NX Do NX Desing Groups need any additional NX license?

Latest NX Continuous Release updates (since1899) made available Design Groups.

https://docs.plm.automation.siemens.com/tdoc/nx/1899/nx_help#uid:index_whatsnew:id1241822:xid1749001:xid1749006:xid1753909


However the NX on-line documentation does not mention any license requirement.

Solution

Actually these NX Design Groups check out a User Defined Features license, hence you will observe several check IN/OUT in your Flexlm log file.

17:13:48 (ugslmd) OUT: "usr_defined_features" user1@PC12  
17:13:49 (ugslmd) IN: "usr_defined_features"  user1@PC12 
...
17:24:48 (ugslmd) OUT: "usr_defined_features"  user1@PC12
17:24:48 (ugslmd) IN: "usr_defined_features"  user1@PC12

Currently (in NX 1899) there are still some inconsistencies, that's why you will able to create Design Groups without checking out that license feature but in any case the intended behavior is that license will be checked out (and almost immediately in) when creating, reorganizing and moving features to Design Groups.

Hardware/Software Configuration

Platform: na
OS: all
OS Version: n/a
Product: NX
Application: DESIGN
Version: V1899
Function: DESIGN_GROUPS

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