Activation Code - the activation code for the license.The name typically reflects a feature set and release. Product Name - what is being licensed.Only those licenses that are available to you will be listed in the Available Licenses region.įor each Standalone license, the following information is presented: In the example image below, Standalone licenses are listed, available for the currently signed-in user. This includes Altium Designer licenses, and any licensing associated with certain paid/licensed extension-delivered functionality. Use this dialog to enter your AltiumLive Account Credentials and click OK.Īctivation/reactivation of your Standalone license from within Altium Designer, requires you to be signed in to your Altium account.Īll purchased licenses associated to your account, and that are allocated to you for use, will be presented here. Click the Sign in link to access the Sign in dialog. This, however, is a one-off event, after which you need not sign-in again from a licensing perspective.įor convenience, controls for account access are presented at the top of the License Management view (accessed by clicking on the control at the top-right of the workspace and choosing the Licenses command from the menu). Whether you are accessing your Standalone license for the very first time, or you have inadvertently deleted the license from your computer (and have no backup of the associated license file), you will need to sign in to your Altium account through the secure Altium portal, in order to activate/reactivate the license. The following sections take a look at the various options and commands available to you as a user of a Standalone license, and from the perspective of license activation through Altium Designer. alf file to each client user in the organization. An Admin user - who does have connection to the internet - simply accesses and activates the licenses, then passes the relevant. This is especially useful where client computers cannot access the internet for whatever reason.
During this process information about your PC is gathered, this is only done to ensure that the license is being used in accordance with the EULA. Other than that, once this type of license has been activated you can work in a self-contained, offline fashion - the very definition of standalone.Ī Group Administrator for your Altium Account can also activate Standalone licensing directly through a Web browser, using the Altium Dashboard. With a Standalone license, the only time you need to sign in to your Altium account (through the Altium portal), is when you initially activate that license through Altium Designer. alf file is reusable on a home computer (in accordance with the EULA) by copying the file to a specific folder on that computer and then adding the file as part of Standalone License Configuration. This file can be saved, copied and backed-up as required.