How to Activate a BricsCAD Single User Licence Online

Quick answer: Open BricsCAD’s License Manager, retrieve your licence key from your Octave account, and paste it in to activate. It requires an internet connection, and once activated online, you can deactivate and reactivate the licence as many times as you need, there’s no limit.

How to Activate Your Licence Online

1. Launch BricsCAD. If your trial has already expired, click Activate license in the Launcher dialog that appears, then skip straight to step 4.
2. Run the LICENSEMANAGER command to open the Bricsys License Manager dialog.
3. Click Manage License, then Modify, to open the Activate BricsCAD dialog.
4. Retrieve your licence key from the My Licenses section of your Octave account.
5. Paste the key into the License Key field and click OK to activate.

Why “Unlimited” Matters

Online-activated licences can be deactivated and reactivated as many times as you need, for example when switching BricsCAD between a desktop and a laptop, with no cap. That’s different from revoking a licence, which is a separate, last-resort action limited to twice per licence, meant for situations where you can’t deactivate normally, such as a machine that’s died or is otherwise inaccessible. For everyday moves between your own computers, deactivate and reactivate; save revoking for when that’s genuinely your only option.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a limit on how many times I can move my licence between computers? No. Deactivating and reactivating an online-activated licence is unlimited.

What’s the difference between deactivating and revoking a licence? Deactivating and reactivating is the normal, unlimited way to move a licence between machines. Revoking is a separate last-resort action, limited to twice per licence, for when you can’t deactivate normally, for example if the original machine is no longer accessible.

My trial already expired. Do I still need to go through the License Manager steps? No. Click Activate license in the Launcher dialog instead, then go straight to retrieving and entering your licence key.