correctly set the license server settings for the package.
You should be aware that licensing may require specific ports open on the client and server machine and that your firewalls may need to be adjusted accordingly. Consult your system documentation to accomplish this if required. Details of what ports are required are contained in the documentation for the license server.