SACS CONNECT Edition v11.0


 

Readme

Version 11.0

Version

11.00.00.00

Build Type

CONNECT Release Product

Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows (see System Requirements for specific details)

Language

English

Date

May 17, 2017



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1.     Introducing SACS 11.0 CONNECT Edition

SACS 11.0 CONNECT Edition release includes major enhancements including:

·         SACS-FAST Integrated Analysis - The SACS-FAST integrated analysis couples the SACS Wave Response module with the FAST wind turbine analysis program generating a fully integrated response from the wind, wave and current loading on the structure.

·         The seastate program has been enhanced to apply wind loads on volumes rather than areas. With this feature, wind loading can be done on single, three and four sided walls following the API 4F (4th edition Jan 2013) specification automatically 

·         SACS-AutoPIPE interop workflow - Added ability to import piping geometry, support information, and support reactions from AutoPIPE. Also added the ability visually connect the piping supports to the structure in Precede and export these connections and the SACS model to AutoPIPE via pipelink where a combined structure/piping analysis can be performed.

 


 

·         Integration of the Collapse view postprocessor functionality into Precede

 


 

·         Integration of the Interactive Fatigue postprocessor functionality into Precede

 


 

·         Decommissioning tools added to Precede.




 

 

·         New precede interface for creating a 3D mesh of a joint connection was added.  Users can now graphically create ring plates, stiffener plates, gusset plates, or any other type of plate surface to be included when meshing a joint connection.

 

 

 

2.     Product Activation

After Installation, SACS products must now be activated. SACS products support a seven trial license status. Launch SACS 11.0. The following dialog will appear. Click on the “Bentley License Tool…” button.

 

 

Select all the SACS license products and click the “Activate” button.

 


 

The system will activate the licensed products.

 


 

3.     Applications Included in the Install Package

Batch Program Modules

 

Program

Description

Version

Collapse

Non-Linear Plastic Analysis

11.0.0.1

Combine

Combine Post file utility

  11.0.0.1

Dynamic Response

Dynamic Response Analysis

11.0.0.1

Dynamic Super Element

Craig-Brampton Super Element

  11.0.0.1

 Dynpac

Eigen Vector/Value Extraction

11.0.0.1

Fatigue

Fatigue Damage/Life Analysis

11.0.0.1

Flotation

Flotation & Upending Analysis

11.0.0.1

Gap

Non-Linear Element Analysis

11.0.0.1

Global Loading

Global Loading Analysis

11.0.0.1

Joint Can

Tubular Connection Check

11.0.0.1

Large Deflection

Large Deflection Analysis

11.0.0.1

   Launch
   Launch Analysis
  11.0.0.1

 

 

 

Material Takeoff

Material Takeoff Analysis

11.0.0.1

Pile

Single Pile Analysis

  11.0.0.1

Post

Element Stress and Code Check

11.0.0.1

Pre-Processor

SACS System

11.0.0.1

PSI

Pile/Soil Interaction

11.0.0.1

Report Generator

Generate User Defined Reports

11.0.0.1

 SACS FAST Interface

FAST

  11.0.0.1

 Seastate

Environmental Load Generation

11.0.0.1

Solve

SACS Solver

11.0.0.1

Super Element

Super Element Utility

11.0.0.1

Tow

Transportation Inertia Load Generation

11.0.0.1

Transportation

Motion and Stability Studies

11.0.0.1

Wave Response

Wave Response Analysis

11.0.0.1

 

 

Interactive Program Modules

 

Program

Description

Version

Hull Modeler

SACS Hull Modeler

11.0.0.1

Motions

SACS Motions

11.0.0.1

Stability

SACS Stability

11.0.0.1

  Chart Viewer

Plot and Chart Utility

 11.0.0.1

  Legacy Collapse View

Legacy Interactive Collapse Results Viewer

10.2.01

  Data Generator

Input Data Generator and Viewer

 11.0.0.1

  Legacy Data Generator

Legacy Input Data Generator and Viewer

 10.0.01

  Executive

SACS System Front End

 11.0.0.1

  Legacy Interactive Fatigue

Legacy Interactive Fatigue Post Processor

 10.0.01

Legacy Postvue

Interactive Post Processor

 11.0.0.1

  Precede

Interactive Modeler

 11.0.0.1

  Legacy Precede

Legacy Interactive Modeler

  6.1.3.1

Prevue

Plot Utility

 11.0.0.1

 

