Tekla Structures Installation

1. To use Tekla Structures, install the Tekla Structures software and the Tekla

Structures environments that you want to use. 
You also need to have the Tekla license server installed, either on your own computer or on
another computer, and you need to activate your Tekla Structures license. 
NOTE:
You need to be logged in with administrator rights to install the Tekla Structures software on
your computer. 

1. Install the Tekla Structures software. 

a. Download the installation file from Tekla Downloads to your computer. 
b. Double-click the installation file to run the installation. 
c. Follow the steps in the installation wizard to complete the installation. 

You can select the installation folder and the model folder

. 
2. Install the Tekla Structures environments. 
Note that the location of the environment installation folder depends on where you have
installed the software. You cannot select the environment installation folder in the installation
wizard. 
a. Download the environment installation files from Tekla Downloads to your
computer. 
Note that you can also later install as many environments as you want to a Tekla
Structures version that you are using. 
b. Double-click the installation file to run the installation. 
c. Follow the steps in the installation wizard to complete the installation. 

You can select in the installation wizard that the environment setting files (. tsep) are installed
when running the environment installation wizard. 
If you do not select to do this, the environment setting files are installed to the environment
folder when you start Tekla Structures after the installation. Tekla Structures opens a dialog
box that shows the installation progress.
If you are installing several environments for the first time, we recommend that you do not
select to install the environment setting files (. tsep) when running the environment
installation wizard. Some of the. tsep packages are used in more than one environment and
the same version of a. tsep package is only installed once.
 Taking Tekla Structures licenses into use

Install Tekla license server

If you are using other FlexNet licensing services, you need to stop them before you install the
Tekla license server. When you have completed installing the Tekla license server, you can
restart the other licensing services. 

To install the license server: 

1. Go to Tekla Downloads and download the latest Tekla license server installation. To
check the license server version to use, see Hardware recommendations for Tekla 2020
license server. 
2. For standard setup, select the options Automatic and complete the installation. 

Tekla license server is installed. 

In automatic license server installation, the license server host name is automatically set
to 27007@your_host_name, where 27007 is the port and your_host_name is your computer
name. 
Automatic installation is recommended. Use the Manual installation only if you are an
advanced user of FlexNet or Flexlm licensing, and you need to change something in the
default installation, for example, the TCP/IP port. For more information, see Install Tekla
license server - manual installation

Save your Tekla Structures license entitlement certificate

As a preliminary action for transferring license rights from Trimble Solutions license
activation server to your license server, you need to save the entitlement certificate, which is
sent in an e-mail to the person in your organization who has made the license purchase, or to
someone named as the contact person. 

To save the license entitlement certificate: 

1. In your e-mail application, open the e-mail containing the entitlement certificate. 
2. Download the entitlement certificate file EntitlementCertificate.html to
the ..\Tekla\License\Server folder. 
The entitlement certificate states the configurations, quantities and activation IDs of
your Tekla Structures licenses. The entitlement certificates are not computer-specific. This
 means that you can activate licenses from several entitlements on one license server and you
can activate licenses from one entitlement (containing several licenses) on several license
servers.

Activate Tekla Structures licenses

You need to activate the licenses on the license server to use Tekla Structures. When you
activate the licenses and notify the server, the license rights are transferred from the
activation server at Trimble Solutions to the license server. Use Tekla License Administration
Tool for activating licenses. 
NOTE:
Do no use the automatic license server notification functionality if you are using some other
FlexNet license and license server administration tool, such as FlexNet Manager. To use
manual notification, see Activate Tekla licenses using manual server notification. 
To activate your licenses and notify the license server about license changes: 
1. Go to Tekla Licensing > Tekla License Administration Tool through
the Start menu or Start screen, depending on your Windows operating system. 
2. Enable the automatic license server notification functionality by clicking
the Notify Server button. 
3. You saved your entitlement certificate in the ..\Tekla\License\Server folder,
and the licenses should now be listed in the Entitled Licenses area. If they are not
listed, click Open, select EntitlementCertificate.html, and click Open again. 
4. Select the number of licenses to activate. 
5. Click the Activate button. 
Your license server contacts the activation server at Trimble Solutions. The activated licenses
are displayed under the Activated Licenses area. 

