SketchUP 2015 Network License

JGA

Has anyone else had a problem with the new internet based license network license model for SKUP 2015?
Our network security is set by Scottish Government standards, one being the ports required for the application to "see" the internet are blocked - and won't be opened.
Does anyone know a way round this?

I've tried the local reseller, national distributer & Trimble direct, but no-one has come back with a solution to date.

Box

@unknownuser said:

Does anyone know a way round this?

Emigration!

Krisidious

Why did you buy a network license if you don't have a network? A network license shouldn't need the internet, only to see the main server.

Another person was having issues with standard Pro and found that he need to uninstall, disconnect the internet and then reinstall while it was disconnected. perhaps you could try disabling your network card?

I really don't know anything about it. Hopefully an SU Team member will come around. If not I suggest contacting SketchUp directly.

JGA

Thanks for the replies.
We do have a network, and we've had a SKUP network license for years. We received our "free" upgrade to 2015 this month. The difference with this version over previous versions is that the license is internet, rather than fileserver, based.
The previous method worked without a hitch.

ely862me

Network Licenses

License management now happens in the cloud! This is huge - no more creating a shared folder on a local server and no more “license file” that you need to generate.
Network licenses are added the same way single user licenses are added. Just select Help > License (Microsoft Windows) or SketchUp > License (Mac OS X), copy/paste the serial number and authorization code you received via an e-mail and click the Add License button. Or click the Advanced… link, paste in your license information and click Add License.
No setup is required by an IT manager to, well, manage the license. Trimble runs the licensing servers that SketchUp checks in with on startup to make sure you are not exceeding the licensed number of simultaneous users.
No more LAN restrictions. Since the license exists in the cloud, the computers using network licenses just need an Internet connection. Your network will, however, need to allow access to ports 5053 and 50530.
If you need to work offline, you can "check out" a floating license before you go offline for seven days, then return it to the pool of licenses when you get back online.

This is how the Network licenses work now. Lets say you buy a 50 seats license. You can run that license from anywhere but up to 50 machines. You can even block/retain one seat if you want to use it offline.

JGA

Elisei,
Thanks, but it's not so huge when you don't have unrestricted internet access.
It also means when internet access is down, no SKUP!

ely862me

If that happens a lot for you then you just check in and out the license once in 7 days and you are all set.

Krisidious

@ely862me Very Nice...

JGA

Elisei,
Thanks for the suggestion, but you need internet access to check the license out!

holmes

I've just found out about SU2015 network licensing today.

What a spectacular fail.

Key+code in clear text
internet must be working and Trimble servers must be working or you can't even open SU2015, no grace period
users can hog a licence invisibly using Check Out
if a user forgets to check the licence back in ...
and if users hot-desk ...
utter nightmare
we have an office of 50 architects with 10 network licences. SU2015 will be completely unusable

And although licences are meant to be perpetual, looks like after your subscription expires you can't (re-)activate the product, eg if your computer dies. Also seems to be a fairly major issue with even standalone network licence activations being tied to a specific network adapter being active.

Of all my fears for SketchUp when Trimble bought it, such small-minded kitchen-table-software anti-corporate unprofessionalism was not among them.

Regards
W

JGA

Our local reseller has agreed with Trimble for us to swap the network licences from network to standalone. While some of us will be able to now use 64bit SketchUP, the but rest of the Section have moved back to v.7 with the DWG importer. Trimble have lost future business with us.

sketch3d.de

@jga said:

...to v.7 with the DWG importer.

why not use your previous SU v2014 network license instead of degenerating to SU v7, which btw doesn't support recent operating systems.

JGA

sketch3d.de, the impression I got was that we couldn't use the old network license together with the new stand-alone licenses.