Re: First Softimage - Maya transition videos posted
Seems like they're very well received these videos, just look at the amount of likes/dislikes. It might not be the best indicator, but not to be ignored either. On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com wrote: You are a generous man… Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com On 14 May 2014, at 05:04, Raffaele Fragapane raffsxsil...@googlemail.com wrote: You're being too harsh. I reckon it feels at the very least mid 90s, if not as modern as a '96 or even '97 at times. On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com wrote: Very much my feeling.. every time I have to use it is like going back in time to the early 90s… Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com On 13 May 2014, at 19:41, Eric Mootz e...@mootzoid.com wrote: Aaaahahahah! What a workflow! When I ported my plugin emPolygonizer to Maya a few months ago I obviously had to use Maya for the very first time in my life. I was frankly shocked by what they call the industry standard. Don't get me wrong, the Maya SDK is really quite good, but the rest feels like having a Linux kernel with a buggy Windows for Workgroups user interface. Sorry. -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
RE: SI and Houdini
Ya all of this guy’s work with water is insane. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of John Richard Sanchez Sent: 13 mai 2014 18:30 To: XSI List to post Subject: Re: SI and Houdini This looks really cool. https://vimeo.com/64140693 On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.commailto:jordiba...@gmail.com wrote: Its a very big application... It was a year ago although they did wrap a few things nicely. :-) Sent from my iPhone On 8 Apr 2014, at 22:52, Chris Johnson chr...@topixfx.commailto:chr...@topixfx.com wrote: Wow Jordi...where was this a year ago? A huge task you've taken on...I'll have to revisit Houdini again and go through all this documentation accordingly. Figure out what I was doing wrong the first couple projects I did with Houdini. Thanks very much! On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 8:13 PM, Martin Contel martin3d...@gmail.commailto:martin3d...@gmail.com wrote: Data management makes sense to me. Thanks Jordi! -- Martin Contel Square Enix (Visual Works) On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 2:20 AM, Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.commailto:jordiba...@gmail.com wrote: I got that feeling… will do that first then. thx BTW, for all of you following this thread AND living in London or nearby, I will ask you to please email me privately as I want to test something I have been working on… nothing weird, don't worry. ;-) I simply don't want to add noise for those that don't live in London. thx Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.commailto:jordiba...@gmail.com On 8 Apr 2014, at 17:59, Oscar Juarez tridi.animei...@gmail.commailto:tridi.animei...@gmail.com wrote: I would say Data management since is a bigger scope, which has repercusions on everything else. On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Cristobal Infante cgc...@gmail.commailto:cgc...@gmail.com wrote: what ever feels more natural for you Jordi... On Tuesday, 8 April 2014, Peter Agg peter@googlemail.commailto:peter@googlemail.com wrote: Rigging before data management? I think the phrase cart before horse comes to mind! :) On 8 April 2014 17:26, Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.commailto:jordiba...@gmail.com wrote: My aim with Data Management was to discuss the benefits of approaching the workflow given all the files are external to the scene, from models, textures, animation caches, motion, etc… Referencing is great but brings some major organisation and infrastructure problems too… for example, we have just finished a job with fluids and has taken 14 Tb of data! This was a ver small 80 shots movie done but a couple of guy only so you can imagine the implications… Because some of these are not obvious may be Rigging would be a good start given that you will see the face of caching things out so later when I talk about that it will make sense... :-P On the other hand it may be a good thing to go through that before so the concepts make sense when rigging... Difficult decision... Still up for rigging then? Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.commailto:jordiba...@gmail.com On 8 Apr 2014, at 16:08, wavo w...@fiftyeight.commailto:w...@fiftyeight.com wrote: RIGGING...RIGGING...RIGGING Am 4/8/2014 11:07 AM, schrieb Jordi Bares: And another one!!! Please let me know if you prefer me to jump to Data management for the next one or Rigging... http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forumItemid=172page=viewtopict=31012start=200 Cheers Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.commailto:jordiba...@gmail.com On 4 Apr 2014, at 23:26, Christian Lattuada christian.lattu...@gmail.commailto:christian.lattu...@gmail.com wrote: Cheers mate! Have a beer, we owe you. .:. Christian Lattuada tel +39 3331277475 ... On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.commailto:jordiba...@gmail.com wrote: :-))) In the meantime check the -- www.johnrichardsanchez.comhttp://www.johnrichardsanchez.com
Render tree crash with SI 2013
I'm still having crashes on one particular machine using SI 2013. on one particular scene, a big 500Mo object from cad, as soon as I hit 7, XSI crashes. I have a Quadro 4000 I already updated the drivers last month. Now I wonder if there are some settings I should tweak. This doesn't happen on other machines. It opens fine on a quadro 1800 machine. Anything to check ? any settings files to delete ? Would greatly apreciate advices.
Re: Render tree crash with SI 2013
I once had a similar problem while working on location at a company. The only work around solution was to open the rendertree first (in a clean scene) and than load the scene. I thought it maybe was caused by issues with the workgroups as it seems the crash was related to the rendertree loading some shader/rt_compounds when opened first. But I didn't had the time to investigate the problem in detail. So the workflow was open SI, hit 7 and than load the scene. Cheers Tim I'm still having crashes on one particular machine using SI 2013. on one particular scene, a big 500Mo object from cad, as soon as I hit 7, XSI crashes. I have a Quadro 4000 I already updated the drivers last month. Now I wonder if there are some settings I should tweak. This doesn't happen on other machines. It opens fine on a quadro 1800 machine. Anything to check ? any settings files to delete ? Would greatly apreciate advices.
