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    Is there a way to set limits on how long a user can check out a license in AutoCAD?

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    Default Re: License Check Out

    Quote Originally Posted by lanumcad View Post
    Is there a way to set limits on how long a user can check out a license in AutoCAD?
    I'm not sure you can do it for a single user or group of users. But you can set if for all users. In the .opt you will put a variable in it called MAX_BORROW_HOURS, the feature code (product) and the number of hours. So if I wanted to limit AutoCAD checkout to 30 days I would put: MAX_BORROW_HOURS 64300ACD_F 720.

    Perhaps if you set a GROUP and used the MAX_BORROW_HOURS only on that group?

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    Default Re: License Check Out

    You can set a time limit per product and per group, but group is the most reliable method in the opt file.
    Below is a sample of the options file we currently use;

    #Define the users in Group CAD1#
    GROUP CAD1 user1 user2 user3 user4
    #
    #Define the users in Group CAD2#
    GROUP CAD2 user3 user4
    #
    #Define the users in Group MAX#
    GROUP MAX user1 user2
    #
    #Tell FlexLM to let the Groups have access to Apps#
    #
    INCLUDE 49100ARCHDESK_2006_0F GROUP CAD1
    INCLUDE 49100ARCHDESK_2006_0F GROUP CAD2
    INCLUDE 55800ARCHDESK_2008_0F GROUP CAD1
    INCLUDE 55800ARCHDESK_2008_0F GROUP CAD2
    INCLUDE 533003DSMAX_9_0F GROUP MAX

    #Borrowing section for staff allowed to check a license out for upto 35 days#
    BORROW_LOWWATER 49100ARCHDESK_2006_0F 0
    MAX_BORROW_HOURS 49100ARCHDESK_2006_0F 840
    INCLUDE_BORROW 49100ARCHDESK_2006_0F GROUP CAD1
    #
    #Borrowing section for staff allowed to check a license out for upto 8 days#
    BORROW_LOWWATER 55800ARCHDESK_2008_0F 0
    MAX_BORROW_HOURS 55800ARCHDESK_2008_0F 192
    INCLUDE_BORROW 55800ARCHDESK_2008_0F GROUP CAD2
    #
    #Borrowing section for staff allowed to check a license out for 3DS MAX
    BORROW_LOWWATER 533003DSMAX_9_0F 0
    MAX_BORROW_HOURS 533003DSMAX_9_0F 2160
    INCLUDE_BORROW 533003DSMAX_9_0F USER user2
    #

    So anyone can borrow ACAD2006 for 35 days
    Only user3 and user4 can borrow ACAD2008 for 8 days
    Only user2 can borrow MAX for 90 days
    Last edited by Lunkwill; 2009-09-09 at 04:11 PM. Reason: typos

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