CAVA 1.x for CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE. Installation Guide. Revision

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1 CAVA 1.x for CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE Installation Guide Revision

2 Instruction symbols used in this manual The following symbols are used in this guide; these should enable you to navigate throughout the text with greater ease: Warning triangle Note symbol Hint symbol Information symbol Work steps symbol The warning triangle refers to critical circumstances, which should be considered imperatively in order to avoid serious problems in your work. The hand symbol relates to notes, which you should pay attention to in order to assure that you can work without problems. The light bulb relates to hints, which provide you with practical examples to simplify your work. The information symbol relates to Information, which illustrates a situation. The work steps symbol relates to a step-by-step instruction sheet. Contact TechniaTranscat Website Support Hotline Postal address support.transcat@techniatranscat.com Phone: TechniaTranscat GmbH Am Sandfeld 11c Karlsruhe Germany 2018 TechniaTranscat GmbH

3 T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Table of Contents 2.1 Installing and Uninstalling under WINDOWS Installing Uninstalling For 3DEXPERIENCE R2014x For 3DEXPERIENCE R2015x, R2016x, R2017x, R2018x License managers License types FlexNet Licenses Installing a FlexNet Nodelocked License Installing a Flexnet Concurrent License Identifying the FlexNet Hostid Silhouette functionality in the Generative Shape Design (GSD) workbench * * * TechniaTranscat GmbH 3 CAVA 1.x

4 1. S Y S T E M R E Q U I R E M E N T S 1. System requirements CAVA is supported only on systems certified for the corresponding CATIA release. For detailed software requirements, refer to the CATIA Program Directory that is included with CATIA software. Supported operating systems CATIA Release V6R2013 Supported operating systems Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista Business/Enterprise x64 SP2 Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise/Professional x64 SP1 V6R2013x Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise / Professional x64 RTM (without SP) or SP1 3DEXPERIENCE 2014x 3DEXPERIENCE 2015x 3DEXPERIENCE 2016x and later Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise/Professional x64 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 Enterprise/Pro Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise/Professional x64 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8.1 x64 Enterprise/Pro Microsoft Windows 8.1 Update x64 Enterprise/Pro Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise/Professional x64 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8.1 x64 Enterprise/Pro Microsoft Windows 8.1 Update x64 Enterprise/Pro Microsoft Windows 10 Desktop Enterprise / Pro Edition 64-bit Supported CATIA versions and releases CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE 2014x and later TechniaTranscat GmbH 4 CAVA 1.x

5 2. I N S T A L L I N G A N D U N I N S T A L L I N G 2. Installing and Uninstalling 2.1 Installing and Uninstalling under WINDOWS Installing S T E P S : Do the following steps to install CAVA: (1) Start the installation routine in WINDOWS EXPLORER by doubleclicking on the file name cava_xxxx_ryy.exe (where x stands for the CAVA version number, y for the CATIA release number). (2) Follow the installation instructions displayed on the monitor, which will be explained in the following text. After starting cava_xxxx_ryy.exe file; the following welcome screen will be displayed. Fig. 2 1: "Welcome" screen of the CAVA installation routine To continue installing, click the Next button. To abort installing, click the Cancel button. The installation preparation can be aborted in every one of the steps by clicking the Cancel button, as long as the installing itself not yet has been started. But if in the Dialog box displaying the settings made for installation (Fig. 2 11) the Next TechniaTranscat GmbH 5 CAVA 1.x

6 2. I N S T A L L I N G A N D U N I N S T A L L I N G button is clicked, the installation with the selected settings will be started with no return possibility. If on the computer several instances of one CATIA release are installed, on the CATIA Installations window (Fig. 2 2) it can be selected in which one of the CATIA instances CAVA is to be integrated. Fig. 2 2: Selection of a CATIA instance (here, only one instance is available) Selecting the installation directory for the CAVA program files Fig. 2 3: Selecting the installation directory In this dialog box, the installation directory for CAVA is to be selected. This window offers two alternatives: (1) To accept the indicated directory. To do so, press the Next button, the next installation step will be initiated. (2) To define your own installation directory. To do so, press the browse button and select in the Choose Folder dialog box a target directory (see Fig. 2 4). TechniaTranscat GmbH 6 CAVA 1.x

