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MSC Customer Entitlement ID (CEID) Description and Access Instructions

What is the MSC Customer Entitlement ID (CEID) and how do I access it?

The MSC Customer Entitlement ID (CEID) is an identifier that allows MSC to verify eligibility of MSC support services.

The MSC CEID was introduced in the following product versions...

(Note that the MSC CEID has not yet been introduced in the Actran product family.)

You can access the CEID for all graphical user interface (GUI) products listed above
by clicking on Help => About. For example...

	MD Adams R2 and Adams 2007 r1 CEID Information is available by clicking on Help=>About
	Easy 5 2008 r1 CEID Information is available by clicking on Help=>About
	Mentat 2008 r1 CEID Information is available by clicking on Help=>About
	Patran 2006 r2 CEID Information is available by clicking on Help=>About
	SimDesigner R1.1 CEID Information is available by clicking on Help=>About
	SimXpert (all versions) CEID Information is available by clicking on Help=>About

You can access the CEID for all solver products listed above by viewing the header
information in the log file. For example...


******************************************************** * * * A d a m s / S o l v e r * * * * 2009-04-20 14:54:26 Version 2008 r1 * * * * Customer Entitlement ID: 83C67521-A14FB53C * * * ********************************************************	Adams Solver CEID Information is available in .msg file
`MSC Customer Entitlement ID 83C67521-A16389DG`	Marc 2008 r1 CEID Information is available in .out file
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * MSC Customer Entitlement ID * * * * 83C67521-A16389DG * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *	MD Nastran R2.1 and MSC Nastran 2005 r3 CEID Information is available in .log file
************************************************** * * * THE TIME LIMIT HAS BEEN REACHED * * * * THE PROBLEM WILL NOW TERMINATE * * * ************************************************** * Dytran 2008r1 Windows x64 * ************************************************** Date: Tue Sep 01 13:39:38 2009 MSC Id: 001aa0cd1c67 (ethernet) (Intel) Hostname: na-jsatkuna-64 (user joesat, display na-jsatkuna-64) License files: 1700@banff CEID: 72713B35-A19DE3B2	Dytran 2008 r1 CEID Information is available in .OUT file

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