2023 – Another Year of Successfully Serving the BIM Community

A Named User license is assigned to one specific person rather than shared across a network. For a step-by-step walkthrough, see the License Wizard section of the Graitec Licensing Help Center.

Yes. Going forward, Ideate Suites replace Ideate Software Bundles.

Both include the same five tools: IdeateApps, Ideate BIMLink, Ideate Explorer, Ideate Sticky and Ideate StyleManager. What changes is how many people can use them at the same time.

• Bundle: Each tool is licensed separately, so different people can work in different tools at once. For example, with one Bundle, five people could each use a different tool at the same time.
• Suite: One license covers all five tools for one person at a time. That person can move freely between every tool. While they're using the Suite, it isn't available to anyone else on that license until they finish.

A Named User Suite is assigned to one specific person. A Cloud Floating Suite can be shared across your team, one person at a time. 

Bundle to Suite Infographic

If several people on your team use different Ideate tools at the same time, you may need more than one Suite license. Contact us and we'll review your team's usage and help you choose the right setup.

No. Bundles are no longer available for purchase. New purchases are offered as follows:

• Ideate Suite: Named User or Cloud Floating 
• Enterprise Suite: Cloud Floating
• Active Host: Cloud Floating
• Automation: Cloud Floating
• Individual products: Named User or Cloud Floating (IdeateApps, Ideate BIMLink, Ideate Explorer, Ideate Sticky, and Ideate StyleManager)

Yes. Individual products are available as Named User or Cloud Floating licenses.

Yes. Cloud Floating licenses are available for Ideate Suite, Enterprise Suite, Active Host, individual products, and Automation.

Yes. FlexLM remains available for organizations with security requirements, such as environments without internet access. FlexLM is not available through the online store, so please contact your account manager to purchase.

Your existing Ideate Software subscription is moving to our new licensing system at no cost. Your license quantities and expiration dates stay the same.

• Standalone licenses become Named User licenses. Set up your Named Users in the Graitec Advantage Portal.
• Cloud Floating (network) licenses become Cloud Floating Suite licenses. Deploy the latest release as you have in the past, using the new license code in your migration email.
• Each Ideate Software Bundle becomes an Ideate Suite.

To keep using Ideate, update to the latest release and activate your new license by March 31, 2027. Older Ideate licenses will stop working in Q2 2027.

Using Ideate with Revit 2022 or earlier? Contact ideatesupport@graitec.com to review your options. For account questions, contact sales@ideatesoftware.com.

Conversions are one for one. Each Ideate Software Bundle becomes one Ideate Suite, and each network Bundle becomes one Cloud Floating Suite. Your license quantities and expiration dates stay the same.

We're finalizing how to handle accounts with multiple renewal dates. Contact sales@ideatesoftware.com and we'll review your account with you.

In the Graitec Advantage Portal. Based on customer requests, starting with the latest Ideate release, license management and license usage information are handled in Graitec Advantage, outside of Revit. We recommend bookmarking the portal.

• Named User licenses: Assign licenses to people on your team in Graitec Advantage.
• Cloud Floating Suite licenses: Deploy the latest release with your new license code as you have in the past, then manage licenses in Graitec Advantage.

Watch the Graitec Advantage walkthrough

Yes. There's no limit on the total number of transfers, but each license can be transferred up to two times within a 30-day period.

Each product on your order is issued as its own license once your order is processed. To try a product before buying, contact us to request an evaluation license.