7 2. I N S T A L L I N G A N D U N I N S T A L L I N G Fig. 2 4: Selecting your own installation directory After having selected the directory, confirm the selection by clicking the OK button. After that, the preceding window will be reopened with the selected directory name filled in. After clicking the Next button, the CATIA environment dialog box will be opened. Configuration settings You can set the most important CAVA paths in the Tools/Options settings by default during runtime of the setup program. These paths are used only if no corresponding settings are available in the CATSettings. (1) Set paths automatically This option adds some variables to the CATIA Environment file for the following folders: TechniaTranscat GmbH 7 CAVA 1.x

8 2. I N S T A L L I N G A N D U N I N S T A L L I N G Configuration Base Data Database DrawingTextCongfiguration Report Templates If there are no existing definitions for this locations (e.g. from an older installation), the fields in the CAVA Tools/Options settings will contain a variable name which is linked to the paths from the CATIA Environment file (2) Define the location later on inside the CAVA Tools/Options settings. Preparing the CATIA environment To make the CAVA workbench available in CATIA, an environment must be prepared. This can be made in two ways: Fig. 2 5: Creating a CATIA environment (1) Create a new CATIA environment with all required entries or (2) Adapt an existing environment in order to integrate the CAVA workbench in it. Both alternatives will be explained below. Alternative (1): Creating a new CATIA environment Select the Create new CATIA Environment option and click Next button. This opens the Choose Location dialog box. TechniaTranscat GmbH 8 CAVA 1.x

9 2. I N S T A L L I N G A N D U N I N S T A L L I N G Fig. 2 6: Creating a new CATIA environment Enter in the text box the name of the CATIA environment to be created, or select it using the file selection dialog box. After clicking the Next button, the New CATIA environment dialog box will be opened. Fig. 2 7: Dialog box for defining the environment name Enter in the text box the name of the new environment. It should be chosen a name indicating that it is a CATIA environment with integrated CAVA workbench. The name must contain no blanks. If there should already exist a CATIA environment with the name you have specified, a dialog box will be opened with a message (see Fig. 2 8). TechniaTranscat GmbH 9 CAVA 1.x

10 2. I N S T A L L I N G A N D U N I N S T A L L I N G Fig. 2 8: Message pointing out that a CATIA environment with the respective name already exists If the YES button is clicked, the existing CATIA environment will be replaced by the new one. When the NO button is pressed, the Creating a new CATIA environment dialog box will be reopened (Fig. 2 6). Enter a different name for the CATIA environment to be created. After clicking the Next button, the Check Setup Information dialog box will be opened (Fig. 2 11). Alternative (2): Adapting an existing CATIA environment Fig. 2 9: Adapting an existing CATIA environment Adapting an existing CATIA environment consists in adding to the text file with the environment variables the CAVA path information (additionally to the path information already existing on the programs to be loaded). Select in CATIA in the CATIA Environment dialog box the Modify existing CATIA Environment option and click than the Next button. TechniaTranscat GmbH 10 CAVA 1.x

11 2. I NSTA L L I N G A N D U N I N S T A L L I N G After this, a file selection window is opened with the environment directory displayed that is preselected on your computer for the respective CATIA version. (Example: If you are installing CAVA for CATIA R16, the environment directory preselected for CATIA R16 will be opened.) If your environment files are saved in a different directory, open this directory. Select now the CATIA environment file that you want to modify for the work with CAVA and click than the Open button. If as directory to be adapted a file had been selected that already contains settings for CAVA, a warning message is displayed Fig. 2 10). To resolve the problem, select one of the following procedures: (1) Delete the old CAVA settings from the environment file or (2) Create a new environment file. Fig. 2 10: Warning message displayed in case that an environment file has been selected that already contains CAVA settings. After clicking the Next button, the Check Setup Information dialog box will be opened (Fig. 2 11). TechniaTranscat GmbH 11 CAVA 1.x

12 2. I N S T A L L I N G A N D U N I N S T A L L I N G Fig. 2 11: Dialog box displaying the settings made for installation In this dialog box, all settings selected for the installation are shown in order to be able to verify them before starting the installation. Control the settings. If you want to modify the settings, click the Back button to return to the respective dialog box. After verifying the settings, click on the Next button to create the CATIA environment and to start the installation. Completion of the installation routine After clicking the Next button, the CATIA environment is created and the installation is started. The installation progress is shown in the following dialog box. Fig. 2 12: Dialog box with the installation progress bar TechniaTranscat GmbH 12 CAVA 1.x

