Licensing Extension; License Transferring; License Borrowing - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

Licensing Extension

If you have network licensing and a license outage occurs, you can extend your licensing long enough to
save your work.
Outage Examples
You were using Revit Architecture, left your computer for over 2 hours but forgot to save, and all the
floating licenses, including yours, are now assigned to other users.
The machine that hosts the license server went down.
Saving Your Work in an Outage
If an outage occurs, you can save your work by using the Use Extension feature. You use an extension each
time you issue a command. For example, you click a command on the Design Bar, the dialog box is displayed,
and you click Use Extension. This cycle repeats up to 10 times.
When you connect to the license server at the beginning of a Revit Architecture session, you get a set of 10
extensions.
If you use up all 10 extensions before saving, you must enter demo mode, but you cannot save your work
in demo mode.

License Transferring

If you are running Revit Architecture with a standalone license, you can transfer that license using the
Portable License Utility. This transfers a product license from one computer to another and ensures that the
product works only on the computer that has the license. Access the Portable License Utility by clicking
Start menu
information on the Portable License Utility, see its online help.

License Borrowing

If you are running a network-licensed version of Revit Architecture, you can borrow a license from a license
server so that you can use the software for a specified time when your computer is not connected to the
network. The license is returned to the license server automatically at the end of the day on the return date
that you specified when you borrowed the license. You can also return a license early.
NOTE If you have a standalone version of the software, you cannot borrow a license. To view your product license
type, click Help menu
To borrow a license
1 Click Help menu
2 Click Borrow next to the Network license option.
3 Click a return date on the calendar in the dialog.
Be sure the date is within the valid range as shown in the dialog.
4 Click Borrow License.
Programs Autodesk
Product and License Information.
Product and License Information.
Revit Architecture 2009 Portable License Utility. For more
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