RE: First Softimage - Maya transition videos posted
If you plan on scripting in Maya I highly recommend Charcoal Editor – worth the investment. See here: http://zurbrigg.com/charcoal-editor -Nick From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of nick name Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 3:00 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: First Softimage - Maya transition videos posted Seems like they're very well received these videos, just look at the amount of likes/dislikes. It might not be the best indicator, but not to be ignored either. On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.commailto:jordiba...@gmail.com wrote: You are a generous man… Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.commailto:jordiba...@gmail.com On 14 May 2014, at 05:04, Raffaele Fragapane raffsxsil...@googlemail.commailto:raffsxsil...@googlemail.com wrote: You're being too harsh. I reckon it feels at the very least mid 90s, if not as modern as a '96 or even '97 at times. On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.commailto:jordiba...@gmail.com wrote: Very much my feeling.. every time I have to use it is like going back in time to the early 90s… Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.commailto:jordiba...@gmail.com On 13 May 2014, at 19:41, Eric Mootz e...@mootzoid.commailto:e...@mootzoid.com wrote: Aaaahahahah! What a workflow! When I ported my plugin emPolygonizer to Maya a few months ago I obviously had to use Maya for the very first time in my life. I was frankly shocked by what they call the industry standard. Don't get me wrong, the Maya SDK is really quite good, but the rest feels like having a Linux kernel with a buggy Windows for Workgroups user interface. Sorry. -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
How to fix crappy fcurves and pivots on imported Realflow RBD geometry?
I need to find a way to fix fcurves and pivots on a large number of objects (tumbling boulders) RBD simulated in Realflow (don't ask). When they come in they move correctly, but their pivots are way off from the geometry and fcurves suffer from gimbal flipping, so motionblur obviously doesn't render properly. I was thinking it would be relatively simple to get good motiondata by piping them through ICE, calculate motionvectors for each vertex and set the data again. I guess there is a way to move the pivot of each object to its centre too, while maintaining the same motion. It is however way beyond my ICE capabilities, so I am looking for tutorials, pointers, scripts or possibly other tools that might do the trick. Thanks Morten
Re: Render tree crash with SI 2013
I recall having a similar problem. What i did is, every time i opened up that scene i would call the explorer, go into the application mode, browse all the way up to the material library. If it loaded them into the scene that way i could then invoke the render tree without a crash... On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Tim Borgmann i...@bt-3d.de wrote: I once had a similar problem while working on location at a company. The only work around solution was to open the rendertree first (in a clean scene) and than load the scene. I thought it maybe was caused by issues with the workgroups as it seems the crash was related to the rendertree loading some shader/rt_compounds when opened first. But I didn't had the time to investigate the problem in detail. So the workflow was open SI, hit 7 and than load the scene. Cheers Tim I'm still having crashes on one particular machine using SI 2013. on one particular scene, a big 500Mo object from cad, as soon as I hit 7, XSI crashes. I have a Quadro 4000 I already updated the drivers last month. Now I wonder if there are some settings I should tweak. This doesn't happen on other machines. It opens fine on a quadro 1800 machine. Anything to check ? any settings files to delete ? Would greatly apreciate advices.
Re: First Softimage - Maya transition videos posted
Thank you for these Jill. I can't help thinking since there are thousands of things different users would like to see covered it might be difficult for your team to identify and cover them all since there are almost as many ways of working as there are users :) How about making a sort of list to which users can contribute and say which particular functionalities or workflows they would like to see in a transition video? Best Morten Bartholdy Den 12. maj 2014 kl. 17:16 skrev Jill Ramsay (Contractor) jill.ram...@autodesk.com: Hello everyone, The first videos from our Softimage to Maya transition training curriculum are now posted, with more to come this week and at a regular rate thereafter. We hope to give you a thorough introduction to Maya that draws on your existing Softimage knowledge. We thank you for your patience - we know you'd have liked to have these sooner. On the plus side, the later release date has allowed us to validate our curriculum with a number of customers and to use the 2015 versions of the software. I hope you find these videos useful. You can post your feedback in the comments section on the site. The Softimage Learning Channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/user/SoftimageHowTos With the first two videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QokQ6r7mS1Elist=PLC4040C7FF264D722 and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWjrYBXtvPwlist=PLC4040C7FF264D722 Best, Jill
Re: First Softimage - Maya transition videos posted
Wasn't something like that already covered in the top 5 feature list by Alastair?
RE: Render tree crash with SI 2013
Yeah do what Tim said - that used to fix that for me. Empty scene - hit 7 - open your scene From: ognj...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 16:23:36 +0200 Subject: Re: Render tree crash with SI 2013 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com I recall having a similar problem. What i did is, every time i opened up that scene i would call the explorer, go into the application mode, browse all the way up to the material library. If it loaded them into the scene that way i could then invoke the render tree without a crash... On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Tim Borgmann i...@bt-3d.de wrote: I once had a similar problem while working on location at a company. The only work around solution was to open the rendertree first (in a clean scene) and than load the scene. I thought it maybe was caused by issues with the workgroups as it seems the crash was related to the rendertree loading some shader/rt_compounds when opened first. But I didn't had the time to investigate the problem in detail. So the workflow was open SI, hit 7 and than load the scene. Cheers Tim I'm still having crashes on one particular machine using SI 2013. on one particular scene, a big 500Mo object from cad, as soon as I hit 7, XSI crashes. I have a Quadro 4000 I already updated the drivers last month. Now I wonder if there are some settings I should tweak. This doesn't happen on other machines. It opens fine on a quadro 1800 machine. Anything to check ? any settings files to delete ? Would greatly apreciate advices.
