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.

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 one-time-only $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.  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

Research and academic licenses are available to accredited educational institutions and U.S. government agencies (ie. military, government labs). Research licenses are also available to companies performing work under contract by a U.S. government entity. To obtain a license, please use the following procedure:

1. U.S. Government Agencies, please complete the Microsoft Word Participant Data Sheet for Government Agencies (PDS-GOV). All others please complete the Participant Data Sheet (PDS). No handwritten requests will be accepted.
2. Fax (505-284-0140) or email (cubreq@sandia.gov) the completed PDS or PDS-GOV to CUBIT Licensing. Licensing cannot proceed until the completed PDS or PDS-GOV is received. (Non US Institutions may be asked for additional information)
3. In return you will receive the license agreement by email. Fax a signed copy of the license agreement to 505-284-0140. Scanned copies will also be accepted via email to cubreq@sandia.gov.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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: 505-284-0140
Cubit Request emails: cubreq@sandia.gov

Commercial Licenses

A CUBIT commercial license is required for anyone that cannot be classified as either US Government or research/academic user. Sandia can not directly provide licenses for commercial purposes. Commercial licenses may instead be obtained from Computational Simulation Software (CSimSoft). CSimSoft is an authorized non-exclusive distributor for all CUBIT software and components. They can provide complete support, maintenance, training as well as custom software development. Visit CSimSoft for details at http://www.csimsoft.com.

Lawrence Livermore National Lab Employees Only

CUBIT has been installed on the Engineering LAN at LLNL. Contact Ed Kokko (kokko1@llnl.gov) for information on running CUBIT from the LAN. If you do not have access to the Engineering LAN you may request a separate license by following the above instructions to obtain a Goverment Use License.

Sandia National Lab Employees Only

UNIX LAN : Check with your local LAN administrator for instructions on how to access CUBIT on your local LAN. In most cases typing one of the following commands at the UNIX prompt should allow you to run CUBIT:

Other Computers: Email your request to cubreq@sandia.gov with your request. Include your organization number, and some indication of what you will use Cubit for (for internal tracking only.) Please also include in your request what platform (Windows, Linux, etc.) you will be using. Also make sure you mention that you are requesting a license for Cubit. A password will be issued to you that you can download the executable of your choice from the Cubit website.

 

CUBIT Trial License

Sandia does not offer a separate trial license for government and academic users. The $300 distribution 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 distribution 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.