Managing BricsCAD Licences Across Multiple Bricsys Accounts

Quick answer: You can share a BricsCAD licence by adding another Bricsys account as a “Manager” on it, from the Manage licenses page on the Octave website. Managers can view, activate, and revoke the licence on your behalf, which is useful for IT admins, team leads, or a backup contact. The person you add needs their own Bricsys account already, and you can remove their access at any time.

Why Share a Licence?

Adding a manager is common when an IT admin needs to activate or reassign seats without going through you each time, a colleague needs backup access in case you’re unavailable, or you’re handing a machine off to someone else and want them able to manage activation directly.

How to Add a Licence Manager

Requirement: The person you’re adding must already have their own Bricsys account.

1. Log in to the Octave website.
2. Click your username, then select Manage licenses.
3. Hover over the licence you want to share and click the pencil icon to open License details.
4. Under Managers, click Add Manager.
5. Type the new manager’s login email address and click the plus icon.

The new manager is added immediately, and Octave automatically emails them to let them know, so there’s no need to notify them separately.

How to Remove a Licence Manager

Open the same License details page, find the manager’s name under Managers, and click the X icon next to it. Their access is revoked immediately.

What a Manager Can Actually Do

Once added, a manager can:

• View the licence details
• Activate the licence on a device
• Revoke the licence, pulling it back from wherever it’s currently activated

That last one is worth being deliberate about: a manager can revoke your licence the same way you can, so only add people you’d trust to make that call.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the new manager need to already have an Bricsys account? Yes. You can’t add someone by email alone; they need an existing Bricsys account tied to that email address before you can add them as a manager.

Will the person I add be notified automatically? Yes. Octave emails them as soon as they’re added, so you don’t need to tell them yourself.

Can I remove a manager later? Yes, at any time, from the same License details page: click the X next to their name.

Is adding a manager the same as transferring my licence? No. You keep ownership of the licence; a manager just gets permission to view, activate, or revoke it alongside you.