MayaSoft - previous versions
After a long struggle with the subscription center my new “Maya with Softimage” license finally arrived today. So “happy, happy, joy, joy” (Ren and Stimpy style). But there seems to be one downside to this, which those of you still planning this “transition” might want to know about. The new license apparently strips you of your previous versions usage rights, i.e. I wasn’t able to run Softimage 2014 on this new license, whereas this was still possible with my recent Softimage 2015 license. It’s possible that this has been mentioned before and/or this purely a mistake I am making, if so, I’m truly sorry for the additional noise, but I thought it was a fact worth noting. Personally I can probably live without the previous versions usage rights, but I doubt everybody on this list can quite as easily. If this, however, is simply me doing something stupidly wrong, please tell me, so I can hunt for the mistake at my end. Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com
Re: MayaSoft - previous versions
Tell me this is a mistake to this rather horrible saga, please. Jb Sent from my iPhone On 14 May 2014, at 12:17, Leendert A. Hartog hirazib...@live.nl wrote: After a long struggle with the subscription center my new “Maya with Softimage” license finally arrived today. So “happy, happy, joy, joy” (Ren and Stimpy style). But there seems to be one downside to this, which those of you still planning this “transition” might want to know about. The new license apparently strips you of your previous versions usage rights, i.e. I wasn’t able to run Softimage 2014 on this new license, whereas this was still possible with my recent Softimage 2015 license. It’s possible that this has been mentioned before and/or this purely a mistake I am making, if so, I’m truly sorry for the additional noise, but I thought it was a fact worth noting. Personally I can probably live without the previous versions usage rights, but I doubt everybody on this list can quite as easily. If this, however, is simply me doing something stupidly wrong, please tell me, so I can hunt for the mistake at my end. Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com
Re: MayaSoft - previous versions
Yes, I am truly hoping to have made a silly mistake myself here... -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com
Re: MayaSoft - previous versions
I think it is a mistake Leedert...but not on your end. I think that the license is supposed to go back to 2012. AD representative want to chime in? On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Leendert A. Hartog hirazib...@live.nlwrote: Yes, I am truly hoping to have made a silly mistake myself here... -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com -- -=T=-
Re: MayaSoft - previous versions
Pleas AD.. get this right. Why does it feel like we in the soft community are constantly fighting an uphill battle at every turn? On May 14, 2014 8:24 AM, Leendert A. Hartog hirazib...@live.nl wrote: Yes, I am truly hoping to have made a silly mistake myself here... -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com
Re: MayaSoft - previous versions
I'm running 2015 maya/xsi and can open previous versions ok - though I've only tested 2014sp2 so far. On 14 May 2014 16:24, Leendert A. Hartog hirazib...@live.nl wrote: Yes, I am truly hoping to have made a silly mistake myself here... -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com -- www.matinai.com
Re: MayaSoft - previous versions
Sorry Leendert, my n key didn't register when I typed your name :P On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Eric Turman i.anima...@gmail.com wrote: I think it is a mistake Leedert...but not on your end. I think that the license is supposed to go back to 2012. AD representative want to chime in? On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Leendert A. Hartog hirazib...@live.nlwrote: Yes, I am truly hoping to have made a silly mistake myself here... -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com -- -=T=- -- -=T=-
Re: MayaSoft - previous versions
Yep, I'm good back to SI 2012. One thing I did run into is that if you have Fabric Engine installed there is a conflict with XGen in Maya 2015 which causes a crash on starting Maya. There's a simple fix though. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/CreationPlatform/9kPtpXnH9CY Ben On 5/14/2014 10:29 AM, Eric Turman wrote: I think it is a mistake Leedert...but not on your end. I think that the license is supposed to go back to 2012. AD representative want to chime in? On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Leendert A. Hartog hirazib...@live.nl mailto:hirazib...@live.nl wrote: Yes, I am truly hoping to have made a silly mistake myself here... -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com http://si-community.com -- -=T=-
Re: MayaSoft - previous versions
One would expect registeronce.autodesk.com to issue the correct license file? -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com
Re: MayaSoft - previous versions
Hello All, For previous version support, you must be on subscription and have a network license. We recently corrected an issue with our licensing system with regards to previous version support. If you don't have access to previous versions, and you should, please go to http://knowledge.autodesk.com/contactus. You can log a support ticket or chat with us (if the service is available) and someone on our Registration and Activation team can assist you in getting it up and running. Sorry for the inconvenience. Kandis Autodesk Project Manager On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Leendert A. Hartog hirazib...@live.nlwrote: One would expect registeronce.autodesk.com to issue the correct license file? -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com
Re: MayaSoft - previous versions
I did already issue a support request (Case ID: 09579362) of which I have so far heard nothing and I am(and have been for years) on subscription... Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com
Re: MayaSoft - previous versions
Hmm I got mine yesterday too Leendert, and haven't had time to look at it until now...all I have available to me is my Softimage downloads, no Maya...looks like licensing is a bit messed up :-/ On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Leendert A. Hartog hirazib...@live.nlwrote: I did already issue a support request (Case ID: 09579362) of which I have so far heard nothing and I am(and have been for years) on subscription... Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com -- -=T=-
Re: MayaSoft - previous versions
It woul be cool to get a definitive clarity about this as my reseller told me same thing: If you take the offer of the MAYA transition you cant open your old SI Versions but 2015. So Autodesk, what is it about? regards Stephan I did already issue a support request (Case ID: 09579362) of which I have so far heard nothing and I am(and have been for years) on subscription... Greetz Leendert
Re: MayaSoft - previous versions
Nope -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com
Re: MayaSoft - previous versions
That sounded very unfriendly. What I meant to say was: Nope Greetz Leendert Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com
Re: MayaSoft - previous versions
I e-mailed Maurice Patel directly a few days ago regarding Softimage Maya license transfer, he suggest we should be able to use Softimage 2015 license and previous version access through the Subs center. Although I haven't gone through this process myself, too busy with other things. Leoung On 14/05/2014 12:04 PM, Ciaran Moloney wrote: Any chance you're trying to start 2014 while you already have 2015 open? On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Leendert A. Hartog hirazib...@live.nl mailto:hirazib...@live.nl wrote: After a long struggle with the subscription center my new Maya with Softimage license finally arrived today. So happy, happy, joy, joy (Ren and Stimpy style). But there seems to be one downside to this, which those of you still planning this transition might want to know about. The new license apparently strips you of your previous versions usage rights, i.e. I wasn't able to run Softimage 2014 on this new license, whereas this was still possible with my recent Softimage 2015 license. It's possible that this has been mentioned before and/or this purely a mistake I am making, if so, I'm truly sorry for the additional noise, but I thought it was a fact worth noting. Personally I can probably live without the previous versions usage rights, but I doubt everybody on this list can quite as easily. If this, however, is simply me doing something stupidly wrong, please tell me, so I can hunt for the mistake at my end. Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com http://si-community.com
Re: Render tree crash with SI 2013
Ok, thank you all for your solution. Opening the rendertree first, seems to solve the problem ! Now, what we be a good way to investigate on this ? I had the feeling that something is off on that particular workstation, since on other projects it has also some unstability. Thank's a lot. Olivier Le 14/05/2014 16:03, Tim Borgmann a écrit : I once had a similar problem while working on location at a company. The only work around solution was to open the rendertree first (in a clean scene) and than load the scene. I thought it maybe was caused by issues with the workgroups as it seems the crash was related to the rendertree loading some shader/rt_compounds when opened first. But I didn't had the time to investigate the problem in detail. So the workflow was open SI, hit 7 and than load the scene. Cheers Tim I'm still having crashes on one particular machine using SI 2013. on one particular scene, a big 500Mo object from cad, as soon as I hit 7, XSI crashes. I have a Quadro 4000 I already updated the drivers last month. Now I wonder if there are some settings I should tweak. This doesn't happen on other machines. It opens fine on a quadro 1800 machine. Anything to check ? any settings files to delete ? Would greatly apreciate advices.