Next, you need to connect Tekla Structures to the license server when you start Tekla
Structures for the first time.

Connect Tekla Structures to the license server

If you installed the license server on the same computer with Tekla Structures and
successfully activated your license, the license is reserved automatically without any further
action. The license server is always running in the background as a Windows service under
the name Tekla Licensing Service.
If the license server is installed on a different computer, you must tell Tekla Structures the
name of the license server computer in your internal network so that your computer can
contact the license server computer.
To connect Tekla Structures to the license server when you start Tekla Structures for the first
 time:
1 Start Tekla Structures.
2 To connect Tekla Structures to the license server, enter the port@hostname information in
the licensing dialog box, for example 27007@HOST_NAME. The host name and port
must correspond with the host name and port found in the tekla.lic file on the server
computer located at ..\Tekla\License\Server. The license server administrator informs
users about the license server name and port number.

1. host
2. port
If there is more than one license server available with activated licenses, you can
define a primary and a secondary server in the licensing dialog box by separating the
servers with a semicolon as follows:
27007@HOST_NAME_1;27007@HOST_NAME_2

Click OK to start Tekla Structures.

Borrowing licenses for using Tekla Structures offline

You can borrow an activated license from the license server when you work offline and no
license server is installed on your computer. The borrowed license is transferred from the
license server to your computer, so it is not available for other users during the borrowing
period. 

To borrow licenses, follow the workflow below:

1. Install and set up Tekla License Borrow Tool for license borrowing
2. Borrow a Tekla license
3. Return a borrowed Tekla license
Install and set up Tekla License Borrow Tool for license borrowing

Set up Tekla License Borrow Tool: install Tekla License Borrow Tool, connect Tekla
Structures to the license server, and open the product ID file containing all Tekla Structures
configurations and their product IDs. There is a default product ID file (standard.tpi) listing
all configurations, but you should ask your administrator to send you a new and customized
product ID file that contains only the configurations that you are allowed to use. This is phase
1 of the workflow Borrowing licenses for using Tekla Structures offline

To install and set up Tekla License Borrow Tool:

3 Download and install the latest Tekla License Borrow Tool from Tekla Downloads.
4 Go to Tekla License Borrow > Tekla License Borrow Tool through the Start menu or Start
screen, depending on your Windows operating system.
5 In the Setup dialog box, enter the port number and the hostname (computer name) of the
license server in the Server box in the format port@hostname, for example,
27007@server_hostname.
6 You need to use exactly the same port and host name as in the licensing dialog box when
starting Tekla Structures.
7 Still in the Setup dialog box, click Browse and select the product ID file.
8 Click OK.
9 The Products area in the Tekla License Borrow Tool is updated. Now you can borrow
licenses.
 Borrow a Tekla license

To borrow a license from the license server:

 In Tekla License Borrow Tool, in the Products area, click the Borrow Until box and
select the expiration date for the borrowing period from the calendar.
The maximum borrowing period is one month.

 Click the Borrow button.

The borrowing progress is displayed. After successful borrowing the Borrowed Licenses area
shows the borrowed license.

 Disconnect your computer from the license server and start Tekla Structures with the
borrowed license to ensure that the borrowing succeeded.

Return a borrowed Tekla license

A borrowed license is automatically available on the license server one day after the
expiration date. However, you need to return the expired license to the license server to
update the Borrowed Licenses area in Tekla License Borrow Tool. You can return a
borrowed license any time. 
To return a borrowed license: 
1. Connect your computer to the network where you can connect to the license server. 
2. Close Tekla Structures. 
3. Go to Tekla License Borrow > Tekla License Borrow Tool through the Start menu
or Start screen, depending on your Windows operating system. 
4. Select the Return check box in the Borrowed Licenses area to select the license to
return. 
5. Click the Return button at the top. 
After successful returning, the Borrowed Licenses area is updated.