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Floating License

Learn how to deploy and use floating licenses for Pixyz SDK, including FlexLM setup and license token management.
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Deploy and use Flexnet License Manager

To use floating licenses with Pixyz SDK, a FLexLM license Server is required. See installation procedures for Windows or Linux.
flexlm

About FlexLM License Server Manager

lmadmin
or
lmgrd
FlexLM daemons are supplied by Unity x Pixyz. Its job is to communicate with the application, and receive the license request from it. It then passes the request to the vendor daemon.

About Pixyz Vendor Daemon

Specific to Unity x Pixyz Products,
Pixyz Vendor Daemon
job is to process the license request and to either grant it or deny it, depending on the number of available licenses, and predefined license usage constraints.

About Pixyz License File

Available after completed Unity license purchase for a Pixyz entitlement, and available for generation on your Pixyz user portal, this license file holds detailed license information such as the quantity and time extent of the license.
pixyzlicense

About Pixyz license token(s)

Pixyz relies on a token-based licensing mechanism to protect its software integrity and compartimentalize its software portoflio. Pixyz SDK automatically configures itself at startup, during the initialization and license configuration phases. See Setup Guides samples. While exploring Pixyz SDK, Pixyz-based Products or FlexLM license server, you might come across the following concepts and license tokens:

TOKEN NAME

Brief description

AllFormatsEnables Import and Export capabilities within Pixyz
Format NameEnables Import and/or Export capabilities for a given file format
Format NameEg: 'Catia', 'Step', ... Enables Import and/or Export capabilities for a given file format
PxzImportEnables Pixyz native scenes import/load
PxzExportEnables Pixyz native scenes export/save
ImportBundleXEnables Import specific capabilities
ImportBundleXEnables Export specific capabilities
AlgoEnables Pixyz algorithms
ProcessEnables Pixyz process