Interface Modules

 

Program

Description

Version

PDMS Convertor

SACS Model to PDMS Macro Convertor

10.0.0.1

SACS to Femsys

SACS Model to FemView Interface

10.0.0.1

SDNF

SACS Model to SDNF Convertor

10.0.0.1

 

Utility Program Modules

 

Program

Description

Version

SESAM to SACS

Converts SESAM models to SACS format

  11.0.0.1

Damage Center

Scatter Diagram Damage Center Utility

11.0.0.1

Free Body

Free Body Analysis

11.0.0.1

Joint Mesh

Joint Meshing Utility

  11.0.0.1

   List File Convertor
   Output Listing File Optimizer
  11.0.0.1

 

 

 

Probability

Statistical Analysis

  10.0.0.1

Ring

Roark Ring Analysis

  11.0.0.1

Rigid

Rigid Body Analysis

11.0.0.1

 

4.     Minimum System Requirements

SACS CONNECT Edition (v11.0) has the following minimum system requirements:

·         Pentium 4 or higher central processing unit (CPU).

·         512 megabytes (Mb) of RAM minimum. SACS performance is dependent on the size of the SACS model and the amount of available system resources; see SACS System PC Recommendations below.

·         Microsoft® Windows® 7

·         Microsoft® Windows® 8/8.1

·         Microsoft Windows 10

·         Internet Explorer 6 or later

·         Windows Media Player (for analysis sound file support)

·         A hard disk partition with 800 Mb of free space is required for the SACS installation.

·         A video card with a chipset that supports OpenGL. A reference list may be found at Supported Graphics Cards

·         CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.

·         Network Server and Network Client Installations - The Local Area Ethernet Network should be 100 Base-T or greater. TCP/IP network protocol is supported.

 

5.     SACS System PC Recommendations

SACS CONNECT Edition (v11.0) will run satisfactorily with most basic new PC configurations for both laptops and desktop PCs. For minimal configuration PCs or older PCs, the most notable degradation in performance will be in 3D rendering applications (Precede) and when model size exceeds 1000 joints. For model sizes greater than 1000 joints it is recommended that additional memory and storage be added as stated below. The following recommendations are for optimal SACS performance.

 

·         RAM - 1024 megabytes (Mb) of free (1) RAM minimum, 4096 Mb or more is preferred. SACS will utilize all available RAM.  SACS performance is dependent on the size of the SACS model and the amount of available system resources.

(1)  Free RAM refers to available RAM after all operating system processes have been loaded.

·         CPU - A multi-core CPU is recommended although not required.

·         Operating System - Windows 7 Professional or later.

Note: All x86 versions of Windows cannot utilize more than 3200 Mb of RAM. The x64 version of Windows should be considered to take advantage of additional memory as well as future SACS upgrades.

 

·         Hard Disk - 800 Mb of free space is required for the SACS installation. A SATA RAID 0 hard disk is recommended for optimal analysis performance.

 

Note: After the SACS installation is complete the free space used for executions should not fall below 50% of the total drive capacity. Total free space for execution should be at least 1 gigabyte for small models solutions. Very large model solution could require 400 gigabytes or more.

 

·         Video Card - A video card that supports OpenGL is required for all 3D rendering SACS products. It is very important to make sure that the graphics drivers on your computer are up to date for maximum performance and correct operation. A reference list of available video cards can be found at Supported Graphics Cards


 
 

6.     Recommended Computer Specs for Wind Turbine Parallel Processing

 

·         Processor: Fastest 64bit available (Intel i7 or better)

·         Number of Processors: Minimum 12 (without hyper threading preferred)

·         RAM: Minimum 12GB

·         BUS: Fastest Available

·         Storage: Solid State Drive 1.5TB-2.0TBUsing the Optimal Number of Processors.

