Activate your license directly on this PC.
Before you begin: install the software first (Step 1), and have your 32-character Activation ID ready.
Choose the path that matches this PC:
- Online — the PC has internet access.
- Offline — the PC has no internet access.
Activate online
- Open the software for the first time. The Materialise License Wizard appears automatically.
- Click MANAGE LICENSES.
- Choose Activate local license.
- Enter your Activation ID in the field (Enter here an activation ID that you received via email). To activate more than one, paste them together — they split automatically — or click + ADD MORE to add another field.
- Click ACTIVATE. A confirmation appears; scroll through the features list and click Finish.
✅ Done — your software is ready to use.
Activate offline
You'll move two files between the offline PC and an internet-connected device, for example using a USB stick.
Before you begin: You need access to the Materialise End-User Portal on an internet-connected device. Don't have portal access? Ask your organization's license administrator, or see About the Materialise End-User Portal.
On the offline PC:
- Open the software for the first time. The Materialise License Wizard appears automatically.
- Click MANAGE LICENSES.
- Choose Activate local license.
- Enter your Activation ID in the field (Enter here an activation ID that you received via email). To activate more than one, paste them together — they split automatically — or click + ADD MORE to add another field.
The wizard generatesLicenseRequest.bin— save it to a device you can transfer from, such as a USB stick.
On a device with internet access:
- Sign in to the Materialise End-User Portal.
- Select Offline License (De)activation.
- For Upload type, choose Generate license or confirm license reduction or return.
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Upload
LicenseRequest.bin. -
Download the generated
capabilityResponse.binfile and transfer it back to the offline PC.
Back on the offline PC:
- Return to the Materialise License Wizard.
- Click MANAGE LICENSES → Upload response file from End-User Portal.
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Upload
capabilityResponse.bin, then click Finish.
✅ Done — your software is ready to use.
Something not working?
- Online activation fails? See online activation cannot connect, or activate the license offline instead.
- Still stuck — contact Materialise Support.
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