RE: MayaSoft - previous versions
Hi everyone, There appears to be some database glitches in our back end systems that are causing the problems like the case of Leendert. The ops team is trying to resolve this. This is a bit like bug fixing - we need to find and identify the problem fix it so the problem does not reoccur. We are sorry if this is taking a bit longer than expected. If you migrate you ARE entitled to prior versions of Softimage as part of your Subscription. We just need to iron out some kinks so please bear with us maurice Maurice Patel Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leoung O'Young Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 12:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: MayaSoft - previous versions I e-mailed Maurice Patel directly a few days ago regarding Softimage Maya license transfer, he suggest we should be able to use Softimage 2015 license and previous version access through the Subs center. Although I haven't gone through this process myself, too busy with other things. Leoung On 14/05/2014 12:04 PM, Ciaran Moloney wrote: Any chance you're trying to start 2014 while you already have 2015 open? On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Leendert A. Hartog hirazib...@live.nlmailto:hirazib...@live.nl wrote: After a long struggle with the subscription center my new Maya with Softimage license finally arrived today. So happy, happy, joy, joy (Ren and Stimpy style). But there seems to be one downside to this, which those of you still planning this transition might want to know about. The new license apparently strips you of your previous versions usage rights, i.e. I wasn't able to run Softimage 2014 on this new license, whereas this was still possible with my recent Softimage 2015 license. It's possible that this has been mentioned before and/or this purely a mistake I am making, if so, I'm truly sorry for the additional noise, but I thought it was a fact worth noting. Personally I can probably live without the previous versions usage rights, but I doubt everybody on this list can quite as easily. If this, however, is simply me doing something stupidly wrong, please tell me, so I can hunt for the mistake at my end. Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.comhttp://si-community.com attachment: winmail.dat
RE: MayaSoft - previous versions
Thank you Maurice! On May 14, 2014 9:48 AM, Maurice Patel maurice.pa...@autodesk.com wrote: Hi everyone, There appears to be some database glitches in our back end systems that are causing the problems like the case of Leendert. The ops team is trying to resolve this. This is a bit like bug fixing - we need to find and identify the problem fix it so the problem does not reoccur. We are sorry if this is taking a bit longer than expected. If you migrate you ARE entitled to prior versions of Softimage as part of your Subscription. We just need to iron out some kinks so please bear with us maurice Maurice Patel Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leoung O'Young Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 12:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: MayaSoft - previous versions I e-mailed Maurice Patel directly a few days ago regarding Softimage Maya license transfer, he suggest we should be able to use Softimage 2015 license and previous version access through the Subs center. Although I haven't gone through this process myself, too busy with other things. Leoung On 14/05/2014 12:04 PM, Ciaran Moloney wrote: Any chance you're trying to start 2014 while you already have 2015 open? On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Leendert A. Hartog hirazib...@live.nl mailto:hirazib...@live.nl wrote: After a long struggle with the subscription center my new Maya with Softimage license finally arrived today. So happy, happy, joy, joy (Ren and Stimpy style). But there seems to be one downside to this, which those of you still planning this transition might want to know about. The new license apparently strips you of your previous versions usage rights, i.e. I wasn't able to run Softimage 2014 on this new license, whereas this was still possible with my recent Softimage 2015 license. It's possible that this has been mentioned before and/or this purely a mistake I am making, if so, I'm truly sorry for the additional noise, but I thought it was a fact worth noting. Personally I can probably live without the previous versions usage rights, but I doubt everybody on this list can quite as easily. If this, however, is simply me doing something stupidly wrong, please tell me, so I can hunt for the mistake at my end. Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.comhttp://si-community.com
RE: MayaSoft - previous versions
Hello Maurice, Is there a limit how far back the license server will go in terms of supporting older versions of Softimage? We currently use 2013 SP1, but prior to that we were using Softimage 7.5 and still need to occasionally jump into 7.5 to exhume old data which have dependencies specific to 7.5 (we have a ton of 7.5 data). Matt From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Maurice Patel Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 9:49 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: MayaSoft - previous versions Hi everyone, There appears to be some database glitches in our back end systems that are causing the problems like the case of Leendert. The ops team is trying to resolve this. This is a bit like bug fixing - we need to find and identify the problem fix it so the problem does not reoccur. We are sorry if this is taking a bit longer than expected. If you migrate you ARE entitled to prior versions of Softimage as part of your Subscription. We just need to iron out some kinks so please bear with us maurice Maurice Patel Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leoung O'Young Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 12:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: MayaSoft - previous versions I e-mailed Maurice Patel directly a few days ago regarding Softimage Maya license transfer, he suggest we should be able to use Softimage 2015 license and previous version access through the Subs center. Although I haven't gone through this process myself, too busy with other things. Leoung On 14/05/2014 12:04 PM, Ciaran Moloney wrote: Any chance you're trying to start 2014 while you already have 2015 open? On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Leendert A. Hartog hirazib...@live.nlmailto:hirazib...@live.nl wrote: After a long struggle with the subscription center my new Maya with Softimage license finally arrived today. So happy, happy, joy, joy (Ren and Stimpy style). But there seems to be one downside to this, which those of you still planning this transition might want to know about. The new license apparently strips you of your previous versions usage rights, i.e. I wasn't able to run Softimage 2014 on this new license, whereas this was still possible with my recent Softimage 2015 license. It's possible that this has been mentioned before and/or this purely a mistake I am making, if so, I'm truly sorry for the additional noise, but I thought it was a fact worth noting. Personally I can probably live without the previous versions usage rights, but I doubt everybody on this list can quite as easily. If this, however, is simply me doing something stupidly wrong, please tell me, so I can hunt for the mistake at my end. Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.comhttp://si-community.com
