Selecting Shareable Licenses

When you are configuring the execution options in the 3DX Script adapter, the 3DX Utility adapter, the 3DX Parameter adapter, or the Physics Execution adapter, you can select the type of licenses that you would like to use to run the simulation. You can use a named user license or a shareable license. Named user licenses are selected by default.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About Shareable Licenses

Use Named User Licenses

  1. From the Execution tab of the adapter editor, expand the Execution Options.
  2. Select Use Named User Licenses to use the named user license granted to the session.
  3. Click OK to save your changes and to close the adapter editor.

Define Shareable Licenses

  1. From the Execution tab of the adapter editor, expand the Execution Options.
  2. Select Use Shareable Licenses.
  3. Select the method to define the shareable license:
    OptionDescription
    Default Uses the shareable license configuration defined by your administrator.
    Specify Licenses Uses the shareable license entered in the field; for example, SMU.prd.
    Get licenses from parameter Uses a shareable license contained in the specified parameter. The SHAREABLE_LICENSES parameter is available by default. If you prefer to use a different parameter instead, click to create it and set its value.
  4. Click OK to save your changes and to close the adapter editor.
    If you selected Get licenses from parameter, the SHAREABLE_LICENSES parameter is created.
  5. If you selected Get licenses from parameter, use the Parameters panel in the context menu of the activity to set the value of SHAREABLE_LICENSES to the desired license; for example, SMU.prd. For more information, see Editing Parameters Using the Parameters Panel.