 

It’s important to determine the optimal number of processors required for fastest processing by benchmarking the system by running multiple analyses using different number of processors to determine the number which gives the optimal speed.

 
NOTE: I/O to the disk/drive can be a bottle neck (hence the fastest bus and I/O requirements).
 

7.     Documentation

Program Help: Detailed feature information may be accessed directly from the calling application by selecting the Help command, or by pressing the Help button from any of the application dialogs. Be sure to explore the program Help for answers to your questions.

 

On-Line Documentation: On-line documentation is available in PDF format and is accessible through Executive “Manuals” tab.


 

8.     Details of Program Enhancements and Corrections

CollapseView

·         Integrated Collapse results viewing in Precede

Combine

·         Added the ability to combine solutions of two Dynamic Response analyses or Wave Response simulations with same time steps into a combined Common Solution File

·         Fixed issue where Combine overrides all OPTION values loaded from Common Solution File. The OPTIONS line is removed from COMBINE program and all values are set to values inside Common Solution File.

Data Generator

·         Removed OPTIONS line from the combine program. See COMBINE entry above.

·         Added API 4F support.

·         Added joint can code check options in JCNOPT (FT91, FT84, FT82, NPD, NP90, NP84, DNV, DN83)

·         Fixed issue where WIND line not writing out the AS01 to the line from the line assistant, writing out AU01

·         Fixed issue where JNTSEL line in a fatigue input file was allowing 5 characters for the joint entries

·         Fixed issue where the column entries for the SUPP card in flotation was not matching the manual

Dynamic Response

·         Fixed issue with Time-history input dyrinp where it was accepting up to 1000 input lines.

·         Improved program runtime performance

·         Fixed issued where "Earthquake Time-History", Dynamic Response could not correctly generate load cases labels in OCI file when they more than 9999. The load case labeling are now changed to Alphanumeric.

·         Fixed issue where Lower frequencies where not accounted for in SPectral wind fatigue runs

Dynamic Super Element

·         Added Gravity Acceleration and Model Gravity Direction calculation

Dynpac

·         Added support for non-structural weight. WGTNS line is updated to handle up to 120 distribution joints.

Executive

·         Added the ability to Execute MOSES from the Executive

·         Fixed issue where the GH Bladed Process was creating different fatigue input files

·         Fixed issue the GH Bladed analysis was not creating the correct final results database

·         Added ability to handle a Wave Response + GAP analysis

·         Added

Fatigue

·         Added option to print out stress vs cycle count for non-tubular members for time history analysis.

·         Added an option to override SCF for prismatic members

·         Fixed an issue in spectral fatigue where the cone smaller OD in segmented members are not calculated correctly in Intermediate Member Fatigue Report.

GH Bladed Interface

·         Fixed issue with incorrect beta angle during export.

Interactive Fatigue

·         Added Interactive fatigue post-processing capabilities to Precede

Joint Can

·         Added design of RHS joints in Joint Can based on CIDECT's 'Design Guide for rectangular hollow section (RHS) joints under predominantly static loading'.

Joint Mesh Utility

·         New precede interface for creating a 3D mesh of a joint connection was added.  Users can now graphically create ring plates, stiffener plates, gusset plates, or any other type of plate surface to be included when meshing a joint connection.

Launch

·         Added support for non-structural weight. WGTNS line is updated to handle up to 120 distribution joints.

Material Take Off

·         Added support for non-structural weight. WGTNS line is updated to handle up to 120 distribution joints.

·         Fixed issue with reading members from MBRLST line.  Not skipping blanks correctly, and not reading members 2-7 from MBRLST correctly

Motion/Stability

·         Added support for non-structural weight. WGTNS line is updated to handle up to 120 distribution joints.

