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General Licensing: Windows System Requirements [2013] for the Network License Manager 11.10

There are many ways to find this information, in the case our latest server tools 11.10 system requirements can be found in the Wikihelp here:

Windows

http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Alias/enu/2013/Help/0000-Alias_In0/0179-Autodesk179/0201-Network_201/0202-Planning202/0207-Windows_207

Mac

http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Alias/enu/2013/Help/0000-Alias_In0/0179-Autodesk179/0201-Network_201/0202-Planning202/0209-Mac_OS_X209

Linux

http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Alias/enu/2013/Help/0000-Alias_In0/0179-Autodesk179/0201-Network_201/0202-Planning202/0208-Linux_Sy208

Reference:

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2012/03/licensing-autodesk-network-license-manager-1110-is-ready.html

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2011/09/general-licensing-windows-system-requirements-for-the-network-license-manager.html

For the Mac and Linux, you can actually check the Autodesk Certified Hardware list as well to get an idea on what operating systems are in the test matrix.

Maya 2012 Linux: Subscription Advantage Pack vs. Service Pack 1

Maya 2012 Subscription Advantage Pack is basically Maya 2012 Service Pack 1 with with some additional functionality.

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/item?siteID=123112&id=15500357

Maya 2012 Service Pack 1 is a free patch release located here:

http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL17847744

When you download both versions and extract them on Linux, the Maya 2012 Subscription Advantage Pack 1 has a lower cut version:

Maya 2012 Subscription Advantage Pack 

Maya2012_0_64-2012.0-218.x86_64.rpm

Maya 2012 Service Pack 1 

Maya2012_0_64-2012.0-386.x86_64.rpm

NOTE: I used WinRAR to extract the Linux (tgz) files on Windows.

In order to install Maya 2012 SAP, you can force the install (--force) or uinstall Maya and install the 'lower' but 'better' version.  

Thanks to Nelson Cruz for sharing this interesting tip.

Epilogue

Maya 2012 SAP was finished before Maya SP1.  Therefore, it has a lower cut number.

Mudbox 2012 & 2011: Wacom sensitivity on Fedora 12 & Redhat 6

Mudbox 2012 users are not able to use pressure sensitivity when using Wacom tablets on Fedora 12 & Redhat 6.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569132

The  workaround is to disable the the Wacom Auto Detect Feature.   This is a very tricky setup but some of the information can be found here:

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/linuxwacom/index.php?title=Main_Page

Thanks to Nelson Cruz for this tip.

AutoCAD 2012 Mac: AutoCAD Error Aborting

If start AutoCAD 2012 and you get this FATAL ERROR: 

 Invalid Configuration path...

AutoCAD 2012 for Mac is looking for  files in /Users/YOUR-USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/local/AutoCAD 212/R18.2/enu.

Just download and extract the Autodesk  folder into /users/YOUR-USERNAME/Library.

Thanks to Dwayne Poot for this tip.

Maya 2012: Editing the License.env to change the license from Standalone to Network

For Maya 2012, it's even easier, just edit the License.env file using Notepad and change the following word:

MAYA_LICENSE=Unlimited
MAYA_LICENSE_METHOD=Standalone

MAYA_LICENSE=Unlimited
MAYA_LICENSE_METHOD=Network

The  License.env file will be located in the C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya 2012\bin folder.   There are video instructions for Maya 2010/2011 but it also applies to Maya 2012:

http://mayastation.typepad.com/maya-station/2009/12/changes-to-the-network-installation-of-maya-2010.html

Softimage 2012: Licensing KBs & FAQs

Please check out this post in the eX-SI Support Blog for some common Softimage Licensing Issues.

http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/licensing-kb/

via eX-SI Support

Maya 2012: How to install and use fonts on Linux for use in Maya?

Please check out this post:

http://mayastation.typepad.com/maya-station/2011/07/how-to-install-and-use-fonts-on-linux.html

Thanks to Nelson Cruz for this tip.

 

Distributed license servers and Maya 2010/2011 on Linux

Environmental variable or specifying multiple license servers in the same “.lic” file will not work for distributed license setup for Maya(2010/2011) clients on Linux

The solution is to create one “.lic” for each server in /var/flexlm directory.

Maya would check in the /var/flexlm directory for “.lic” files in the alphabetical order.

Eg:-

First Server

/var/flexlm/a_mylicenseserver.lic

 

SERVER mylicenseserver 000000000000

USE_SERVER

 

Second Server

/var/flexlm/b_myotherlicenseserver.lic

 

SERVER myotherlicenseserver 000000000000

USE_SERVER

 

Maya will look for license in mylicenseserver and then in myotherlicenseserver

 Hashim Mundol