13 2. I N S T A L L I N G A N D U N I N S T A L L I N G In the course of the installation process, a message is displayed saying that a new environment file has been created or the selected environment file has been adapted, as the case may be (Fig. 2 13). Fig. 2 13: Messages indicating the adaption and the creation of the CATIA environment respectively When installing is completed, the following message is edited (Fig. 2 14). Fig. 2 14: Installing completed Confirm this message by clicking the Finish button. For the newly-created CATIA environment, now on your PC desktop an icon is available with the environment name, you have just entered. With this icon, you can start CATIA with integrated CAVA workbench. The installation directory now contains the following directories: TechniaTranscat GmbH 13 CAVA 1.x

14 2. I N S T A L L I N G A N D U N I N S T A L L I N G win_b64 Configuration SampleTemplates ReferenceParts Contains the CAVA program files. Contains the CAVA configuration files in several sub folders. Contains the DrawingTextConfiguration and ReportTemplates sub-directories with some predefined sample templates, which can be used as base to create own templates that fit to your own special need. Contains files that are referenced by certain CAVA features to create geometry. When the installation is accomplished, it is strongly recommended to check up the adapted CATIA environment. Some circumstances (write protection, very complex CATIA environment etc.) might have affected the adaptation. Before starting the work with CAVA, some basic settings must be done. In the CAVA General manual you can learn which settings must be made imperatively, and which ones are optional. You have to activate the appropriate CAVA license, before you can access the CAVA product toolbars. In the CATIA/CAVA environment open the menu itemtools > Options > Infrastructure > CAVA Vehicle Architecture Licensing. If none of the license check box is enabled, you will not have any toolbar visible in the CAVA workbench. TechniaTranscat GmbH 14 CAVA 1.x

15 2. I N S T A L L I N G A N D U N I N S T A L L I N G Uninstalling S T E P S : To uninstall CAVA, do the following step : (1) Click in WINDOWS the Start button and select the menu sequence Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. (2) Select CAVA and click the Add/Remove button. TechniaTranscat GmbH 15 CAVA 1.x

16 3. D E C L A R I N G T H E C A V A A P P I N 3 D E X P E R I E N C E 3. Declaring the CAVA App in 3DEXPERIENCE To make CAVA available in 3DEXPERIENCE, the CAVA app needs to be declared on the 3DEXPERIENCE server. Platform administrator permissions are required for declaring the CAVA app. Below you can find instructions for declaring the CAVA app using the 3DEXPERIENCE web client: For 3DEXPERIENCE R2014x, page 19 For 3DEXPERIENCE R2014x You can declare the CAVA app for 3DEXPERIENCE 2014x using a web service with REST interface. Use a suitable REST client. Before you can submit the declaration request, authentication on the server is required. Name of request header Value of request header Method URL Content of the request (without line breaks) Content-Type application/x-www-form-urlencoded POST AppsMngt/apps Where hostname:port is the host name and network port of the server. quadrant=west&launchinfos=tcacavaworkbench &type=native&displayname=cava Vehicle Architecture &tooltip=cava Vehicle Architecture &icon= Where is the URL of the CAVA app icon on the server. D E C L A R E T H E C A V A A P P This task shows how to declare the CAVA app on the 3DEXPERIENCE server using Mozilla Firefox with the RESTClient-extension. (1) Install Mozilla Firefox and the RESTClient extension ( on a client computer. (2) Make the CAVA icon file available on the server. TechniaTranscat GmbH 16 CAVA 1.x

17 3. D E C L A R I N G T H E C A V A A P P I N 3 D E X P E R I E N C E The icon file can be copied from the CAVA installation on a client computer: \win_b64\resources\graphic\appicon\tcacavaworkbench_v_0_2_0.png (3) In Firefox, open a 3DEXPERIENCE web client session. (4) Log on to 3DEXPERIENCE as an administrator. The session window must stay open throughout this task. (5) In Firefox, start the RESTClient extension (Menu Tools > RESTClient). (6) In RESTClient, choose Headers > Custom Header. (7) In the Request Header dialog, enter name and value of the request header. Name of request header Value of request header Content-Type application/x-www-form-urlencoded (8) Click Okay to confirm. TechniaTranscat GmbH 17 CAVA 1.x

