CUBIT Licensing

CUBIT is a US Department of Energy funded software program. As such it can be licensed for a nominal cost recovery fee to any accredited academic institution worldwide as well as US government organizations for non-commercial purposes.

Due to US Department of Energy restrictions, Sandia can not provide licenses for commercial purposes. Instead, a commercial distributon agreement has been set up with Computational Simulation Software (CSS) to provide commercial licensing and support for CUBIT and its software component libraries.

In addition to the standard CUBIT end-user license, CAMAL and CLARO may be licensed for non-commercial purposes. Thay can be obtained by following the same licensing procedure as CUBIT. The Verde program as well as the Verdict and CGM modules are currently available free of charge under LGPL licenses.

CUBIT is available on Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.

Please be aware that processing a CUBIT License can take two months or more.

Obtaining a CUBIT License

CUBIT Cost Recovery Fee (Govt. and Academic Use)

Due to the great response to CUBIT, a $300 cost recovery fee for all government and academic use licenses is now assessed.   This is to try to recover some of the administrative costs of licensing and maintenance.  Beginning immediately, we will be requiring this fee for any (non-Sandia) accessing the CUBIT downloads site.  This will apply to all current CUBIT license holders and for new licenses.  This $300 cost recovery fee will entitle you to a password which will be valid for any version of CUBIT or related software tools posted to the downloads site for up to five years.  Those who have licensed Cubit prior to the release of Cubit 10.0 should follow the directions below to renew their access to Cubit.

Government Use, Research and Academic Licenses

Five-year research and academic licenses are available to accredited educational institutions and U.S. government agencies (ie. military, government labs). Limited-term research licenses are also available to companies performing work under contract by a U.S. government entity.

Licensing is currently down for maintenance. Please hold your requests until Friday, July 9, 2010.

To obtain a license, please use the following procedure:

1. U.S. Government Agencies, please complete the Microsoft Word Participant Data Sheet (PDS): GOVERNMENT REQUESTORS ONLY. And then Fax (505-284-2418) or email (cub-req@sandia.gov) the completed PDS document to CUBIT Licensing.

   All others please complete the web-based PDS form: Click Here To Request a License. (Non US Institutions may be asked for additional information) Licensing cannot proceed until the completed PDS is received. No handwritten requests will be accepted.

2. In return you will receive the license agreement by email. Fax a signed copy of the license agreement to 505-284-2418. Scanned copies will also be accepted via email to cub-req@sandia.gov.
3. Mail an original signed copy of the agreement to the address below. Important: An original of the signed license agreement is due to Sandia within 30 days of receipt of password. Failing to send a hardcopy will result in cancellation of the license agreement and download privileges revoked.
4. You will also receive an invoice for the cost recovery fee of $300 which you will need to process as indicated on the invoice. Please note that we are not able to accept Purchase Orders.
5. Once the signed license agreement is received by fax or email and payment is accepted, a password to the Cubit download website will be issued with installation instructions.

CUBIT Licensing
Sandia National Laboratories
P.O. Box 5800 , Mail Stop 0376
Albuquerque , NM 87185-0376
Fax: 505-284-2418
Cubit Request emails: cub-req@sandia.gov

CUBIT Trial License

Sandia does not offer a separate trial license for government and academic users. The $300 cost-recovery fee described above covers administrative and support costs and is specifically not a license fee. The US Department of Energy requires that anyone obtaining CUBIT have a license to the software. The administrative and support costs for any license obtained from Sandia are the same whether a trial or full license is issued. As a result, the $300 cost-recovery fee is required for anyone requesting a CUBIT license. Independent commercial distributors of CUBIT may, at their discretion, offer a trial license to commercial customers. Contact CSimSoft for more information.