Simplify3D User Forum

I had my desktop and my notebook computers with Simplify 3D installed. Both are Linux machines and my notebook crashed.

Now I do not know which one of the installations need to be removed from my profile.....


If I remove both can I just re-insert the login and password at the machine that does not have issues?

Bruno,

If you uninstall and deactivate or run Help > Deactivate on the remaining good installation, only the activation for your crashed computer would remain in your dashboard's software installations list. You will then know exactly which activation needs removed using the online tools.

If you need further assistance, please contact our support team.

Thanks,

I work for a school district and we have many sites that use this software. It is however very tough to manage the activations of 40+ instances of the software. Please put the MAC address in the activation information or some other unique identifier like the computer name.

Thanks!

I concur with this request - every time I rebuild one of my 2 PC's, I have to deactivate a license in order to re-activate S3D, but I have NO information telling me which license is which, so I have to deactivate all of them and start over again. This is really annoying.

Software licensing has always been difficult to implement, deploy and manage. With anti-piracy companies paying rewards to whistleblowers, commercial companies are getting smarter about having unlicensed or pirated software installed on company machines. Personally I think Simplify3d should bind to your IP address on your home gateway(only works for static ip accounts though), or the MAC address of the gateway device. Limiting a residential installations beyond 2 machines is simply not needed. Currently you can only login and use Simplify3d from one machine since the license is per user, not per device. I live alone, and like the telephone and TV, I have computers in every room. I also print from a computer at all times. I use OneDrive as the storage place for gcode and stl files, and all computers access the same OneDrive account. Because of this limit, I use remote desktop and run Simplify3d from that remote host computer. There is really no need to have the multiple installations limited on the same LAN. Given that just about all the slicers are free for non-commercial use, Simplify3d should not be free, but, should only limit the number of concurrent logins. Let BSA The Software Alliance, and the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) handle commercial piracy. That's where the money is.