18 3. D E C L A R I N G T H E C A V A A P P I N 3 D E X P E R I E N C E (9) Choose the "POST" method. Method POST (10) In the URL field, enter the URL of the web service: URL AppsMngt/apps Where hostname:port is the host name and network port of the server. (11) In the Body field, enter the request string: Content of the request (without line breaks) quadrant=west&launchinfos=tcacavaworkbench &type=native&displayname=cava Vehicle Architecture &tooltip=cava Vehicle Architecture &icon= Where is the URL of the CAVA app icon on the server. (12) Click Send to send the request. (13) Verify that the CAVA Vehicle Architecture App is available in 3DEXPERIENCE Rich Client. TechniaTranscat GmbH 18 CAVA 1.x

19 3. D E C L A R I N G T H E C A V A A P P I N 3 D E X P E R I E N C E (14) You can close RESTClient and the 3DEXPERIENCE web client. If you do not want to keep Firefox and/or the RESTClient extension, you can uninstall them. For 3DEXPERIENCE R2015x, page 23 Once declared on the server, this customization is available on all clients where CAVA is installed. Information on the declaration of apps in 3DEXPERIENCE can also be found in the Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE user assistance. 3.1 For 3DEXPERIENCE R2014x You can declare the CAVA app for 3DEXPERIENCE 2014x using a web service with REST interface. Use a suitable REST client. Before you can submit the declaration request, authentication on the server is required. TechniaTranscat GmbH 19 CAVA 1.x

20 3. D E C L A R I N G T H E C A V A A P P I N 3 D E X P E R I E N C E Name of request header Value of request header Method URL Content of the request (without line breaks) Content-Type application/x-www-form-urlencoded POST AppsMngt/apps Where hostname:port is the host name and network port of the server. quadrant=west&launchinfos=tcacavaworkbench &type=native&displayname=cava Vehicle Architecture &tooltip=cava Vehicle Architecture &icon= Where is the URL of the CAVA app icon on the server. D E C L A R E T H E C A V A A P P This task shows how to declare the CAVA app on the 3DEXPERIENCE server using Mozilla Firefox with the RESTClient-extension. (1) Install Mozilla Firefox and the RESTClient extension ( on a client computer. (2) Make the CAVA icon file available on the server. The icon file can be copied from the CAVA installation on a client computer: \win_b64\resources\graphic\appicon\tcacavaworkbench_v_0_2_0.png (3) In Firefox, open a 3DEXPERIENCE web client session. (4) Log on to 3DEXPERIENCE as an administrator. The session window must stay open throughout this task. (5) In Firefox, start the RESTClient extension (Menu Tools > RESTClient). (6) In RESTClient, choose Headers > Custom Header. TechniaTranscat GmbH 20 CAVA 1.x

21 3. D E C L A R I N G T H E C A V A A P P I N 3 D E X P E R I E N C E (7) In the Request Header dialog, enter name and value of the request header. Name of request header Value of request header Content-Type application/x-www-form-urlencoded (8) Click Okay to confirm. TechniaTranscat GmbH 21 CAVA 1.x

22 3. D E C L A R I N G T H E C A V A A P P I N 3 D E X P E R I E N C E (9) Choose the "POST" method. Method POST (10) In the URL field, enter the URL of the web service: URL AppsMngt/apps Where hostname:port is the host name and network port of the server. (11) In the Body field, enter the request string: Content of the request (without line breaks) quadrant=west&launchinfos=tcacavaworkbench &type=native&displayname=cava Vehicle Architecture &tooltip=cava Vehicle Architecture &icon= Where is the URL of the CAVA app icon on the server. (12) Click Send to send the request. (13) Verify that the CAVA Vehicle Architecture App is available in 3DEXPERIENCE Rich Client. TechniaTranscat GmbH 22 CAVA 1.x

23 3. D E C L A R I N G T H E C A V A A P P I N 3 D E X P E R I E N C E (14) You can close RESTClient and the 3DEXPERIENCE web client. If you do not want to keep Firefox and/or the RESTClient extension, you can uninstall them. 3.2 For 3DEXPERIENCE R2015x, R2016x, R2017x, R2018x The declaration of the CAVA is similar between 3DEXPERIENCE releases 2015x, 2016x, 2017x and 2018x. The figures below show R2017x. (1) Open the 3DEXPERIENCE web client in a browser. Log on as Platform Manager. The default user name is admin_platform. TechniaTranscat GmbH 23 CAVA 1.x

24 3. D E C L A R I N G T H E C A V A A P P I N 3 D E X P E R I E N C E After the logon, verify that the user account has the required Platform Manager role. TechniaTranscat GmbH 24 CAVA 1.x

