Autodesk Transfer License To New Computer
Arleen Jerdee
I am currently using AutoCAD under a student license and recently got a new computer. I tried to run the installer on the new computer, and it only runs for a few minutes then says that some components may not have been installed. Looking at the checklist I can see that nothing has been installed.
Do I need to uninstall the software off of my old computer, or do I need to transfer the license in some way? I am in the middle of a large school project, so I am afraid that I will be left with nothing if I uninstall from the one computer that is currently working.
You can transfer the student license to your new computer. Have you tried the License Transfer Utility? Please follow these instructions to transfer your license online and let us know if you have any questions.
You should be able to transfer your license from your old computer to the new one without any issues, as long as you can still access the software from the old computer. Simply follow the instructions here on Using the License Transfer Utility to Transfer Licenses Online. By exporting and importing the license, you will automatically remove the license from the old machine and apply it to the new one, so you won't be violating the license agreement.
Sorry about that. Upon further verification, indeed for education license, eligible users are now allowed to install the software on a maximum of 2 computers provided only one installation will be used at any given time. So in your case, you may still opt to keep your old installation and just install Maya on the new computer and activate it there outright.
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Use this when starting a sketch on one platform, then transferring the sketch to another platform to continue sketching without collapsing your layer structure during the transfer, or when you are setting up a new device.
Go to your desktop computer (Win/Mac) and connect to the service you shared to (iCloud Drive, email, other cloud service). Save/download the TIFF file to your desktop. You can then open the TIFF file in Sketchbook Pro on your desktop with all of its layer data intact.
On the other device, open Sketchbook and go to the Gallery. Tap + at the bottom of the Gallery screen and select Add Image to Gallery. Browse to where your TIFF file or files are located - if you shared via email or messages, you will need to save the file to your local Files before this step. Find the file and tap on it to bring it into the Gallery.
Alternatively, because Android allows you to navigate Internal Storage to where your Sketchbook files are saved in their native TIFF format, you can move files between devices this way.
In Sketchbook on Android version 5.3 and above, open Sketchbook and go to the Gallery. Find the image you want to move to another device, and tap on the information icon above the image. On the information screen, you will see the File ID and File location. Navigate to the location and identify the .TIFF file with that File ID. Copy that TIFF file to your desktop or iOS device through any method (cloud service, Bluetooth, email, etc).