RE: MayaSoft - previous versions
Hi Matt, Any 7.5 license you have should continue to work indefinitely and if you need to migrate it to a new computer we so support that capability (through our customer support group). If you need to guarantee access to 7.5 your best bet is to keep some licenses. Your Subscription contract only provides access to the last three versions prior to the current release (i.e. 2014, 2013 and 2012). However, technically we can issue any license we have ever issued (but not licenses for versions that were issued by Avid). We only do that in exceptional cases and this is almost certainly something you would need to work out with Sales first. It is rather rare that we have to do this because, for software that old, you pretty much have to purchase a new license anyway (from a price perspective).- So why not keep your old one? You could instead purchase Maya with Softimage 2015 and keep Softimage 7.5. This would avoid a lot of hassle because, as per the usage agreement for prior versions, you cannot have concurrent versions of the same software running which would mean un-installing, re-installing software each time you switch versions. This is all managed on a trust basis. Since all licenses are permanent ones, there is nothing stopping you from doing this other than that the subscription contract stipulates that you do not. Prior versions were really created as a means for Subscription customers to maintain pipelines on 'recent' older versions and manage pipeline upgrades over a three year window and not as a means of accessing any software release we have ever developed. Maurice Maurice Patel Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lind Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 1:41 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: MayaSoft - previous versions Hello Maurice, Is there a limit how far back the license server will go in terms of supporting older versions of Softimage? We currently use 2013 SP1, but prior to that we were using Softimage 7.5 and still need to occasionally jump into 7.5 to exhume old data which have dependencies specific to 7.5 (we have a ton of 7.5 data). Matt From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Maurice Patel Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 9:49 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: MayaSoft - previous versions Hi everyone, There appears to be some database glitches in our back end systems that are causing the problems like the case of Leendert. The ops team is trying to resolve this. This is a bit like bug fixing - we need to find and identify the problem fix it so the problem does not reoccur. We are sorry if this is taking a bit longer than expected. If you migrate you ARE entitled to prior versions of Softimage as part of your Subscription. We just need to iron out some kinks so please bear with us maurice Maurice Patel Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leoung O'Young Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 12:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: MayaSoft - previous versions I e-mailed Maurice Patel directly a few days ago regarding Softimage Maya license transfer, he suggest we should be able to use Softimage 2015 license and previous version access through the Subs center. Although I haven't gone through this process myself, too busy with other things. Leoung On 14/05/2014 12:04 PM, Ciaran Moloney wrote: Any chance you're trying to start 2014 while you already have 2015 open? On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Leendert A. Hartog hirazib...@live.nlmailto:hirazib...@live.nl wrote: After a long struggle with the subscription center my new Maya with Softimage license finally arrived today. So happy, happy, joy, joy (Ren and Stimpy style). But there seems to be one downside to this, which those of you still planning this transition might want to know about. The new license apparently strips you of your previous versions usage rights, i.e. I wasn't able to run Softimage 2014 on this new license, whereas this was still possible with my recent Softimage 2015 license. It's possible that this has been mentioned before and/or this purely a mistake I am making, if so, I'm truly sorry for the additional noise, but I thought it was a fact worth noting. Personally I can probably live without the previous versions usage rights, but I doubt everybody on this list can quite as easily. If this, however, is simply me doing something stupidly wrong, please tell me, so I can hunt for the mistake at my end. Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.comhttp://si-community.com attachment: winmail.dat
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Hi Maurice Perhaps you can explain to me. On the new ARC schools website I request a licence for an autodesk product (so I have already logged in). I get the email with the serial number, but when I install and try and register the product it says my username / password doesn’t exist when it tries to connect to register once. Surely they are the same login ? Kind regards Angus From: Maurice Patel maurice.pa...@autodesk.commailto:maurice.pa...@autodesk.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wednesday 14 May 2014 at 9:32 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: MayaSoft - previous versions Hi Matt, Any 7.5 license you have should continue to work indefinitely and if you need to migrate it to a new computer we so support that capability (through our customer support group). If you need to guarantee access to 7.5 your best bet is to keep some licenses. Your Subscription contract only provides access to the last three versions prior to the current release (i.e. 2014, 2013 and 2012). However, technically we can issue any license we have ever issued (but not licenses for versions that were issued by Avid). We only do that in exceptional cases and this is almost certainly something you would need to work out with Sales first. It is rather rare that we have to do this because, for software that old, you pretty much have to purchase a new license anyway (from a price perspective).