Floating License
Deploy and use Flexnet License Manager
To use floating licenses with Pixyz SDK, a FLexLM license Server is required.
Tip
Read more about Pixyz floating licenses usage and setup.
See installation procedures for Windows or Linux.
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.
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.
Important
Tokens are proprierary to Pixyz and mandatory for a correct execution of the software. Default licensing behavior or token management within Pixyz execution must not be altered or modified.
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 |
|---|---|
| AllFormats | Enables Import and Export capabilities within Pixyz |
| Format Name | Enables Import and/or Export capabilities for a given file format |
| Format Name | Eg: Catia, Step, ... Enables Import and/or Export capabilities for a given file format |
| PxzImport | Enables Pixyz native scenes import/load |
| PxzExport | Enables Pixyz native scenes export/save |
ImportBundlex |
Enables Import specific capabilities |
ImportBundlex |
Enables Export specific capabilities |
| Algo | Enables Pixyz algorithms |
| Process | Enables Pixyz process |