Managing Plugins

Use the Plugins palette to manage application Plugins provided for specific industries, activities, or postprocessing tasks (such as rendering).

Plugins are installed in the \Plugins folder of the software installation folder.

Once you have installed a plugin, you can register the plugin, enable or disable it, and update it.

The Plugins palette displays a list of installed plugins with their names. For each plugin, the following information is provided: name of the plugin, license type, version number, modules and status.

From the Plugins palette you can:

• Access the customer account at your plugins vendor

• Access the license settings. The dialog box displays license information, such as version number, license type, expiration date.

• Manage installed plugins.

Additionally, you can setup a Network License Server.

The Plugins palette contains the following sections:

Section	Description
Customer Account Manager	Lets you manage your customer account at your plugins vendor within the Plugins palette. The toolbar displays only the necessary buttons, according to the displayed page, allowing you to do the following operations directly from the Plugins palette: Create a user account Log in or log out to your account Manage your account
Plugins	Displays the list of installed plugins. For each plugin the following information is displayed: License status Unregistered Unloaded Loaded The trial expires soon Plugin name Available activation types. For each plugin, the button changes according to the plugin license status. At any moment, you can display additional licensing information, such as version, expiration date, license type and status. Additionally, you can load and unload each plugin.

You can use the following toolbar buttons at the top of the palette:

Button	Description
	Refreshes the Plugins list
	Provides access to the Advanced Settings dialog box where you can set a Network License Server.

In addition, the toolbar can contain the following buttons:

Button	Description
Create Account	Displays the account creation of the plugins vendor within the Plugins palette. The toolbar displays the Login button.
Login	Displays the Login page for the user account within the Plugins palette. After you log in, the toolbar displays the Manage Account and Logout buttons.
Manage Account	Opens the customer account for your user account in the browser and lets you manage your account.
	Logs out from the account

To display the Plugin palette:

• On the ribbon, click Plugins > Plugins > Plugins (or type Plugins).

To activate the license for a plugin:

1. Type Plugins at the command prompt.

   The Plugins palette displays.

2. In the Plugins area, click Activate for a plugin for which the license is not activated.

   The Plugins palette displays the activation page for the user account. Specify your permission key and click Validate permission key.

   Note: You can activate your license online or offline.

3. Follow the activation process activate the plugin.

To display license information:

1. Type Plugins at the command prompt.

   The Plugins palette displays.

2. In the Plugins area, click for a loaded plugin.

   A dialog box displaying the license information appears.

To load a plugin:

1. Type Plugins at the command prompt.

   The Plugins palette displays.

2. In the Plugins area, click for a plugin which is marked as unloaded .

3. In the dialog box, click Load.

To unload a plugin:

1. Type Plugins at the command prompt.

   The Plugins palette displays.

2. In the Plugins area, click for a loaded plugin.

3. In the dialog box, click Unload.

To uninstall a plugin, please follow the instructions of the plugin vendor.

To setup a Network License Server

1. Type Plugins at the command prompt.

   The Plugins palette displays.

2. On the Plugins palette, click on the toolbar.

3. In the Advanced Settings dialog box, set up the connection link data to the network license manager (NLM):

   • In the Server text box, type the IP address of the computer that hosts the NLM (for example, 192.168.1.145).

     Type localhost, if the system that hosts the NLM is the same as the one you where you run the CAD application.

   • In the Port text box, specify the port number used to establish the connection to the server (the default NLM connection port is 2700).

4. Optionally, on the Proxy Server tab, specify whether the proxy server will be accessed or not.

5. Click Add.

Access

Ribbon: Plugins > Pugins > Plugins

Command: Plugins

Related Topic

Hiding the Plugins Palette