POST

·         Fixed issue when creating postvue database when SPAN line is in file

·         Fixed issue with listing showing a warning message that cone thickness is smaller than thickness of smaller cylinder for Norsok 2013 code check

Precede

·         Added the ability to graphically define mesh boundaries for use in Joint Meshing. This will automatically create a mesh input file to be used by the Joint Mesher.

·         Integrated Collapse results viewing in Precede

·         Added the ability to divide all members that fall on a particular Z plane. This is used for decommissioning workflows.

·         Fixed issue where Eurocode overrides where not available with "Norsok 2013/ Eurocode 3" code check option

·         Added ability to display wind volumes per the API 4F

·         Added ability to import piping geometry, support information, and support reactions from AutoPIPE. Also added the ability visually connect the piping supports to the structure in Precede and export these connections and the SACS model to AutoPIPE via pipelink where a combine structure/piping analysis can be performed.

 
 
 

Pre-Processor

·         Added ability to apply corrosion to plates

·         Added ability skip ACDEF lines generated by seasate for wave response + gap analyses.

·         Added a warning message if joint flexibility is out of range

PSI (Pile/Structure Interaction)

·         Fixed issue where PILE program would remain in an infinite loop when using API 10th on some P-Y curves.

SACS FAST

·         The SACS-FAST integrated analysis couples the SACS Wave Response module with the FAST wind turbine analysis program generating a fully integrated response from the wind, wave and current loading on the structure

Seastate

·         Added API 4F support. Added the ability to enter additional joints in the AREA line.

·         Add new option to PGROV line to include corrosion

·         Fixed issue converting water depth, mudline elevation, and minimum in-line current units for 2MET

·         Add ability to apply corrosion to plates

·         Fixed issue where a dummy structure that has joint part of a WGTNS crashes the program

SESAM to SACS Converter

·         Fixed issue where SACS changes the flange thickness into 100 cm for all channel sections

·         Fixed issue where Member concentrated load is not converting properly

Wave Response

·         Added the ability to handle additional joints in the AREA and WGTNS lines.

·         Fixed issue where the blending for an inserted wave is not smooth and gives sudden jump in forces

 

 
 

9.     Bentley Cloud Services Overview

There is little doubt that the design of every infrastructure project today involves the collaboration of many individuals and organizations across multiple disciplines. It is with this context that we have developed Bentley Cloud Services to facilitate successful project outcomes for you and your organizations. Bentley Cloud Services helps you produce better designs by facilitating collaboration, interoperability, standardization and skills development. For an organization and enterprise, Bentley Cloud Services provides greater insight and control over project design, deliverables and the people working on them. In the sections that follow we look at some of the capabilities and services that are delivered today, with more being added every week, with Bentley Cloud Services to help you achieve even greater project and personal success. Please visit www.bentley.com/connect to keep up to date on the latest capabilities.

The core premise of Bentley Cloud Services is to facilitate successful project outcomes through common capabilities and shared services across desktop, mobile, server and cloud. To enable this, Bentley has utilized Microsoft’s Azure cloud-service to connect uniformly and consistently with and across users, projects, and enterprises. To enable the value and your success on Bentley Cloud Services it is imperative that users register for a complimentary CONNECTED account, sign in when using your CONNECT Edition products and associate your design models with a CONNECTED Project.

For more information on the benefits Bentley Cloud Services, you can visit the Bentley Cloud Services Overview Communities website.

10.  Trust Licensing

SACS 11.0 uses Bentley SELECT Trust Licensing the same licensing used by all other Bentley products. Trust licensing ensures uninterrupted access to run your Bentley software, regardless of the availability of licenses. In some software products from other vendors, a licensing service was used to check out a license when the application starts up and check it back in when the program exits. This restricts the use of software once all the current licenses are in use. SACS now uses the trust licensing approach that is a benefit of your Bentley SELECT subscription.

 

Trust licensing allows any member of your engineering team to run SACS at any time and eliminates the need to have an uninterrupted connection to SELECTserver and consequently this provides greater flexibility and greater reliability in operation. Instead of requiring the connection to SELECTserver, SACS simply records usage of the application and allows you to access reports to see how licenses are being used in your team. License usage is aggregated and reported back to SELECTserver on a regular basis, at least once every thirty days.

