This article offers a brief overview and link to the software licensing webinar from Terrasolid’s virtual training webinar sessions of 2022.
Terrasolid software Maintenance and licensing
Compatibility
- 32-bit software is still supported in version 022
- Highly recommended to update to 64 bit version of software
Maintenance
- Maintenance is renewed every 12 months
- Applies to all license types
- Software upgrade every Q1 of the year
- 022 available as of March 14th
- PPA
- Licenses are Calendar independent
- Can have combination of rental and perpetual licenses
- Perpetual and Rental Licenses
- Follows calendar year – Jan to Dec
- Academic
- Exclusive to non-commercial usage
- Larger license pool at reduced price
- Calendar independent
- Included in maintenance
- Software updates
- Technical support
- Licensing assistance
License types (network, node-locked licenses)
- Network type
- Allows ability to share licenses
- Licenses placed in poolxx folder on server machines
- Node-locked
- Associated with a single machine
Ability to launch the macros and use another PC to process the data (via TerraSlave)
- Terraslave
- Used for distributing tasks
- Included with TerraScan
Upcoming features
- Internet activation of Licenses
- Available 2023