Retrieve a Zoom license
When a BIMcollab Zoom license is available for you, you can retrieve the license to make use of Zoom's full potential.
There are three different license types (named company licenses, floating company licenses or a personal license), which can be retrieved in two different ways:
Named and floating company licenses
Company licenses can either be Floating or Named: Both licensing types are connected to a private space.
- Floating licenses can be shared among four users. One user at a time can retrieve the BIMcollab Zoom license.
- Named licenses are assigned to one specific user. This user can always retrieve the BIMcollab Zoom license.
To be able to use these BIMcollab Zoom licenses, an administrator of your private space needs to assign the license or add you to the license pool.
You can find more information on how to manage BIMcollab Zoom licenses as an administrator in the article Manage BIMcollab Zoom licenses in BIMcollab Windows
- Go to: Extra > Settings > Licensing
- Under 'License type', select 'Company license'
- In the field 'BIMcollab', fill out the URL of your private space
- Fill out your login credentials for the space
- Click on 'Obtain' to retrieve the license
MacOS
- Go to: BIMcollab Zoom > Settings > Licensing
- In the field 'BIMcollab', fill out the URL of your private space
- Fill out your login credentials for the space
- Click on 'Obtain' to retrieve the license
When you obtain a license, it will be available to you as long as you are using BIMcollab Zoom. When you close BIMcollab Zoom, the license will be automatically released, and will be available for other users in the license pool, as long as you have not borrowed the license.
If at any given time you need to relinquish your license without closing BIMcollab Zoom or before the borrowing period is over. The license can be released via the licensing settings.
The next time you open BIMcollab Zoom, it will automatically try to retrieve a license from the space you retrieved the license from the first time.
Personal licenses
If you have a Personal license, the license is connected to your BIMcollab ID and not to a private space.
Steps to retrieve a personal license for BIMcollab Zoom:
- Open BIMcollab Zoom and click on the Connection icon
- Connect to your free project on join.bimcollab.com, as explained in the article Connect to BIMcollab Nexus from BCF managers or BIMcollab Zoom
- The license connected to your BIMcollab ID will automatically be retrieved
If you are connected to a different space in which no license is available for you, you can still use your Personal license:
Windows
- Go to Extra > Settings > Licensing
- Select the use of a personal license. Under 'License type', select 'Personal license'
- Under 'License credentials', fill in the login credentials for your BIMcollab ID (these are the same credentials you use to connect to your free project on join.bimcollab.com)
- Click on 'Obtain' to retrieve the license
MacOS
- Go to BIMcollab Zoom > Settings > Licensing
- In the field 'BIMcollab' insert: join.bimcolab.com
- Under 'License credentials', fill out the login credentials for your BIMcollab ID (these are the same credentials you use to connect to your free project on join.bimcollab.com)
- Click on 'Obtain' to retrieve the license
BIMcollab Zoom needs internet access to be able to retrieve your license. To be able to use your license offline, select 'Borrow license for' and choose an amount of days up to 7.
The next time you open BIMcollab Zoom, it will automatically try to retrieve a license in the same way you have retrieved it before.
The space and credentials which are filled in in the Settings window of BIMcollab Zoom will be used by default.
Borrow a license to work offline
BIMcollab Zoom needs internet access to retrieve your license. To be able to use your license offline, borrow the license via the license settings.
Windows
- Go to Extra > Settings > Licensing
- Obtain your license, if this is not yet done
- Choose an amount of days, up to 7, in the field 'License borrow'
- Click 'Borrow'
MacOS
- Go to BIMcollab Zoom > Settings > Licensing
- Release your license, if it is already retrieved
- Select the 'Borrow license for' options
- Choose an amount of days, up to 7
- Click 'Obtain'
For a Company license, this option is only available when the administrator has enabled the option 'Allow to borrow' in the license pool.
A floating license will not be available to other users in the license pool for this period of time.
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