ADINA Licensing and Tiers


The ADINA System is now licensed in three tiers or editions, and now licensed through the Bentley Subscription Entitlement Service (SES) so there is no longer a specific need for a floating license.

ADINA Standard Edition authorizes use of the ADINA User Interface (ADINA AUI) and ADINA Structures. It also includes the ADINA-M Open CASCADE interface unless the ADINA Parasolid modeler option below is selected.

ADINA Advanced includes all standard edition functionality as well as the ADINA Thermal (ADINA-T) and ADINA Thermo-Mechanical Coupling (ADINA-TMC) solutions.

ADINA Ultimate includes all ADINA solver functionality. This includes, but is not limited to, ADINA Computational Fluid Dynamics (ADINA CFD), ADINA Fluid-Structure Interaction (ADINA FSI), ADINA Electromagnetics (ADINA EM) and other multi-physics coupling such as ADINA FSI/EM. Users of the Educational or Research version may also apply the ADINA Ultimate tier. 

ADINA Parasolid Modeler is an optional Parasolid modeling module for advanced solid modeling capabilities. This requires a separate license that can be used with any tier.

The other CAD Interfaces are free with a current Bentley Systems subscription. This is activated through a license called Structural SELECT Entitlements.

The Table below compares the legacy ADINA R&D Products with the equivalent Bentley ADINA Tier

ADINA R&D Product or ModuleBentley ADINA Tier
ADINA User Interface (AUI)ADINA
ADINA StructuresADINA
ADINA ThermalADINA Advanced1
ADINA Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)ADINA Ultimate
ADINA Electromagnetics (EM)ADINA Ultimate
ADINA Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI)ADINA Ultimate
ADINA Thermo-Mechanical Coupling (TMC)ADINA Advanced
ADINA MultiphysicsADINA Ultimate
ADINA Modeler OpenCascade (M/OC)ADINA
ADINA Modeler Parasolid (M/PS)ADINA Parasolid Modeler
FEMAP, Nastran, Simcenter NX transorsADINA2
Multiple cores (2,4,8,16,32)ADINA3
Floating LicenseADINA
  1. Some thermal capabilities are available in ADINA standard but ADINA Advanced is required for heat transfer or thermo-mechanical coupling.
  2. A current Bentley Subscription such as SELECT, Virtuosity subscription, or Enterprise License Agreement is required for CAD interfaces.
  3. All Bentley tiers allow for the use of unlimited cores or threads.

For a more detailed feature/license table see ADINA Licensing Tiers Table.

See Also

Changes after Bentley’s Acquisition of ADINA R&D