Licenses can be borrowed for offline use. The duration for which a license can be borrowed, can be specified in the license file. It is also possible to create an Options file for additional customization.
Prerequisites
- KeyShot Licensing Server
Procedure
Setting BORROW = 0 seems to be ignored by KeyShot and FlexLM and will default to 168 hours (1week).
It is therefore advisable to set BORROW = 1 to the minimum borrow time of one hour.
Since borrowing is enabled by default by the Flexera licence generator, if borrowing needs to be restricted or disabled, a workaround is required with the use of an Options file.
You can create a file named LUXION.opt and place it into the same folder that contains the license which is in the FlexLM License folder
- C:\FlexLM\
- C:\ProgramData\Luxion\License
- MacintoshHD\Applications\LuxionLicenseServer\Contents\License
You can use the following options
- BORROW_LOWWATER
- specified the amount of seats that cannot be borrowed
BORROW_LOWWATER keyshot2 5
this will exclude 5 KeyShot Pro licenses from being borrowed.
- specified the amount of seats that cannot be borrowed
- MAX_BORROW_HOURS
- specifies the maximum amount of hours that a license can be borrowed. It needs to be lower than the than that specified in the license file for the respective feature
MAX_BORROW_HOURS keyshot2 1
this will limit the borrow time for KeyShot Pro licenses to 1 hour.
- specifies the maximum amount of hours that a license can be borrowed. It needs to be lower than the than that specified in the license file for the respective feature
Additional Resources
- Detailed documentation for the Options file
https://www.keyshot.com/downloads/documents/guides/FlexLM-setup_guide.pdf#G15.1036926