 

You can review your team’s usage of SACS via a web-based interface through a wide range of reports. These reports are available at http://selectserver.bentley.com and let you see who used what software and when. This information will be valuable to you in ensuring that you are getting best value from your software. The designated account contact for your organization will have permission to login to this server and to review these reports. This SELECTserver web portal also includes tools for managing licenses including managing check-outs, forcing check-ins of licenses, if required, and controlling access to applications.

 

If your recorded usage shows a peak usage that is greater than the number of licenses that you own, your Bentley account manager will contact you to discuss the usage. They will review with you whether your current license portfolio matches your license needs and can recommend a range of options to true-up to ensure you have the licenses you need. Peak usage is the maximum number of licenses that are used within any 1-hour period.

 

If you would like more information on SELECTserver , you can visit: http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/SELECT+Server/

 

For more information on the benefits of trust licensing and the true-up process, you can visit:  http://www.bentley.com/trust

 
 

For full technical details on SELECTserver licensing, start with the Introduction section of the following user manual:  https://selectserver.bentley.com/BSS/Admin/Help/en/index.html

11.  Trust Licensing Best Practices

·         Use the License Management Tool installed with your applications to view what licenses you have available on a particular machine.

·         Ensure that your designated contact person and/or system administrator is able to sign in to selectserver.bentley.com and view reports on usage

·         Configure SELECTserver to send over usage messages to a designated administrator weekly

·         Use the Scheduled Reports function in SELECTserver to send usage reports to a designated administrator weekly Use these email and web reports to better understand how your team uses SACS licenses. In particular, the Peak Usage reports will indicate if your license usage matches your ownership.

·         If you wish to control which licenses can be used on which machines, use the Client Access Restrictions command in the Site Configuration menu of selectserver.bentley.com to apply these controls.

·         Communicate with your Bentley Account Manager about your license usage, particularly if you expect your peak usage to increase above the number of licenses you own.

·         Use license check-out only when you need to work off site without an internet connection for more than 30 days. There is no need to check out licenses when working in a connected environment and doing so will record that license as being continuously in use. This may add to your peak usage level.

 

12.  SACS License Usage Preview

SACS 11.0 offers a tool to help manage license usage. The user now has the option to display a dialog describing the licenses to be used by the SACS run before execution starts and any usage is logged.

The dialog shown below is displayed prior to starting any SACS run. For this particular example, notice that the “Offshore License to be used” message is in red to highlight that SACS needs to move to a higher license from the default selected by the user, “SACS Offshore Structure” in this case. The dialog also displays any add-on licenses that will be used. If the user continues with the analysis by pressing “Yes”, SACS will run the analysis and log usage to those licenses. In this case, after the run, SACS will return to the default license.

 

 
 

The dialog below is an example of a run that uses the default offshore license. 

 

 

The user has the option to not show the dialog by checking the “Don’t show again” check-box. The user can manage this setting in the SACS Systems Settings dialog.

 


 

 

13.  Product Licensing FAQ

Version 05.06.00.08 or later

·        How do I configure the license SACS uses?

This support solution provides steps for configuring the package license used by SACS when it opens.

Background

SACS automatically retrieves a package license on startup to license modules such as SACS Precede. It can be configured to prefer a specific package license. It can also be configured to prompt for a package license on startup. This is useful for controlling license usage and ultimately costs.

Steps to Accomplish

o   Open the SACS Executive

o   Click the Support tab in the upper-left corner.

o   Click on "Select Default License" in the ribbon that appears.

 

 
  

o   In the dialog that displays, select the package license SACS should use by default. If your package license is grayed out, refer to the following activation instructions.

o   If your company uses licenses for more than one of the packages listed, you may want SACS to prompt the engineer for a package license each time the program is opened. In this case, enable the "Show at startup" checkbox. Otherwise if the checkbox is unchecked, the dialog will not be shown and SACS will default to the last used license from the previous open SACS session.

