Licensing

Please review the following information regarding Bentley Systems' licensing.

STAAD.Pro is also available for use under a Practitioner License. Please refer to the following for additional details about this license type: https://communities.bentley.com/communities/other_communities/licensing_cloud_and_web_services/w/wiki/44008/practitioner-licensing

Subscription Entitlement Service

This product version utilizes Subscription Entitlement Licensing, which is not supported by SELECT activation keys. Subscription Entitlement Licensing features new behavior to enhance your organization’s user administration and security with mandatory user sign-in via CONNECTION Client to access the application. If you are already signed in to the CONNECTION Client, you have met this prerequisite. If you have not, please refer to the Administrator's Resource Center or contact your administrator for assistance in the registration and sign-in process.

For specific information on Subscription Entitlement Licensing in STAAD.Pro, please refer to https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/40238/connect-licensing for the latest information.

For offline usage, please refer to: https://communities.bentley.com/products/licensing/w/licensing__wiki/41085/how-to-check-out-licenses

Local SELECT Server Installation

This is for installations which use a local server on the client network to authenticate the Bentley SELECT license required when running STAAD.Pro

Obtain your SELECT ID. This will be supplied by Bentley Systems.
Using your web browser, go to the URL http://appsnet.bentley.com/myselectcd/ and use your SELECT login credentials to log on to this site.
Download the SELECT Server.
Run this installation on the server that will be the SELECT Server. Details of the SELECT Server installation are included in the download. Refer to those instructions for additional information.