{"id":29240,"date":"2026-06-03T08:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=29240"},"modified":"2026-06-03T09:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:37:15","slug":"what-are-the-limitations-of-the-demo-version","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/knowledge-base\/what-are-the-limitations-of-the-demo-version\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the limitations of the demo version?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When Diamonds is starting, a splash screen will show you its progress. If the splash screen is red, you have a valid license. If the splash screen is grey, you&#8217;re running Diamonds in a demo-version.<br>Once Diamonds is started, you can show the same splash screen by going to <em>Help <\/em>> <em>License Info<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Red = valid license<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SplashscreenDiamonds.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"508\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SplashscreenDiamonds.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SplashscreenDiamonds.png 508w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SplashscreenDiamonds-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SplashscreenDiamonds-50x36.png 50w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SplashscreenDiamonds-60x43.png 60w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SplashscreenDiamonds-35x25.png 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Grey = demo version<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DiamondsDemo.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"509\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DiamondsDemo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DiamondsDemo.png 509w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DiamondsDemo-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DiamondsDemo-50x36.png 50w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DiamondsDemo-60x43.png 60w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DiamondsDemo-35x25.png 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In a demo version you can use all geometry functions, but the magnitude of the loads is fixed to 10 kN, kNm, kN\/m, kN\/m\u00b2. Using a load magnitude of 10, you&#8217;ll be able to calculate the model. Allowing you to see all calculation possibilities of Diamonds. Non-calculation based features, like the report manager, will be limited as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A demo-version of Diamonds is often used (by third parties) <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/knowledge-base\/is-there-a-diamonds-viewer\/\" data-type=\"ht_kb\" data-id=\"3531\" target=\"_blank\">to view the results of a certain model.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-info\">Contact the support desk (+32 9 252 6628 or support@buildsoft.eu) if you&#8217;re having trouble with your license or if you want to test the software.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Diamonds is starting, a splash screen will show you its progress. If the splash screen is red, you have a valid license. If the splash screen is grey, you&#8217;re running Diamonds in a demo-version.Once Diamonds is started, you can show the same splash screen by going to Help >&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht-kb-category":[1119],"ht-kb-tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/29240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/29240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29241,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/29240\/revisions\/29241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=29240"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=29240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}