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IrayforCinema4D–Howtodownload,install,andactivate ©2016NVIDIACorporation.Allrightsreserved.

IRAYFORCINEMA4D-HOWTODOWNLOAD,INSTALL,ANDACTIVATE

Version1.0.1,Iray2015.3,IrayLM2.1

Copyright©2016NVIDIACorporation.Allrightsreserved.

1. DOWNLOADTHEIRAYPLUGIN“TRIAL”

RegisteratNVIDIAWebsitefortheTrialGotothewebsiteathttp://www.nvidia.com/object/iray-plugin-trial.html.Fillouttheformandtickthedesiredsoftwareyourdesiredpluginversion,likeIrayforCinema4DR17,andvMaterials(notrequiredbutrecommended).

ReceiveEmailwithDownloadLinksAfteryouhaveregisteredyourselfsuccessfullyandleftavalidemailaddressyouwillbesentanemailwiththedownloadlinksfortherequestedpluginandvMaterialsinstallersforyourplatform.

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2. INSTALLTHEPLUGINTRIALVERSION

InstallthePluginandDependentPackagesTheinstallerforIrayforCinema4Dwillinstallthepluginitself,aswellastheIrayLicenseManagertool,andtheMDLExchangePackage,whichdeliverstheso-calledMDLCoreDefinitionsforeasyconstructionofmaterialsfrombasecomponentswithinCinema4D.

TheIrayLicenseManagerappearsasalittleicononthedesktoportaskbar,andallowstocheckwhichNVIDIAIrayrelatedsoftwareisinstalledonthemachineunderwhichlicenseconditions.ItalsoremindsyouofnewupdatesofthesoftwareproductsassoonastheyhavebeenpublishedbyNVIDIA.Moreimportantly,thistoolsimplifiestheprocessofactivatingalicensetokenorvoucherthatyoumayhavereceived.Suchatokencanbeusedtogeneratealicense(ormanylicenses)thatwillactivateyourspecificIraysoftware.Fordetailsseefurtherdownbelow.

3. [OPTIONAL]INSTALLTHEVMATERIALSMDLPACKAGE

InstalltheNVIDIAMDLvMaterialsTheNVIDIAvMaterialscanbeinstalled(anduninstalled)separatelyandindependentlyoftheplugin.Afterinstallation,theyprovidealargecollectionofnewmaterialsthatareavailabletoanyMDLcapablesoftwareinthesystem,likeforexampleanyotherIrayplugin.ThesematerialsbecomeautomaticallyvisibleintheIrayforCinema4DMDLmaterialeditor,andwillbedisplayedwithlittlethumbnailsforquickbrowsingandselection.TheycanbemanipulatedandassignedtogeometrylikeanyotherCinemamaterialforrenderingwithIray.

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4. USEIRAYLICENSEMANAGERTOACTIVATELICENSETOKEN

GotoLicensingPortaltoRegistertheLicenseTokenAlicensecancomeasavoucher,licensetoken,oractivationkey,whichissimplyacharacterstringsenttoyoubyemail,orfoundonacouponasagiveaway.Suchalicensetokenentitlesyoutoacquirealicense(ormanylicenses)foraspecificIrayproductandforacertainperiodoftime.Toobtainthereallicense,thelicensetokenneedstoberegisteredintheNVIDIAlicensingportal.Thisportalcaneasilybereachedbyfollowingthelinkintheannouncementemailofyourlicensetoken,orbyusingtheIrayLicenseManagertoolviaActivateNow.

Pleasenote,thatthedisplayoftheMACAddressnexttothebuttonisanicelittlehelper.Thisnumberisuniquepermachine,andrequiredlaterwhenyouwanttogeneratealicenseforyourcomputer.

PressingActivateNowbuttonwillpointyoutotheNVIDIASoftwareLicensingCenterpagewhereyoucanregisteryourlicensetoken,referredtoastheactivationkey.

Itisworthtonote,thatlicensetokenshavealifetimethemselves,andmayhaveexpiredthedayyoutrytoregister.PleasecontactNVIDIAsupportinthiscase.Also,oncethetokenwasregistereditgetsinvalidatedandcannotbeusedasecondtime.

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CreateNewAccountforLicenseManagementIfyouareafirsttimeuserofthisportal,thenyouareaskedtocreateanaccountbeforeyoucancontinue.Pleasenote,thisaccountisanotrelatedtotheregistrationattheNVIDIAwebsitewhenyoudownloadedthetrial.Ifyoualreadyhaveanaccount,youcanloginandcontinuetoregisteryourlicensetokenrightaway.

Asareturninguser,youcanregisteryourlicensetokensviathemenucommandRegisterAdditionalKeys.

Youcanalsosearchforyourpreviouslyregisteredlicensesandproducts.

GeneratetheLicensesfortheTargetMachineIftheregistrationwassuccessful,thenyouareabletoseeandaccessthelicensesectionofthesoftwareproductyouareentitledto.

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Youcaninspectthedetailsofyourentitlement,likenode-lockedorfloating,numberoflicenses,andexpirationdate.TocreatetheactuallicenseforyourmachinepresstheGeneratebutton.Thiswillopenthefollowingpagewhereyouneedtospecifythedetailsofyourlocalmachine(fornode-lockedlicenses)orthedetailsofthelicenseservermachine,forfloatinglicenses.Inourexample,weuseanode-lockedlicense.ThistypeoflicensepermitsyoutoexecutetheIraypluginonthegivenmachineonly.

YouneedtoprovidetheMACaddressofyourcomputer,aswellasthecomputer’sname.TheMACaddresscanbeeasilycopiedfromtheLicenseManagerwindowwitharight-click,andpastedhereintotherespectivefield.

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Thenameofthecomputerisalsorequiredbutcanbearbitrary.Onotherwords,ifthisnamedoesnotexactlymatchthenameofyourmachine,itdoesnotaffectyourlicense.TheMACaddress,however,needstobeexactlyidentical.Itistheprimarymeanstoidentifyyourcomputer.

Onceyougeneratedthelicense,youwillbepresentedwiththeresultinglicenseinformation.

Youcanverifythedetailsofyourlicense,likequantityandexpiration.

ThislicensetextneedstobepassedbacktotheIrayLicenseManager.Inordertotransferusingafile,usetheSaveAllbutton.Itwillcreatea.licfilefordownloadfromthewebsitethatcontainsallthelicensetext.Alternatively,thelicensetextcansimplybycopiedfromthispageandpasteddirectlyintotheIrayLicenseManagertextfield.

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ActivatetheLicensewithIrayLicenseManagerWhenyouhavesuccessfullydownloadedthe.licfileitcanbeloadedintotheIrayLicenseManagerusingtheSelectFilebutton.Alternatively,pastethecopiedlicensetextdirectlyintothisfield.

Afterthat,youneedtopressAddLicensetoactivate.Whenthissucceededthenyouaredonewiththelicensingprocedure.TheIrayLicenseManagernowshowsyouractivelicense.

The✕buttonnexttothelicensestringallowsyoutoremoveorreplacethelicenselater.

YouneedtorestarttheapplicationsothattheIrayplugincanpickupthenewlicense.

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