{"id":3432,"date":"2021-02-24T00:05:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T05:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/?p=3432"},"modified":"2026-03-26T09:25:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:25:52","slug":"introducing-value-based-licensing-for-nx-cam-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/introducing-value-based-licensing-for-nx-cam-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Value Based Licensing for NX CAM software"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/02\/License-Tokens-1.png\" alt=\"NX MFG License Tokens\" class=\"wp-image-3434\" width=\"402\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/02\/License-Tokens-1.png 803w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/02\/License-Tokens-1-600x414.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/02\/License-Tokens-1-768x530.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>This article was written by Rob Finney<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are excited to introduce Value Based Licensing&nbsp;(Token licensing), a new purchasing option that provides greater flexibility, as well as a new way to deploy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/products\/manufacturing-planning\/cam-software.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NX CAM<\/a> software. This purchase option will apply to over 50 of our add-on modules that allow you to expand the capabilities of the NX CAM core seats, ensuring that you can leverage the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/products\/manufacturing-planning\/cnc-programming.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNC programming<\/a> capabilities for your specific applications.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Value Based Licensing with NX\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xdupg-WHfso?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In case you don\u2019t have time to watch the video, here\u2019s an overview of how it works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Tokens that have been purchased by a user become part of a token license pool.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each application in the token pool consumes a defined number of tokens when in use.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The total number of applications that can be checked out on top of the Base Application is limited by the number of tokens that the user has available.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whenever an application is not in use, the corresponding tokens become available to run other applications. Token usage behaves the same way as with floating add-ons, but with additional consolidation effects, resulting in remarkable cost-efficiency. Token licensing can be combined and mixed with the traditional feature-based licensing schemes. Third-party products will not be available under the value-based licensing scheme.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A user must have purchased pre-requisite base seat license(s) on top of which the tokens can be enabled.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Value based licensing does NOT require Teamcenter or any other application beyond the basic license referred to here in order to function<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If this is used with any other licensing, then the licensing system will use \u201cnon-token\u201d licenses first before using tokens. The idea is to always maintain as many tokens as possible in the&nbsp;available pool<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Based on the number of tokens purchased, people will be able to activate several software options.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The system will allow any token enabled license to be used if there are sufficient tokens&nbsp;available.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When the application&#8217;s task is complete, the tokens are returned to the pool.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that the token system can&nbsp;<em>only<\/em>&nbsp;be used if a user has purchased base seat license(s) which include one of the following floating licenses: NX CAM 2.5-Axis Milling, NX CAM Turning, NX CAD Mach 1 or Solid Edge Foundation and above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that the following base seats are not valid for tokens:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Node Locked Bundles<\/em><em><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>NX Cloud Connected Products<\/em><em><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>CAM Posts<\/em><em><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>CAM Robotic Posts<\/em><em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We are currently offering two Token packages, known as value packs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NX36100 \u2013 NX MFG Value Based licensing 100 pack &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NX36050 \u2013 NX MFG Value Based licensing 50 pack<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope you are as excited about this new purchasing method as we are and look forward to exploring it with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was written by Rob Finney We are excited to introduce Value Based Licensing&nbsp;(Token licensing), a new purchasing option&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83336,"featured_media":3433,"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":[1,166],"tags":[169],"industry":[],"product":[309,487],"coauthors":[4725],"class_list":["post-3432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-video","tag-computer-aided-manufacturing-cam","product-nx","product-nx-cam"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/02\/License-Tokens.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3432"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5518,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3432\/revisions\/5518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3432"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=3432"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=3432"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}