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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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