Activating ESAComp with the Free Altair Student Edition License Key

Rahul_P1
Rahul_P1
Altair Employee
edited December 10 in Academic

In general, we recommend switching from ESAComp stand alone to the same capabilities integrated into HyperMesh in the HyperLaminate module (ie Composites Ribbon in HyperMesh.

Please first complete the student license process until st

https://community.altair.com/discussion/34207/instructions-to-access-the-free-altair-student-edition-now-in-altair-one

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Once downloaded and extracted, go to almutil_gui.exe and then follow the steps,

  • Locate and double-click the file "almutil_gui.exe"
  • The "Altair License Utility" window will open up
  • Select the "Activation" tab and paste your license activation key (obtained in Step 2) in the field then click on "Activate".

Next you need to set an environment variable (there are several tips online on how to set a variable in any OS) with

Name: ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH

Value: the path of the license file in the "Activation" tab of the ALMUTIL GUI including the license file name.

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You will need to click the path under the license store, browse to the location and use that entire path as the value including the license file name

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If the path is C:\Users\local\.altair_licensing\test\licenses and the license file name is LKJH.lic then the value of the variable will be - C:\Users\local\.altair_licensing\test\licenses\LKJH.lic

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