25 3. D E C L A R I N G T H E C A V A A P P I N 3 D E X P E R I E N C E (2) Choose the east quadrant of the compass, Apps Information Intelligence. Then open the 3D Dashboard app. (3) In the top bar, click the dashboard name, then choose Platform Manager from the menu. TechniaTranscat GmbH 25 CAVA 1.x

26 3. D E C L A R I N G T H E C A V A A P P I N 3 D E X P E R I E N C E (4) In the Third Party Apps section, click Create Third Party App. The Create Third Party App window is shown. TechniaTranscat GmbH 26 CAVA 1.x

27 3. D E C L A R I N G T H E C A V A A P P I N 3 D E X P E R I E N C E (5) Enter the following information for the CAVA app: Short Name: Short name of the app. This is the name of the app that appears in the compass. Recommended entry: CAVA Long Name: Long name of the app. This is the name displayed in the tooltip that appears when you hover over the app in the Compass. Recommended entry: CAVA (CATIA Vehicle Architecture) Compass Quadrant: Compass quadrant containing the CAVA app. Recommended choice: My 3D Modelling Apps Type: Choose Native as the type. ID: The app ID is TCACAVAWorkbench. For 3DEXPERIENCE R2015x and R2016x: Icon URL: URL of the app icon. The icon file must be made accessible to all users on the 3DEXPERIENCE server. You can copy the icon from the CAVA installation directory on any client computer: <CAVA>\win_b64\resources\graphics\AppIcon\TCACAVAWorkbench_v_0_2_0.png For 3DEXPERIENCE R2017x: Preview: Preview of the app icon. To choose a different icon, click the preview image and choose a file from the file system. You can find the CAVA app icon file in the CAVA installation directory on any client computer: <CAVA>\win_b64\resources\graphics\AppIcon\TCACAVAWorkbench_v_0_2_0.png Available to all members: Select this option to make CAVA available to all users. Deselect this option to define a certain user role for the CAVA app. (6) Click Save to make the app available. Optional steps for creating a new user role: (7) In the Members & Roles section, click Create a Custom Role. The Add New Custom Role is shown. TechniaTranscat GmbH 27 CAVA 1.x

28 3. D E C L A R I N G T H E C A V A A P P I N 3 D E X P E R I E N C E (8) Insert a name and description for the new role. Select the CAVA app check box in this role. (9) Apply the new role to the respective users. Verify the installation: (10) Start the 3DEXPERIENCE client, then check whether the CAVA app is available on the Compass, and whether the CAVA app can be started. TechniaTranscat GmbH 28 CAVA 1.x

29 4. L I C E N S E M A N A G E M E N T 4. License management 4.1 License managers Since Version for Catia 3DEXPERIENCE, CAVA only supports FlexNet license management. Please order the required license key from TechniaTranscat. To use CAVA with FlexNet licensing, the TCACAVA_LIC environment variable need to be set in the CATIA environment file: License Manager FLEXNET Environment Variable TCACAVA_LIC=FLEXNET 4.2 License types Two licenses schemes are available: Licensing scheme NODELOCK CONCURRENT Description Password valid only on one computer (license is bound to the CPU number). License is available in the network; license server is essential. Concurrent licenses are also called floating licenses. Note: On PCs, licenses can be enrolled only by user with administrator rights. Note: For CAVA, different license packs are available. Before starting the work, under the menu item Tools > Options > Infrastructure > Cava Vehicle Architecture it must be set which license is to be used. Depending on this setting, for the user afterwards different modules will be available. See CAVA GENERAL MANUAL. If none of the license check box is enable, you will not have any toolbar visible in the CAVA workbench. TechniaTranscat GmbH 29 CAVA 1.x

30 4. L I C E N S E M A N A G E M E N T 4.3 FlexNet Licenses Starting with CAVA , it is possible to use FlexNet licensing. To use FlexNet licensing, choose the FlexNet option offered during CAVA installation Installing a FlexNet Nodelocked License If you use a nodelocked license for CAVA, you do not need to install a license server manager. To configure nodelocked licenses for CAVA, follow these steps: (1) Identify the FlexNet Hostid of the machine where CAVA is installed. See chapter 4.3.3, Identifying the FlexNet Hostid. (2) Order the required license key from TechniaTranscat. (3) Place the license file in a local directory, for example C:\Flexnet\nodelock (4) Set the TRANSCAT_LICENSE_FILE environment variable to the path of the license file, for example TRANSCAT_LICENSE_FILE=c:\Flexnet\nodelock\mylicense.lic TechniaTranscat GmbH 30 CAVA 1.x

