Installation for administrators
Package licences benefit Autodesk customers who have a maintenance plan or a subscription with multi-user access.
A package licence gives previous version rights to Autodesk maintenance plan customers and subscribers, allowing you to use eligible previous versions of Autodesk software. Beginning with 2018 products, package licences extend to four previous versions. See Download previous versions.
Package files include licences for multiple releases of a product.
If you have a multi-user or maintenance plan for multiple versions of an Autodesk product, you can get a package file. Package files contain a set of licences for previous releases of the same product, such as AutoCAD 2019-2021. Running an instance of any one of the releases uses one license in the package. A perpetual licence that isn’t on a maintenance plan is called a "non-package licence."
Package licence files:
Authorise the use of the current version and limited previous versions of the same product.
Can be combined with licence files for different products.
Can't be combined with non-package licence files for product versions in the package. For example, you can't combine an AutoCAD 2021 package licence file with a regular licence file for AutoCAD 2016 or 2015.
Rely on both the PACKAGE and INCREMENT sections in the licence file. When you combine licence files, make sure that you include both these sections.
Support licence borrowing, licence cascading and options files.
Use the newer licence file if an older file also exists.
Package licences for industry collections allow every product in the industry collection to run with a shared licence regardless of the release. For example, suppose you have a package licence for the Product Design Collection. If so, you can run AutoCAD 2021 and AutoCAD 2020 at the same time (for multi-user only, one license consumed). And you can run AutoCAD 2021 and 3ds Max 2020 at the same time (for single or multi-user, one license consumed).
A licence is borrowed for each product in a collection separately and consumes only one subscription from the server. For a suite, one licence is borrowed that applies to all products in the same suite.
If a licence file contains a mix of different licence types for the same product, a ranking logic determines which licences from the pool are consumed first. Subscription licences are consumed first, followed by perpetual licences. Also, point products are consumed before collections that include the point product, which in turn are consumed before suites that include the point product. This logic optimises the number of available licences by assigning suite licences only when no other licences are available.
Licence borrowing, options files and licence cascading work the same for package licence files as they do for regular licence files. When configuring options file parameters for a package licence, use the PACKAGE code (for example, 64300ACD_T_F) and not the product/version feature code (for example, 87393ACD_2021_0F).
Package licence file for a redundant licence server model (AutoCAD 2019).
SERVER ServerName 112233445566 USE_SERVER VENDOR adskflex port=2080 PACKAGE 64300ACD_T_F adskflex 1.000 COMPONENTS="87084ACD_2019_0F \ 86830ACD_2018_0F 86604ACD_2017_0F 86445ACD_2016_0F \ 86295ACD_2015_0F 86063ACD_2014_0F" OPTIONS=SUITE \ SUPERSEDE=64300ACD_T_F ISSUED=05-Dec.-2018 SIGN="0C88 7FB2 8EFF \ B69F CA47 9DCA 7257 B3B1 FB5E A7DD AE99 3484 FC99 BB50 4095 \ 0B0D 360F 45ED 0339 CAC9 1676 0835 B058 B477 2730 140C 1474 \ 5438 72B9 A08F" SIGN2="1B3F 3D96 EA74 9A35 EF52 5473 9835 AAF5 \ E51F 94F1 24A8 8DAB 543C 4AF6 13CC 14DD F4F7 D0B5 1E67 DFCF \ 784B 1E5C 8070 7243 BAB8 1FFD C4A8 351F 38B3 74B9" INCREMENT 64300ACD_T_F adskflex 1.000 05-dec-2019 5 \ VENDOR_STRING=commercial:extendable SUPERSEDE=64300ACD_T_F \ DUP_GROUP=UH SUITE_DUP_GROUP=UHV ISSUED=05-Dec.-2018 \ BORROW=4320 SN=XXX-XXXXXXXX SIGN="1252 747C E19B 4747 20C4 \ 0AC6 F0EF F080 0638 C4AC 2957 0B76 3F38 5A6F 450B 0B33 8D07 \ 668A 253A C36D B1C4 0AEB 6F30 2D4A B212 C7AE 6E30 1367 4625 \ 8794" SIGN2="0676 9206 A072 071E C234 61A7 D2B1 73CA 205D 7EC2 \ 4C4E 9418 F3B3 EA84 9D88 0B2C B3CC 387F 402E 440D F1F8 B718 \ B9A4 4F70 06D3 09DF B000 DEDC D868 D08B"
A copy of the following licence file is placed on each of the specified servers. Notice that the file starts with a series of three SERVER lines.
