{"id":352,"date":"2012-03-21T18:57:42","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T01:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mentor.com\/jimmartens\/?p=352"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:18:37","slug":"pads-tips-tricks-downloading-new-license-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/2012\/03\/21\/pads-tips-tricks-downloading-new-license-file\/","title":{"rendered":"PADS Tips and Tricks &#8211; Downloading New License File"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weeks Tip comes from Andrew Audova in the environmental support group:<\/p>\n<p>What do you do when you launch PADS and get the following message stating \u201c<strong>The following product options expire in fewer than 30 days<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-356\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2012\/03\/Notepad1-520x325.png\" width=\"520\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This message means that one or more of your licenses will expire in the next 30 days. If you are running on a local\/nodelocked license (also known as \u201cmobile compute\u201d), it\u2019s possible there is an updated\/extended license file available on SupportNet that needs to be downloaded and installed:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Download the most current license file for your Site(s) from SupportNet:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Start Menu &gt; Programs &gt; Mentor Graphics SDD &gt; PADS Licensing Assistance &gt; Download License File<\/p>\n<p>Install the license file (select the \u201cReplace\u201d option to ensure only the new licenses are used)<\/p>\n<p>Start Menu &gt; Programs &gt; Mentor Graphics SDD &gt; PADS Licensing Assistance &gt; Install License File<\/p>\n<p>For more details and a complete demonstration, refer to TechNote <a href=\"http:\/\/supportnet.mentor.com\/reference\/technotes\/public\/technote.cfm?tn=MG243083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MG243083<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weeks Tip comes from Andrew Audova in the environmental support group: What do you do when you launch PADS&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16541,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16541"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10320,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions\/10320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}