Tekla Structures 2018 Manage Tekla Structures March 2018 ©2018 Trimble Solutions Corporation Contents 1 Get started as a Tekla Structures administrator....................... 9 1.1 Information sources for administrators ....................................................... 9 2 Tekla Structures installation for administrators.....................11 2.1 Installation requirements.............................................................................. 11 2.2 Installing Tekla Structures............................................................................. 12 2.3 Centralized installation of Tekla Structures................................................ 12 2.4 Installation in a virtual environment........................................................... 13 2.5 Installing the license server...........................................................................13 2.6 Tekla Structures multi-user server............................................................... 16 2.7 Installing .tsep packages................................................................................ 18 2.8 Upgrading Tekla Structures........................................................................... 20 2.9 Folder structure...............................................................................................21 2.10 Create startup shortcuts with customized initializations......................... 21 Create a startup shortcut with customized initialization..................................................22 Available parameters in shortcuts.......................................................................................23 Example of an initialization file............................................................................................ 24 2.11 Using Tekla Structures with application and desktop virtualization....... 25 Prerequisites for using Tekla Structures in a virtual environment.................................. 27 Set up the virtual environment for Tekla Structures........................................................ 29 3 Manage licenses ..........................................................................31 3.1 Tekla Structures licensing system.................................................................32 Checklist of Trimble Solutions deliverables needed in Tekla Structures licensing........ 33 Checklist of IT resources needed in Tekla Structures licensing........................................34 Checklist for the Tekla Structures license server administrator...................................... 35 Rights needed for performing administrator's tasks in Tekla Structures licensing.......36 Distributing and managing Tekla Structures licenses....................................................... 36 Examples of different Tekla Structures licensing system setups.....................................38 3.2 Installing Tekla Structures license server.................................................... 43 Which license server version to use .................................................................................. 44 Install Tekla Structures license server - automatic installation........................................ 45 Install Tekla Structures license service - manual installation........................................... 46 Modify the license file tekla.lic manually............................................................................ 49 Configure Tekla Structures license server manually......................................................... 51 3.3 Allowing Tekla Structures license server to operate through Windows Firewall............................................................................................ 53 Allow exceptions in firewall for lmgrd.exe and tekla.exe: Windows Server 2008.......... 53 Allow exceptions in firewall for lmgrd.exe and tekla.exe: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and Windows Server 2012.................................................................................................... 56 2 Allow traffic in fixed TCP/IP ports: Windows Server 2008.................................................57 Allow traffic in fixed TCP/IP ports: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and Windows Server 2012....62 3.4 Activating Tekla Structures licenses............................................................. 71 Activate Tekla Structures licenses using automatic server notification.......................... 72 Activate Tekla Structures licensing using manual server notification............................. 74 3.5 Connect Tekla Structures to the license server...........................................76 3.6 Maintain licenses ........................................................................................... 77 Modify Tekla Structures license access rights (tekla.opt)..................................................77 Configuration codes and keywords used in access right definitions.........................79 Deactivating Tekla Structures licenses................................................................................ 82 Deactivate Tekla Structures licenses.............................................................................. 83 Repair a Tekla Structures license......................................................................................... 84 Troubleshoot Tekla Structures licensing ........................................................................... 86 View and diagnose errors in Tekla Structures license activation, deactivation and borrowing........................................................................................................................... 86 Problems in Tekla Structures license server installation and connecting to the license server...................................................................................................................... 87 Problems in FlexNet......................................................................................................... 90 Problems in Tekla Structures license activation........................................................... 90 Problems in Tekla Structures license deactivation.......................................................95 Problems in Tekla Structures license borrowing.......................................................... 95 Problems in Tekla Structures license trusted storage..................................................96 Problems using LMTOOLS in Tekla Structures licensing..............................................97 Problems in starting Tekla Structures..........................................................................100 Problems with options file tekla.opt............................................................................ 101 Problems in Tekla Structures licensing: Error codes and their descriptions...........103 3.7 Borrowing Tekla Structures licenses for offline use................................. 109 Provide offline users with a customized product ID file................................................. 111 Set up Tekla Structures License Borrow Tool for Tekla Structures offline use.............112 Borrow a license from Tekla Structures license server................................................... 113 Return a borrowed Tekla Structures license.................................................................... 114 4 Create and distribute customized configurations ................116 4.1 Tekla Structures setup guidelines for administrators..............................116 Customizing Tekla Structures.............................................................................................117 Overview of environments, roles and licenses................................................................ 118 Folder structure................................................................................................................... 120 Project and firm folders...................................................................................................... 120 Folder search order............................................................................................................. 121 Initialization files..................................................................................................................122 Setting advanced options in .ini files.................................................................................124 Creating shortcuts............................................................................................................... 125 Bypassing the login screen.................................................................................................127 User-defined attributes...................................................................................................... 127 4.2 Environment, company and project settings for administrators........... 129 Environment settings.......................................................................................................... 129 Company settings................................................................................................................129 Project settings.................................................................................................................... 132 4.3 Distribute custom ribbons using a firm or environment folder..............134 Add ribbons to the firm or environment folder...............................................................134 Loading order of custom ribbons......................................................................................134