Hi Jordi Will definitely need to test this myself. Which version are you using? 8 or 9 ? We have an intro to 3D course (modelling , texturing, simple animation with a pre defined rig) which I was going to boot camp for. This may be an easier solution.
________________________________ From: Jordi Bares [jordiba...@gmail.com] Sent: 21 January 2014 10:20 PM To: David Rivera; softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Solutions for running softimage on a MAC Station? It worked for me perfectly using Parallels, speed wise is perfect but there is one thing to take in account, you need more memory as you are holding both operating systems plus the software, render data, etc… And two, you are sharing the memory card of your graphics card (you can fine-tune this) but I felt this was the key limiting factor for me, big big scenes overflow the 2Gb Graphcs card I have… :-P Other than that it is actually extremely fun to virtualise Softimage, you can share data between systems, your devices (usb keys for example) are going to be piped wherever you want… etc… truly amazing. And also you can make your mac video capture record your Softimage session and still the machine works perfectly so there is a lot of power under the bonet. So, my conclusion is that if you are going to do power user work it is better to bootcamp as a solution, if you are doing production work but does not require massive amount of graphics card memory you are better of with Parallels. hope that helps. Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com<mailto:jordiba...@gmail.com> On 21 Jan 2014, at 18:40, David Rivera <activemotionpictu...@yahoo.com<mailto:activemotionpictu...@yahoo.com>> wrote: Hi list, I talked to an IT guy the other day. He says that the MAC/WIN problem with softimage could be solved by virtualizing the MAC so Softimage can run in it. So I suggested that virtualization probably won´t take full advantage of the graphics card (as it is only an emulator of a "safe" display for windows in any case). So we agreed on making heavy-test-renders to see that point happen. In any case, are there any other solutions to installing Softimage into Mac stations? I´ve been googling and found no good - liable results. If anyone on the list with experience on network rendering / installing shares his/her experience on a softimage environment on MAC, would be greatly appreaciated. Thanks. Cheers. David. <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="#999999"><span 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>
