Installation tucan series Windows (MAC)

All programs of tucan are protected with an USB-Dongle or the primary MAC-address of a computer as HostID, exceptional the gratis viewer tucan view. The non-commercial versions (Educational Version, Student Version, Demo Version) always are protected with a MAC-address. You can find information about the versions protected with dongle for example in Installation tucan series Windows (Dongle). The text below describes the installation process of non-commercial versions protected with MAC-address.

To install with Windows you need the setup:

  • tucan design SL (setup_tucan_design_SL_x_x_windows.exe).

Please do not use any other setup to activate tucan with a MAC-address.

"x_x" is a placeholder for the revision, e.g. "7_1". Within our area download the current version is available at all times. You can reach the setup for windows with Setup tucan Windows.

Please execute the setup and follow the messages within the dialogs.

The software is executable with a license file generated for the MAC-address of the used computer only. Please note that different revisions of the software possibly need different license files. Please copy the license file after tucan was installed into the subdirectory "licensing" within the installation directory of tucan. The license file has to be named with "licensefile.xml" or "licensefile_computername.xml". Please pay attention to the correct diction and to upper/lower case.

You can obtain license files for non-commercial purposes within education or for a demo version for free directly from us. You can find more information in the area tucan series.

Loading view files generated by non-commercial versions tucan view displays messages about the non-commercial character of the viewed data. It is allowed to view non-commercial data for non-commercial purposes. Misuse can be prosecuted. Please note that older ones can not load models generated by newer versions. You should always install the current version. As the case may be you need a current license file, too. It is possible to install parallel different versions of the same program.

Information about potential annoyances you can find in trouble-shooting.