SERVER ServerName1 112233445566 27005 SERVER ServerName2 223344556677 27005 SERVER ServerName3 334455667788 27005 USE_SERVER VENDOR adskflex port=2080 PACKAGE 64300ACD_T_F adskflex 1.000 COMPONENTS="87084ACD_2019_0F \ 86830ACD_2018_0F 86604ACD_2017_0F 86445ACD_2016_0F \ 86295ACD_2015_0F 86063ACD_2014_0F" OPTIONS=SUITE \ SUPERSEDE=64300ACD_T_F ISSUED=05-Dec.-2018 SIGN="7FB2 8EFF 0C88\ A7DD AE99 3484 FC99 BB50 B69F CA47 9DCA 7257 B3B1 FB5E 4095 \ B058 B477 2730 140C 1474 0B0D 360F 45ED 0339 CAC9 1676 0835 \ 5438 72B9 A08F" SIGN2=" EF52 5473 9835 AAF5 1B3F 3D96 EA74 9A35 \ 543C 4AF6 13CC 14DD F4F7 D0B5 1E67 E51F 94F1 24A8 8DAB DFCF \ BAB8 1FFD C4A8 784B 1E5C 8070 7243 351F 38B3 74B9" INCREMENT 64300ACD_T_F adskflex 1.000 05-dec-2019 5 \ VENDOR_STRING=commercial:extendable SUPERSEDE=64300ACD_T_F \ DUP_GROUP=UH SUITE_DUP_GROUP=UHV ISSUED=05-Dec.-2018 \ BORROW=4320 SN=XXX-XXXXXXXX SIGN="1252 747C E19B 4747 20C4 \ 0AC6 F0EF F080 0638 C4AC 2957 0B76 3F38 5A6F 450B 0B33 8D07 \ C36D B1C4 0AEB 6F30 2D4A B212 C7AE 6E30 1367 668A 253A 4625 \ 8794" SIGN2="0676 9206 A072 071E C234 61A7 D2B1 73CA 205D 7EC2 \ F3B3 EA84 9D88 0B2C B3CC 387F 402E 4C4E 9418 440D F1F8 B718 \ 09DF B000 DEDC D868 B9A4 4F70 06D3 D08B"
Example of a combined package licence file for AutoCAD 2019 and Inventor 2019.
SERVER ServerName 112233445566 USE_SERVER VENDOR adskflex port=2080 PACKAGE 64300ACD_T_F adskflex 1.000 COMPONENTS="87084ACD_2019_0F \ 86830ACD_2018_0F 86604ACD_2017_0F 86445ACD_2016_0F \ 86295ACD_2015_0F 86063ACD_2014_0F" OPTIONS=SUITE \ SUPERSEDE=64300ACD_T_F ISSUED=05-Dec.-2018 SIGN="0C88 7FB2 8EFF \ B69F CA47 9DCA 7257 B3B1 FB5E A7DD AE99 3484 FC99 BB50 4095 \ 0B0D 360F 45ED 0339 CAC9 1676 0835 B058 B477 2730 140C 1474 \ 5438 72B9 A08F" SIGN2="1B3F 3D96 EA74 9A35 EF52 5473 9835 AAF5 \ E51F 94F1 24A8 8DAB 543C 4AF6 13CC 14DD F4F7 D0B5 1E67 DFCF \ 784B 1E5C 8070 7243 BAB8 1FFD C4A8 351F 38B3 74B9" INCREMENT 64300ACD_T_F adskflex 1.000 05-dec-2019 5 \ VENDOR_STRING=commercial:extendable SUPERSEDE=64300ACD_T_F \ DUP_GROUP=UH SUITE_DUP_GROUP=UHV ISSUED=05-Dec.-2018 \ BORROW=4320 SN=XXX-XXXXXXXX SIGN="1252 747C E19B 4747 20C4 \ 0AC6 F0EF F080 0638 C4AC 2957 0B76 3F38 5A6F 450B 0B33 8D07 \ 668A 253A C36D B1C4 0AEB 6F30 2D4A B212 C7AE 6E30 1367 4625 \ 8794" SIGN2="0676 9206 A072 071E C234 61A7 D2B1 73CA 205D 7EC2 \ 4C4E 9418 F3B3 EA84 9D88 0B2C B3CC 387F 402E 440D F1F8 B718 \ B9A4 4F70 06D3 09DF B000 DEDC D868 D08B" PACKAGE 85578INVNTOR_T_F adskflex 1.000 \ COMPONENTS="87067INVNTOR_2019_0F 86824INVNTOR_2018_0F \ 86608INVNTOR_2017_0F 86492INVNTOR_2016_0F 86314INVNTOR_2015_0F \ 86159INVNTOR_2014_0F" OPTIONS=SUITE SUPERSEDE=85578INVNTOR_T_F \ ISSUED=05-Dec.-2018 SIGN="0129 0D86 5904 A04B 681An A/AN A0B5 4773 \ C37E EC23 71B4 CE62 50D1 07EA AAD5 133E 048D B08A 4286 21EE \ 5FEF 3B41 B845 5551 1813 32E8 04C9 7D77 56C5 D8AE 9111" \ SIGN2="10F2 FD0B 50E8 B784 FFF0 93AA 56E0 3C27 AAE3 A4F2 5724 \ 7CEC 013E A86A A07F 03FC B43D 79BB A33F F359 2803 805B EF2B \ F4A9 606A 606C ADC3 95D0 FC7E BB2C" INCREMENT 85578INVNTOR_T_F adskflex 1.000 05-dec-2019 5 \ VENDOR_STRING=commercial:extendable SUPERSEDE=85578INVNTOR_T_F \ DUP_GROUP=UH SUITE_DUP_GROUP=UHV ISSUED=05-Dec.-2018 \ BORROW=4320 SN=XXX-XXXXXXXX SIGN="14EE 6147 DBD1 2A7B 770D \ B072 6504 D402 9B17 22EA D32B 6DA9 0CD4 28E8 8DCE 0334 9096 \ EAF2 12C0 20A5 1572 7CD3 5192 EE55 B6B9 4856 B52B A95E 4338 \ 6FF5" SIGN2="1451 2907 77A4 AE97 D8E5 99E2 A5BB 361B 1405 378A \ E3CA FECA 57CC DE18 B2BA 0FA2 9973 0012 7059 F2C3 46C2 A443 \ 13EF 1E3C BE03 C0B3 F410 5528 D11C 09B9"