To run MEP Modeler with your commercially licensed copy of ARCHICAD, you need a separate license for MEP Modeler. (This license can either be located on a hardware protection key, or a network license.) The license is automatically reserved when you start any of the MEP functions, provided that a free license is available.
Note: To reserve a MEP Modeler license every time you start ARCHICAD, check the “Reserve MEP Modeler license when ARCHICAD starts” option in MEP Preferences dialog. (See MEP Preferences.)
If an MEP license is available but has not been automatically reserved for you, you can reserve it manually.
1.From the ARCHICAD Help menu, choose License Information.
2.From the Available Products list, select MEP Modeler.
3.Click Borrow License.
Note: The License Borrowing feature is available only with the CodeMeter NET protection system. See http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/technotes/licensing/codemeter-software-protection-for-graphisoft-products/license-borrowing/.
If You Don’t have a License
If you do not have a license for MEP Modeler, do one of the following:
•Consult your ARCHICAD distributor to obtain one, or
•Use ARCHICAD in demo mode together with MEP Modeler. To do this, switch ARCHICAD to demo mode by removing the ARCHICAD protection key. MEP Modeler’s full functionality is available.
If you have successfully installed MEP Modeler and begun work, but your MEP license is later missing for any reason while you are working with MEP Modeler, a Warning informs you that you have two choices:
1.Obtain the missing license, then continue working; or
2.Continue working in ARCHICAD, without MEP functionality. (The MEP Library remains available, but MEP functions such as Routing are grayed.)