Mental ray is a separate product with its own file format. As long as there are no softimage specific dependencies (eg; shaders) in the .mi2 files you send to be rendered, you're not running afoul of any laws that I know of because at that point it's native mental ray data, not softimage data. Besides, I've never heard of this being a problem in a legal sense even if there were softimage dependencies (on the technical side It would be a different matter).
Think of it this way, if you converted all your softimage scenes to .fbx file format, then imported those files to be rendered in max/maya using mental ray, would there be any legal problem? I think not. Converting to .mi2 for this purpose is no different. Matt -----Original Message----- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Neese Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 2:12 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Stand-Alone to Network license? Matt thanks. I had this thought as well, but...the wording of the license agreement for 2014 leaves a little question whether this is legitimate because the MI2 would not have been made with the software the MR license is through (max and maya) Section "10.1.1 Rendering." I'm no lawyer. But trying to get someone at Autodesk and or a Reseller to give me a conclusive answer about the upgrade...it's like they don't want my money. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Matt Lind <ml...@carbinestudios.com> wrote: > Export your scene as an .mi2 sequence as that should remove all softimage > dependencies (assuming you don't use anything that is unique to softimage > with regards to shaders), then render using your maya/max license. > > Matt > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Patrick > Neese > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 10:52 AM > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: Stand-Alone to Network license? > > So I bought a Standalone license last year, before Softimage was killed, and > recently I have been trying to figure out if there is a way I can upgrade to > 2014 networked version so I can have a 5 batch MR render nodes. I found > FEE06-797413-0101 but an Autodesk chat rep, my reseller and another reseller > do not seem to know if it is what I would need to get those 5 batch licenses > for 2014 Softimage. > > I really wish there was a way to use my MR licenses for Maya and 3dsmax to > render a Softimage scene on a separate computer to help speed up total render > time. > > Anyone have any ideas? > > Patrick N. >