 

NOTE: For an analyses types that requires a ‘higher’ default license type than the selected default license, then the program will automatically step up to that specific license and then step back down again to the selected default license once the analysis is completed. In cases such as these, usage will be recorded for the original selected default license and also the required ‘higher’ license. However, the user should only be charged for the ‘higher’ license.
For users under Bentley’s ‘Trust licensing’, the default license should always be set to ‘Offshore Structure’ to minimize usage of higher default licenses.
For users that have Bentley’s ‘Select Open Access’ agreement, the ‘activated license’ (i.e. the one that purchased/leased) should be set as the default. However, if the analysis requires a ‘higher’ license type, then the program will automatically step to the specific license and allow the user to run it in ‘Trial Mode’, and then step back to the default license once the analysis is complete. The user can run a licenses in trail mode for 14 days before being locked out. It should be noted that usage under trial mode is logged. Please refer to the link below to manually expire licenses to prevent them from entering into a trail mode:

http://communities.bentley.com/products/licensing/m/licensing_gallery/272191

If the user is running the CONNECT edition of SACS and is using the hosted SELECTserver for licensing, then any usage less than ten minutes will not be counted for billing purposes based on the new billing rules. So if such a user opens SACS, chooses the wrong product on the welcome screen, and encounters an activation dialog, he or she can close it and reopen it with the correct product selected without penalty.
 

 

·        How do I monitor my license usage?

You can review your team’s usage of SACS via a web-based interface through a wide range of reports. These reports are available at http://selectserver.bentley.com  and let you see who used what software and when. This information will be valuable to you in ensuring that you are getting best value from your software. The designated account contact for your organization will have permission to login to this server and to review these reports. This SELECT server web portal also includes tools for managing licenses including managing check-outs, forcing check-ins of licenses, if required, and controlling access to applications.


If your recorded usage shows a peak usage that is greater than the number of licenses that you own, your Bentley account manager will contact you to discuss the usage. They will review with you whether your current license portfolio matches your license needs and can recommend a range of options to true-up to ensure you have the licenses you need. Peak usage is the maximum number of licenses that are used within any 1-hour period.


If you would like more information on SELECT server, you can visit: http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/SELECT+Server/

For more information on the benefits of trust licensing and the true-up process, you can visit: http://www.bentley.com/trust

 

·        When does the usage get logged against the licensed options? E.g. after a license option is selected or selecting a Tab or menu command or start the program or other process.

The usage of the default licenses selected in the startup license dialog box is logged on the launch of the SACS Executive. The usage of add-on packages such as SACS Fatigue, SACS Collapse…etc. will be automatically logged at the onset of an analysis type requiring the add-on package. The add-on package is automatically checked back in on the completion of the analysis. The table below shows the modules contained each add-on package.


 

 

 
 

·        Which license are required for different types of analysis?

The table below shows typical license usage for some of the different types of analysis required for offshore structures.

Analysis
License Type
 
OS
OSA
OSE
PSD
C
F
FA-DR
FA-WR
FAE
M
MA
ME
WT
Basic FE
x
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Topside
Design
 
x
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jacket Inplace
 
 
x
x
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wave Fatigue
 
 
x
x
 
x
 
x
 
 
 
 
 
Wind Fatigue
 
 
x
 
 
x
x
 
 
 
 
 
 
Seismic Design
 
 
x
x
 
 
x
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pushover
Design
 
 
x
x
x
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ship Impact
 
 
x
x
x
 
x
 
 
 
 
 
 
Blast Analysis
x
 
 
 
x
 
x
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dropped
Object
x
 
 
 
x
 
x
 
 
 
 
 
 
Installation
Design
 
 
x
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
 
 
 
Motion
Analysis
 
 
x
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
 
 
Wind Turbine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
 
 
 

 

·        What is the best way to manage our company’s licenses?

 

·         Use the License Management Tool installed with your applications to view what licenses you have available on a particular machine.
 

·         Ensure that your designated contact person and/or system administrator is able to sign in to selectserver.bentley.com and view reports on usage.

