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Installing AC without a license

Can anyone tell me if there is any sort of protocol for the installation of AC without a license? We have an associate architect who would like to be able to view our virtual building model, but has no desire to work with AC nor need to print. Is there anything wrong with the installation of AC with the intent to run in Demo mode only?
MacBook Pro Apple M2 Max, 96 GB of RAM
AC27 US (5003) on Mac OS Ventura 13.6.2
Started on AC4.0 in 91/92/93; full-time user since AC8.1 in 2004
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Karl Ottenstein
Moderator
Nothing wrong. That's how it is supposed to work. Since demo mode is basically determined by the lack of a license key (or starting AC with a special demo flag), the software is the same. Be sure to run the latest patch on the new workstation as well.

Karl
One of the forum moderators
AC 28 USA and earlier   •   macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, MacBook Pro M2 Max 12CPU/30GPU cores, 32GB
Great! I thought this was the case, but could not recall where I had read/heard that from, nor could I readily find the source -- thanks! LJY.
MacBook Pro Apple M2 Max, 96 GB of RAM
AC27 US (5003) on Mac OS Ventura 13.6.2
Started on AC4.0 in 91/92/93; full-time user since AC8.1 in 2004