{"id":5002,"date":"2024-09-24T08:34:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/?p=5002"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:21:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:21:59","slug":"chemdraw-licensing-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/chemdraw-licensing-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"ChemDraw Licensing Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have some additional licensing changes for ChemDraw as of September 2025. We are back to using ChemDraw Professional. This license is activation code based which you can access at the following URL:<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/connect.revvitysignals.com\/sitesubscription\/\">https:\/\/connect.revvitysignals.com\/sitesubscription\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Here are the official directions from Revvity Signals:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For access to the ChemDraw software please use the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regardless of whether you have downloaded the software in the past or not, Revvity Signals Software recommends you follow the steps provided below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To find your organization\u2019s institution license:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click the following link (or copy it and paste it into your browser): <a href=\"https:\/\/connect.revvitysignals.com\/sitesubscription\/\">https:\/\/connect.revvitysignals.com\/sitesubscription\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Search for your institution (Colorado State University) by typing the name in the \u201cSearch for Institution\u201d field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>To register for ChemDraw<\/strong>, complete the Welcome to User Registration page and select \u201c<strong>Submit<\/strong>\u201d at the bottom of the form.<br><strong>*<\/strong>Use your university provided e-mail address as it is required for verification of having access to the software.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After you submit the form, you will receive an email to verify your email address.\u00a0 After the verification is completed, a second email will be sent for you to set your password. Follow the instructions provided in the second e-mail.<br><strong>*<\/strong>If you do not receive the verification email, click the \u201cResend Verification email\u201d option. If you do not receive the second email to set your password, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/revvitysignals.flexnetoperations.com\/\">https:\/\/revvitysignals.flexnetoperations.com\/<\/a> and click the Forgot Password option.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After logging into the download center <a href=\"https:\/\/revvitysignals.flexnetoperations.com\/\">https:\/\/revvitysignals.flexnetoperations.com\/<\/a>\u00a0 you will be at the List Entitlements page. Check for the product listed above on this page. It is usually the order int the first row if there are more than one.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the \u201c<strong>Download Now<\/strong>\u201d link in that same row to display the \u201cDownload Order\u201d page. Find your ChemDraw Activation Code at the top of the page. Copy this activation code for your records.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To download the most recent version, click the \u201c<strong>New Versions<\/strong>\u201d tab, and select the Download Package link. If you need to download an older version, click the \u201c<strong>Prior Versions<\/strong>\u201d tab, and select the required version.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the Download page, scroll down the page and select the correct download option for your type of Operating System (Windows or Mac). For Windows, ChemDraw Professional has 2 installers \u2013 ChemDraw Desktop and ChemDraw Applications. ChemDraw Prime only has a ChemDraw Desktop installer. There is only one file for all Mac installers. To start the download, select the corresponding file name from the \u201cFile Name\u201d column.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the download has completed, use the following steps to install and activate the software:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Once you have completed the download of the software to your computer, find the Windows (.exe) or Mac (.dmg) file to run the installer. For Mac (.dmg) simply select the installation file and run it via double click.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For Windows, select the installation file and run it via double click<\/strong><br><strong>Note:<\/strong> during installation, if a previous version of ChemDraw\/ChemOffice (v17 and up) is detected, the installer may not prompt you for activation. If it does not ask for activation, then you are ready to run ChemDraw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the software does ask for activation, use the Activation Code you recorded from the \u201cList Entitlements\u201d page.<br>In the ChemDraw application:<br>a) in <a>the <em>Licensing<\/em> window, select \u201cActivation code\u201d and click \u201c<strong>Continue<\/strong>\u201d<\/a><br>b) in the <em>Activation<\/em> window, enter the required details such as your \u201cName\u201d and \u201cEmail\u201d. In the \u201cActivation code\u201d field, enter the 16-digit, four-part code you recorded on the \u201cList Entitlements\u201d page above. Finally, click the \u201c<strong>Activate<\/strong>\u201d button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You should see a message indicating that ChemDraw was activated successfully.<br>If you have any problems with the process listed above, please contact <a href=\"mailto:support@revvitysignals.zendesk.com\">Revvity Signals Support<\/a> for assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have some additional licensing changes for ChemDraw as of September 2025. We are back to using ChemDraw Professional. This license is activation code based which you can access at the following URL: https:\/\/connect.revvitysignals.com\/sitesubscription\/ Here are the official directions from Revvity Signals: For access to the ChemDraw software please use the following steps: Regardless of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-cnsit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5002"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5184,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002\/revisions\/5184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}