31 4. L I C E N S E M A N A G E M E N T Installing a Flexnet Concurrent License If you use concurrent (floating) licenses, you need a license server manager. Download the following required software: FlexNet License Server Manager and Utilities, version or later TRANSCAT vendor daemon (CAVA version or later requires TRANSCAT vendor daemon or later) Please consult the FlexNet Publisher License Administration Guide for installation details. You can either use lmadmin (recommended) or lmgrd as license server manager for CAVA. Installing concurrent licenses on the server To configure concurrent licenses for CAVA, follow these steps: (1) Identify the hardware hosting the license server manager. Note that CAVA requires FlexNet license server manager to run on a non-virtual machine. (2) Identify the FlexNet Hostid of the hardware hosting the license server manager. See chapter 4.3.3, Identifying the FlexNet Hostid. (3) Order the required license keys from TechniaTranscat. Place the TRANSCAT vendor daemon and the license file in a directory on the license server. Usually, these files are placed in the INSTALLDIR of the FlexNet license server manager. (4) Run lmadmin or lmgrd to configure the license server. (5) Set TRANSCAT as the vendor daemon (see FlexNet Publisher License Administration Guide). Configuring clients To use concurrent licenses, set the environment variable on each client computer: TRANSCAT_LICENSE_FILE=port@myserver Alternatively, you can use this environment variable: LM_LICENSE_FILE=port@myserver Replace port with the port for connecting to the license server, and myserver with the license server name. If necessary, contact your system administrator about port and server details. TechniaTranscat GmbH 31 CAVA 1.x

32 4. L I C E N S E M A N A G E M E N T Vendor Daemon Physical Lizenzserver FlexNet License Server Manager and Utilities, version or later TRANSCAT vendor daemon (CAVA version or later requires TRANSCAT vendor daemon or later) Virtual License server FlexNet License Server Manager and Utilities, Version or later TRANSCAT Vendor Daemon, Version or later. Licenses are tied to the generation-id (GenID) and a unique identifier (UUID) of the virtual machine. Available on TechniaTranscat Webpage Win64, Win32, Red Hat Linux, AIX, Solaris Identifying the FlexNet Hostid The FlexNet license must be "locked" to its server. There are several ways to lock the server, to the machine's network adapter using its physical address (MAC), or to another unique ID on the machine such as a hard disk ID or a CPU ID. We recommend using the physical address of use the primary network adapter. Use one of the described methods (ipconfig, lmutil, lmtools) to identify the Hostid: Using ipconfig IPCONFIG is a built-in Windows command for configuring and reading the network settings. At the command prompt, enter the command: C:\> ipconfig /all The output for the command should look similar to the following example: Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix. : TechniaTranscat GmbH 32 CAVA 1.x

33 4. L I C E N S E M A N A G E M E N T Description : Linksys LNE100TX Physical Address : E-1A-42-C4 DHCP Enabled : No IP Address : xxx.xxx Subnet Mask : Default Gateway : DNS Servers : 128.xxx.xxx.xxx 128.xxx.xxx.xxx The FlexNet Hostid is the physical address of the primary network adapter. In the given example, the Hostid is E-1A-42-C4. Using lmutil.exe lmutil.exe is a command line license utility. You can download this file from the TechniaTranscat website at At the command prompt, enter the command: C:\flexlm\> lmutil.exe lmhostid -ether The output for the command should look similar to the following example: lmutil - Copyright (c) Flexera Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The FlexNet host ID of this machine is "00056E1A42C4". Using lmtools.exe lmtools.exe includes a wide range of tools for diagnosing and testing. You can download this file from To determine the hostid, run lmtools.exe. Choose the System Settings tab, as shown in the screen shot below. TechniaTranscat GmbH 33 CAVA 1.x

34 4. L I C E N S E M A N A G E M E N T The Ethernet Address is the FlexNet hostid. 4.4 Silhouette functionality in the Generative Shape Design (GSD) workbench If you are using the CAVATOOLS or the CAVA ALL license and you want the Silhouette functionality to be available not only in the CAVA Workbench but also in the Generative Shape Design (GSD) workbench, create a system variable named CAVA_TOOLS_ONLY and sets its value to true. * * * TechniaTranscat GmbH 34 CAVA 1.x