1. Activating CSD-Community access for enCIFer

1.1. Starting the CCDC Software Activation tool graphical user interface

You will need to activate enCIFer in order to access features available in CSD-Community, but you can do so for free. To activate CSD-Community in a copy of enCIFer that is not activated, use the CCDC Activation tool and select the CSD-Community tab and then click ‘Activate’. The CCDC Activation tool can be started in the following way on each supported platform.

1.1.1. Windows

The CCDC Software Activation tools will be located in the

<INSTALLDIR>\CSD_2021\Software Activation

folder of a CSD Release installation, or

<INSTALLDIR>\Software Activation

in other CCDC product installers. To start the graphical user interface, double-click on ccdc_activator_gui.exe

1.1.2. Linux

The CCDC Software Activation tools will be located in the

<INSTALLDIR>/CSD_2021/bin

folder of a CSD Release installation, or

<INSTALLDIR>\software_activation

in other CCDC product installers. To start the graphical user interface, run ccdc_activator_gui

1.1.3. MacOS

The CCDC Software Activation tools will be located in the

<INSTALLDIR>/CSD_2021

folder of a CSD Release installation, or

<INSTALLDIR>\Software_Activation

in other CCDC product installers. To start the graphical user interface, double-click the CCDC-Software-Activation application.