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Simplified Licensing
The licensing process has been simplified for some customers with stand-alone
term licenses, including students at educational institutions. The licenses are
pre-registered so that the customers are not required to enter serial numbers
and product keys or follow the activation process. These customers are
encouraged to download products from an Autodesk website using the Install
Now option, which automatically installs the product on the user's computer.
Students at educational institutions are entitled to download free copies of
Autodesk products from the Autodesk Education Community website,
stu-
dents.autodesk.com
. The products are fully functional with stand-alone
three-year term licenses.
Stand-Alone Licensing
Introduction to Stand-Alone Licenses
A stand-alone license authorizes a single user to use the specified Autodesk
product. The product can be installed on more than one computer, but
multiple instances of the same product cannot be running concurrently on
different computers.
Stand-alone licensing allows you to use your Autodesk product in trial mode
for a specified period, usually 30 days, from the first time you start the product.
For a product suite, the trial period countdown begins when the first product
is started, and it applies to all Autodesk products in the suite. You can activate
your license at any time before or after the trial period expires.
The licensing process creates a license file and a minor change to the
computer's file system. These changes remain on your computer when you
uninstall your product. If you reinstall your Autodesk product on the same
computer, the license remains valid. You do not have to reactivate the product.
Multi-Seat Stand-Alone License
A multi-seat stand-alone license allows you to use a single serial number and
product key to run one or more Autodesk products on a specified number of
computers. As with a single stand-alone license, products activate automatically
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