·         Configure SELECT server to send over usage messages to a designated administrator weekly.
 

·         Use the Scheduled Reports function in SELECT server to send usage reports to a designated administrator weekly Use these email and web reports to better understand how your team uses SACS licenses. In particular, the Peak Usage reports will indicate if your license usage matches your ownership.
 

·         If you wish to control which licenses can be used on which machines, use the Client Access Restrictions command in the Site Configuration menu of selectserver.bentley.com to apply these controls.
 

·         Communicate with your Bentley Account Manager about your license usage, particularly if you expect your peak usage to increase above the number of licenses you own.

·         Use license check-out only when you need to work off site without an internet connection for more than 30 days. There is no need to check out licenses when working in a connected environment and doing so will record that license as being continuously in use. This may add to your peak usage level.

·        If I use more licenses than I own, will I automatically get a bill from Bentley?


If your license usage reports show that your peak usage is higher than the number of licenses that you own, your Bentley Account Manager will contact you and discuss options with you. These options may include adding more licenses, changing the mix of licenses that you own, quarterly term licenses or changing how you use licenses.

 

·        Do I need an internet connection to use my licenses?

 

For day to day use, a continuous internet connection is not required. You need an internet connection only when initially activating your license and at least once every month in order to record usage on the SELECT server. It is also possible to manually submit usage logs if your security requirements mean that an internet connection is not possible.

·        Do multiple sessions of SACS on one machine record multiple uses

No, usage is recorded per machine. Multiple instances of an application running on the same machine records 1 use, it does not record multiple uses.

·        Our SELECT licensing agreement mentions peak usage within an interval. What is that interval and how is peak usage calculated?

Other options to restrict license usage are available as described in the Bentley wiki below https://bentleysystems.service-now.com/community?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0020106y

Note: To take advantage of the new 10min licensing does require to install the CONNECT Edition of SACS

https://communities.bentley.com/products/licensing/w/licensing__wiki/29899.how-to-take-advantage-of-bentley-s-allowance-for-usage-under-10-minutes

 

·        Do I need to check out licenses to use SACS 11.0?

There is no need to check out a license to your machine unless you are going to be working offline for 30 days or more. In fact, checking out a license will record the license as being in continuous use so this could potentially increase the calculation of your firm’s peak license usage.

·        Is the license usage logging secure and private?

Licensing uses the same usage logging mechanism you are using now with non-trust licensing. It transmits usage data using standard internet protocols and obscures user and machine names using a SHA-1 hash so that they cannot be read outside your company.

·        Where can I get training on how to understand and monitor license usage?

SELECT subscribers are able to access SELECT server training via the Bentley LEARN server.

·        What is Select Open Access?

SELECT Open Access is an industry first that provides any subscriber with unrestricted portfolio-wide access so they can employ the best and most comprehensive mix of Bentley applications for all disciplines for every project. For more information, see
 
http://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/docs/Select/Internal/2014SubscriptionChangesEmail.pdf

and also visit

http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Subscriptions/SELECT+Open+Access/

·        Is there a Demo mode? If so what functions are enabled for Demo mode?

SACS is not available in a demo mode.

·        Does the license dialog clearly identify the named license option matching the pricebook and SELECTServer?

The license dialog uses the same names as per the SACS pricebook and SELECTserver.

14.  Bentley Select Open Access

SELECT Open Access is an industry first that provides any subscriber with unrestricted portfolio-wide access so they can employ the best and most comprehensive mix of Bentley applications for all disciplines for every project. For more information, see   http://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/docs/Select/Internal/2014SubscriptionChangesEmail.pdf  and also visit http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Subscriptions/SELECT+Open+Access/

15.  Bentley Offshore Be Communities Website

This is where you can find and contribute to discussions, ideas, and other information about Bentley Offshore products.  https://communities.bentley.com/products/offshore/default.aspx

 

 

16.  Problem Reports

We greatly appreciate any bug reports or suggestions you may have. Please report any bugs or anomalies you find through www.bentley.com/serviceticketmanager .