Posted by ChrisH at 1/23/2001 1:18 PM EST
Engineer on team #330, Beach 'Bots, from Hope Chapel Academy and NASA JPL, J & F Machine, Raytheon, et al.
In Reply to: 3-d studio max
Posted by hetman on 1/22/2001 7:56 PM EST:
Not that I want to down play the righteous indignation. I totally agree with the sentiments against piracy here.
BUT at least last year you could apply to AutoDesk for extra limited time licenses for FREE! I don't know if they applied to 3DStudio Max but I know they applied to Inventor. I got such a copy but didn't use it as it refused to load in my machine. Due to inadequate resources
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The license only lasted 60 days or so but it would get you through crunch time and the price was right. The thing was you had to be at the AutoDesk seminar the day BEFORE the kickoff to hear about the offer. Your local education vendor probably never heard about it. You also had to go through a special contact.
Check with FIRST. If they're still doing this then you can get what you need and still not steal. Besides asking this question won't send you to jail, the worst they can do is say no!
Chris Husmann, PE
Team 330 the Beach'Bots
: Hey,
: This is our 1st competition and we were wondering how to handle the bottle neck of having only one computer loaded with the 3-d studio max program. I contacted an education vendor and they want a grand for each additional site lisence. Is their a way to get the software on additional computers without coughing up additional monies? Also any suggestions about the best way to put the animation together would be greatly appreciated. We've got our story board done but dividing up the work is where things have bogged down. Thanks.
: M Hetman