– So why not keep your old one? You could instead purchase Maya with Softimage 2015 and keep Softimage 7.5. This would avoid a lot of hassle because, as per the usage agreement for prior versions, you cannot have concurrent versions of the same software running which would mean un-installing, re-installing software each time you switch versions. This is all managed on a trust basis. Since all licenses are permanent ones, there is nothing stopping you from doing this other than that the subscription contract stipulates that you do not. Prior versions were really created as a means for Subscription customers to maintain pipelines on ‘recent’ older versions and manage pipeline upgrades over a three year window and not as a means of accessing any software release we have ever developed. Maurice Maurice Patel Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lind Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 1:41 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: MayaSoft - previous versions Hello Maurice, Is there a limit how far back the license server will go in terms of supporting older versions of Softimage? We currently use 2013 SP1, but prior to that we were using Softimage 7.5 and still need to occasionally jump into 7.5 to exhume old data which have dependencies specific to 7.5 (we have a ton of 7.5 data). Matt From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Maurice Patel Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 9:49 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: MayaSoft - previous versions Hi everyone, There appears to be some database glitches in our back end systems that are causing the problems like the case of Leendert. The ops team is trying to resolve this. This is a bit like bug fixing – we need to find and identify the problem fix it so the problem does not reoccur. We are sorry if this is taking a bit longer than expected. If you migrate you ARE entitled to prior versions of Softimage as part of your Subscription. We just need to iron out some kinks so please bear with us maurice Maurice Patel Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 From:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leoung O'Young Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 12:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: MayaSoft - previous versions I e-mailed Maurice Patel directly a few days ago regarding Softimage Maya license transfer, he suggest we should be able to use Softimage 2015 license and previous version access through the Subs center. Although I haven't gone through this process myself, too busy with other things. Leoung On 14/05/2014 12:04 PM, Ciaran Moloney wrote: Any chance you're trying to start 2014 while you already have 2015 open? On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Leendert A. Hartog hirazib...@live.nlmailto:hirazib...@live.nl wrote: After a long struggle with the subscription center my new “Maya with Softimage”
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Autodesk issued me a new license tonight. I only quickly tested it with Softimage 2014 2015 and Maya 2015 but luckily it seems to work now. So thanks to all involved. Now I need a vacation... Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com
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Hi Angus I will forward to Steve. Personally I am not familiar with ARC so I do not know if it supports single sign-on. It would only be the same login if they do. Maurice Maurice Patel Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 3:58 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: MayaSoft - previous versions Hi Maurice Perhaps you can explain to me. On the new ARC schools website I request a licence for an autodesk product (so I have already logged in). I get the email with the serial number, but when I install and try and register the product it says my username / password doesn't exist when it tries to connect to register once. Surely they are the same login ? Kind regards Angus From: Maurice Patel maurice.pa...@autodesk.commailto:maurice.pa...@autodesk.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wednesday 14 May 2014 at 9:32 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: MayaSoft - previous versions Hi Matt, Any 7.5 license you have should continue to work indefinitely and if you need to migrate it to a new computer we so support that capability (through our customer support group). If you need to guarantee access to 7.5 your best bet is to keep some licenses. Your Subscription contract only provides access to the last three versions prior to the current release (i.e. 2014, 2013 and 2012). However, technically we can issue any license we have ever issued (but not licenses for versions that were issued by Avid). We only do that in exceptional cases and this is almost certainly something you would need to work out with Sales first. It is rather rare that we have to do this because, for software that old, you pretty much have to purchase a new license anyway (from a price perspective).- So why not keep your old one? You could instead purchase Maya with Softimage 2015 and keep Softimage 7.5. This would avoid a lot of hassle because, as per the usage agreement for prior versions, you cannot have concurrent versions of the same software running which would mean un-installing, re-installing software each time you switch versions. This is all managed on a trust basis. Since all licenses are permanent ones, there is nothing stopping you from doing this other than that the subscription contract stipulates that you do not. Prior versions were really created as a means for Subscription customers to maintain pipelines on 'recent' older versions and manage pipeline upgrades over a three year window and not as a means of accessing any software release we have ever developed. Maurice Maurice Patel Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lind Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 1:41 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: MayaSoft - previous versions Hello Maurice, Is there a limit how far back the license server will go in terms of supporting older versions of Softimage? We currently use 2013 SP1, but prior to that we were using Softimage 7.5 and still need to occasionally jump into 7.5 to exhume old data which have dependencies specific to 7.5 (we have a ton of 7.5 data). Matt From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Maurice Patel Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 9:49 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: MayaSoft - previous versions Hi everyone, There appears to be some database glitches in our back end systems that are causing the problems like the case of Leendert. The ops team is trying to resolve this. This is a bit like bug fixing - we need to find and identify the problem fix it so the problem does not reoccur. We are sorry if this is taking a bit longer than expected. If you migrate you ARE entitled to prior versions of Softimage as part of your Subscription. We just need to iron out some kinks so please bear with us maurice Maurice Patel Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 From:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leoung O'Young Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 12:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: MayaSoft - previous versions I e-mailed Maurice Patel directly a few days ago regarding Softimage Maya license transfer, he suggest we should be able to use Softimage
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Hi Angus, We're looking into what's gone wrong in this case... I'll update you as soon as I know. Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: May-14-14 3:58 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: MayaSoft - previous versions Hi Maurice Perhaps you can explain to me. On the new ARC schools website I request a licence for an autodesk product (so I have already logged in). I get the email with the serial number, but when I install and try and register the product it says my username / password doesn't exist when it tries to connect to register once. Surely they are the same login ? Kind regards Angus attachment: winmail.dat
