## 10.1. Configuring the ANSYS BladeModeler License

BladeModeler requires an ANSYS license to use, although BladeGen will run in "demonstration" mode without the license (no saving or exporting is possible in this mode). Without the license the BladeGen system does not appear in the Toolbox, and the only way to access BladeGen is to open a previously saved project that contains a BladeGen system. Contact your ANSYS representative to obtain a license for BladeModeler if you do not already have one.

One BladeModeler license will permit a single user to have BladeGen, DesignModeler, and BladeEditor running together in the same ANSYS Workbench session. This license sharing ability means that no additional DesignModeler license will be required to use the full functionality of BladeModeler.

In order to use BladeEditor, you must set the Geometry license preference to ANSYS BladeModeler as follows:

1. In the ANSYS Workbench menu, select Tools > License Preferences.

2. In the License Preferences dialog box, click the Geometry tab.

3. If ANSYS BladeModeler is not the first license listed, then select it and click Move up as required to move it to the top of the list. Furthermore, you should select ANSYS DesignModeler in the list and set its value to 0 (which means “Don't Use”). This prevents DesignModeler from using an ANSYS DesignModeler license when an ANSYS BladeModeler license is not available.

   If ANSYS BladeModeler is not in the list then you need to obtain an ANSYS BladeModeler license.

4. Click OK to close the dialog box.

Click the Help button in the License Preferences dialog box for more information.

Note: A BladeEditor model cannot be processed by DesignModeler under the ANSYS DesignModeler license. If you do edit a Geometry cell that contains BladeEditor feature parameters, and you are using DesignModeler under the ANSYS DesignModeler license, then do the following to prevent your model from becoming corrupted:

1. Close your project (by selecting File > New from the main menu in Workbench) WITHOUT saving it.

2. Configure your license preferences as specified above.

3. Open your project.

4. Edit the Geometry cell and confirm that DesignModeler runs as BladeEditor (with BladeEditor-related icons appearing in the toolbar).

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