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You can check your group membership by calling groups.
In order to run STAR-CCM+ you have to specify the parameters -licpath and -podkey, as shown in the example script below.

Introduction and courses

As A product overview look is provided here. This documentation describes only the specifics of installation and usage of STAR-CCM+. Introductory courses for STAR-CCM+ as well as courses for special topics are offered by Siemens PLM. It is recommended to take at least an introductory course (please contact Siemens PLM Software). As student you can join the Siemens Xcelerator Academy for Academics - for free.

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