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Thanks guys. From: Jill Ramsay (Contractor) jill.ram...@autodesk.commailto:jill.ram...@autodesk.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wednesday 14 May 2014 at 10:23 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: MayaSoft - previous versions Hi Angus, We’re looking into what’s gone wrong in this case… I’ll update you as soon as I know. Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: May-14-14 3:58 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: MayaSoft - previous versions Hi Maurice Perhaps you can explain to me. On the new ARC schools website I request a licence for an autodesk product (so I have already logged in). I get the email with the serial number, but when I install and try and register the product it says my username / password doesn’t exist when it tries to connect to register once. Surely they are the same login ? Kind regards Angus table width=100% border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style=width:100%; tr td align=left style=text-align:justify;font face=arial,sans-serif size=1 color=#99span style=font-size:11px;This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. /span/font/td /tr /table
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Hi Angus, I'm trying to figure out what's going on with your installation. Did you create your account on the ARC using the same account as the one you use on the Register Once website? They both support single sign on so if you are using the same account, it should allow you to log in and register your new software. If you like, feel free to contact me directly using steve.vasko at autodesk.com Thanks, Steve Vasko Global Industry Manager, Media Entertainment Post Secondary Education Team [cid:C733FAD3-3935-4AD0-BFD4-031C4CB0BE42@home] 38 West 21st St 9th Floor New York, NY 10010 Direct 914-921-0171 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: May-14-14 3:58 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: MayaSoft - previous versions Hi Maurice Perhaps you can explain to me. On the new ARC schools website I request a licence for an autodesk product (so I have already logged in). I get the email with the serial number, but when I install and try and register the product it says my username / password doesn't exist when it tries to connect to register once. Surely they are the same login ? Kind regards Angus From: Maurice Patel maurice.pa...@autodesk.commailto:maurice.pa...@autodesk.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wednesday 14 May 2014 at 9:32 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: MayaSoft - previous versions Hi Matt, Any 7.5 license you have should continue to work indefinitely and if you need to migrate it to a new computer we so support that capability (through our customer support group). If you need to guarantee access to 7.5 your best bet is to keep some licenses. Your Subscription contract only provides access to the last three versions prior to the current release (i.e. 2014, 2013 and 2012). However, technically we can issue any license we have ever issued (but not licenses for versions that were issued by Avid). We only do that in exceptional cases and this is almost certainly something you would need to work out with Sales first. It is rather rare that we have to do this because, for software that old, you pretty much have to purchase a new license anyway (from a price perspective).- So why not keep your old one? You could instead purchase Maya with Softimage 2015 and keep Softimage 7.5. This would avoid a lot of hassle because, as per the usage agreement for prior versions, you cannot have concurrent versions of the same software running which would mean un-installing, re-installing software each time you switch versions. This is all managed on a trust basis. Since all licenses are permanent ones, there is nothing stopping you from doing this other than that the subscription contract stipulates that you do not. Prior versions were really created as a means for Subscription customers to maintain pipelines on 'recent' older versions and manage pipeline upgrades over a three year window and not as a means of accessing any software release we have ever developed. Maurice Maurice Patel Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lind Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 1:41 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: MayaSoft - previous versions Hello Maurice, Is there a limit how far back the license server will go in terms of supporting older versions of Softimage? We currently use 2013 SP1, but prior to that we were using Softimage 7.5 and still need to occasionally jump into 7.5 to exhume old data which have dependencies specific to 7.5 (we have a ton of 7.5 data). Matt From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Maurice Patel Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 9:49 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: MayaSoft - previous versions Hi everyone, There appears to be some database glitches in our back end systems that are causing the problems like the case of Leendert. The ops team is trying to resolve this. This is a bit like bug fixing - we need to find and identify the problem fix it so the problem does not reoccur. We are sorry if this is taking a bit longer than expected. If you migrate you ARE entitled to prior versions of Softimage as part of your Subscription. We just need to iron out some kinks so please bear with us maurice Maurice Patel Autodesk : Tél: 514
Re: MayaSoft - previous versions
Hi Maurice, Just want to be sure I gt this right, I can have versions of Softimage 2015 all the way back to 7.5 running on the same computer if need be? Thanks, Leoung On 14/05/2014 3:32 PM, Maurice Patel wrote: Hi Matt, Any 7.5 license you have should continue to work indefinitely and if you need to migrate it to a new computer we so support that capability (through our customer support group). If you need to guarantee access to 7.5 your best bet is to keep some licenses. Your Subscription contract only provides access to the last three versions prior to the current release (i.e. 2014, 2013 and 2012). However, technically we can issue any license we have ever issued (but not licenses for versions that were issued by Avid). We only do that in exceptional cases and this is almost certainly something you would need to work out with Sales first. It is rather rare that we have to do this because, for software that old, you pretty much have to purchase a new license anyway (from a price perspective).