Network License and remote site licensing

One of our clients is about to purchase a new server at one of their locations and install AutoCAD 2005 on the server and run it on the workstations from the server at that location. They have one remote location which they need to use AutoCAD but running it from that same server is not a feasible solution. How does the licensing for AutoCAD work for a solution to this nature.
Thanks for any help!

 

Buy one standalone license; it doesn't need network access. Your reseller
should help with this. See http://www.autodesk.com/activation.

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locations and install AutoCAD 2005 on the server and run it on the
workstations from the server at that location. They have one remote
location which they need to use AutoCAD but running it from that same server
is not a feasible solution. How does the licensing for AutoCAD work for a
solution to this nature.

 

If I understand the scenario correctly it appears that a standalone install
would be the easiest. Am I missing something?

Mike Gauvin
CADsoft Consulting - Arizona

 

In the location where the server is going to located there is about 10 machines which need AutoCAD and at the remote site there are another 10 machines which need it as well. At the server location, they would like to run AutoCAD from the server and store all the drawings and such on the server as well. At the remote site, they need to access the files on the server but running the executable file from the server is going to be too sluggish. With that said, they are going to need 10 standalone licenses at the remote site and 10 network licenses at the server location. Is this correct? Sorry if I was not clear in the initial message. Thanks again!

 

I suggest that you only go for network licenses and have the installation
locally on each PC. Then you have to figure out how many network licenses
you need. It depends on how much AutoCAD is used of all users. Remember that
you can set a timeout on the server licenses to as low as 900 seconds. This
means that let's say 20 users might only need 10-15 licenses. Ask every user
how many hours a day they actually are working in AutoCAD. Remember that
with the timeout they can go to a meeting or work with something else and
after 900 sec the license is avaiable for someone else.

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Best Regards, Jimmy Bergmark
CAD and Database Developer Manager at www.pharmadule-emtunga.com
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