Tecplot 360

Tecplot 360 is numerical simulation and CFD visualization software that combines vital engineering plotting with advanced data visualization.

How to Obtain

Licensing

Important: All licenses now activate through IS&T's network license server via MITnet. If a user is off-campus, they must be continually connected to the MITnet via the Prisma Access GlobalProtect VPN client or have a roaming license (see Installation below).  Activation keys are not available.

Tecplot is licensed to faculty, staff, and students for use on personal and institute-owned machines on the main MIT campus only. IS&T's site license also includes Tecplot Chorus, (now included with Tecplot, Linux and Windows) and Tecplot RS.

• Any copies of the software installed on personally-owned machines must be deleted when users graduate or are no longer employed by MIT.
• Whitehead and Lincoln Lab are not included in the site license.

Download

• Set up an account on the Tecplot registration site with your @mit.edu email.
• Download Tecplot 360, or Tecplot RS from the vendor site.
• License server name and expiration date (Touchstone authentication required)

• Athena access to Tecplot 360
• Lincoln Lab available software (Lincoln Lab certificate required)

Installation

• Install Tecplot

Using

• Tecplot support documentation
• Tecplot's Knowledge base
• Discussion forum
• IS&T offers limited support on a best-effort basis.
  • Check the support forum first.
  • If you can't find an answer in the forum, send a support request to Software Distribution.
    Note: Do not contact the vendor directly as our license does not allow this.