- So why not keep your old one? You could instead purchase Maya with Softimage 2015 and keep Softimage 7.5. This would avoid a lot of hassle because, as per the usage agreement for prior versions, you cannot have concurrent versions of the same software running which would mean un-installing, re-installing software each time you switch versions. This is all managed on a trust basis. Since all licenses are permanent ones, there is nothing stopping you from doing this other than that the subscription contract stipulates that you do not. Prior versions were really created as a means for Subscription customers to maintain pipelines on 'recent' older versions and manage pipeline upgrades over a three year window and not as a means of accessing any software release we have ever developed. Maurice Maurice Patel Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lind Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 1:41 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: MayaSoft - previous versions Hello Maurice, Is there a limit how far back the license server will go in terms of supporting older versions of Softimage? We currently use 2013 SP1, but prior to that we were using Softimage 7.5 and still need to occasionally jump into 7.5 to exhume old data which have dependencies specific to 7.5 (we have a ton of 7.5 data). Matt From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Maurice Patel Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 9:49 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: MayaSoft - previous versions Hi everyone, There appears to be some database glitches in our back end systems that are causing the problems like the case of Leendert. The ops team is trying to resolve this. This is a bit like bug fixing - we need to find and identify the problem fix it so the problem does not reoccur. We are sorry if this is taking a bit longer than expected. If you migrate you ARE entitled to prior versions of Softimage as part of your Subscription. We just need to iron out some kinks so please bear with us maurice Maurice Patel Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leoung O'Young Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 12:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: MayaSoft - previous versions I e-mailed Maurice Patel directly a few days ago regarding Softimage Maya license transfer, he suggest we should be able to use Softimage 2015 license and previous version access through the Subs center. Although I haven't gone through this process myself, too busy with other things. Leoung On 14/05/2014 12:04 PM, Ciaran Moloney wrote: Any chance you're trying to start 2014 while you already have 2015 open? On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Leendert A. Hartog hirazib...@live.nlmailto:hirazib...@live.nl wrote: After a long struggle with the subscription center my new Maya with Softimage license finally arrived today. So happy, happy, joy, joy (Ren and Stimpy style). But there seems to be one downside to this, which those of you still planning this transition might want to know about. The new license apparently strips you of your previous versions usage rights, i.e. I wasn't able to run Softimage 2014 on this new license, whereas this was still possible with my recent Softimage 2015 license. It's possible that this has been mentioned before and/or this purely a mistake I am making, if so, I'm truly sorry for the additional noise, but I thought it was a fact worth noting. Personally I can probably live without the previous versions usage rights, but I doubt everybody on this list can quite as easily. If this, however, is simply me doing something stupidly wrong, please
Re: Render tree crash with SI 2013
It was known issue logged as SOFT-5858:[CER]: Random crash when opening ICETree or RenderTree on certain scenes. and fixed in Softimage 2014. Thanks, Joany Original message From: olivier jeannel Date:15/05/2014 00:38 (GMT+08:00) To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Render tree crash with SI 2013 Ok, thank you all for your solution. Opening the rendertree first, seems to solve the problem ! Now, what we be a good way to investigate on this ? I had the feeling that something is off on that particular workstation, since on other projects it has also some unstability. Thank's a lot. Olivier Le 14/05/2014 16:03, Tim Borgmann a écrit : I once had a similar problem while working on location at a company. The only work around solution was to open the rendertree first (in a clean scene) and than load the scene. I thought it maybe was caused by issues with the workgroups as it seems the crash was related to the rendertree loading some shader/rt_compounds when opened first. But I didn't had the time to investigate the problem in detail. So the workflow was open SI, hit 7 and than load the scene. Cheers Tim I'm still having crashes on one particular machine using SI 2013. on one particular scene, a big 500Mo object from cad, as soon as I hit 7, XSI crashes. I have a Quadro 4000 I already updated the drivers last month. Now I wonder if there are some settings I should tweak. This doesn't happen on other machines. It opens fine on a quadro 1800 machine. Anything to check ? any settings files to delete ? Would greatly apreciate advices. attachment: winmail.dat
Re: How to fix crappy fcurves and pivots on imported Realflow RBD geometry?
Hi Morten, i dont think its possible to solve this in ICE, becouse you cant change the AnimationCurves (While tipping this i actually have a Idea) anyway I found a little snipped in the Web to get the Objects COG in Global Space (https://gist.github.com/yamahigashi/9309426) Now I just wrapped this in a little Loop, and created some PoseConstrains. After executing the Script, you just have to - Plot the Nulls Transforms - Remove the RBDs Transforms - Parent or Constrain or Envelope the RBD's to the Nulls Hope this works. Could'nt test this just some thoughts. ;-) Vincent Am 14.05.2014 16:22, schrieb Morten Bartholdy: I need to find a way to fix fcurves and pivots on a large number of objects (tumbling boulders) RBD simulated in Realflow (don't ask). When they come in they move correctly, but their pivots are way off from the geometry and fcurves suffer from gimbal flipping, so motionblur obviously doesn't render properly. I was thinking it would be relatively simple to get good motiondata by piping them through ICE, calculate motionvectors for each vertex and set the data again. I guess there is a way to move the pivot of each object to its centre too, while maintaining the same motion. It is however way beyond my ICE capabilities, so I am looking for tutorials, pointers, scripts or possibly other tools that might do the trick. Thanks Morten xsi = Application From https://gist.github.com/yamahigashi/9309426; def calc_cog_global_position(obj): ''' calculate objects cog position in global space. returns vector3 ''' #x, y, z, b1, b2, b3 = Application.Selection(0).ActivePrimitive.Geometry.GetBoundingBox() #v = XSIMath.CreateVector3(x, y, z) if obj.ActivePrimitive.Geometry is not None: x = obj.ActivePrimitive.Geometry.Points v = XSIMath.CreateVector3() for p in x: v.Add( v, p.Position) v.Scale(1.0 / x.Count, v) res = XSIMath.MapObjectPositionToWorldSpace(obj.Kinematics.Global.Transform, v) return res else: t = obj.Kinematics.Global.Transform return XSIMath.CreateVector3(t.PosX, t.PosY, t.PosZ) xsi.SetUserPref(SI3D_CONSTRAINT_COMPENSATION_MODE, 1) # Store Sel sel = [] for obj in xsi.Selection: sel.append(obj) for obj in sel: objCOG = calc_cog_global_position(obj) print Obj: + obj.Name + // COG: ( + str(objCOG.X) + / + str(objCOG.Y) + / + str(objCOG.Z) + ) null = xsi.GetPrim(Null, poseCons_ + obj.Name, , ) xsi.Translate(null, objCOG.X, objCOG.Y, objCOG.Z, siAbsolute, siPivotCOG, siObj, siXYZ, , , , , , , , , , 0, ) xsi.ApplyCns(Pose, null, obj, True) xsi.SetUserPref(SI3D_CONSTRAINT_COMPENSATION_MODE, 0)
