3d studio max, how do you guys do it.

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Posted by Justin Rolnick at 04/25/2001 12:43 AM EST


Student on team #702, Blue Streak, from Culver City High Robotics Magnet and Nasa/JPL.



I would like to know how the teams that do 3max pay for the outrageus site licenses. My team wants to make the animation but can't pay for site licenses for more then the 1 copy we got with the kit. Will the teams that use the software and have multiple computers pay for it or do they use the dongle crack.
Thanks
Justin Rolnick
Bagel Bytes Robotics

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Posted by Jay Lundy at 04/25/2001 2:13 AM EST


Student on team #254, The Cheesy Poofs, from Bellarmine College Preparatory and NASA Ames, Cypress Semiconductor, and Unity Care.


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Posted by Justin Rolnick on 04/25/2001 12:43 AM EST:



I'm not sure what you mean. You should get one fully licensed copy of 3D Studio Max in the box they send you. When I say licensed I mean you get the hardware lock, which plugs into your parallel port, and the CD which contains the software. You also should get a serial number and a CD key with that. In order to run 3D Studio Max once it is installed, you need to have the hardware lock plugged in and the drivers for it installed which should have installed with the software. If that all works, a dialogue box should pop up either asking you to authorize your copy or enter an auth code. Without the auth code, you can run 3dsmax for 30 days, but authorization is free and its easiest if you goto https://register.autodesk.com/ to register. During the registration process it asks for your serial number (the number you needed for installation) and for your application key which should be displayed in that box that loads with 3dsmax asking for an auth code (I really don't remember its been so long). Once you fill out the online form you should get an auth code and that's all you need to do. It's free for the first copy, but if you want multiple hardware locks to run it on multiple computers you need to pay for more licenses I think.

Oh and if you do have multiple hardware locks each generates its own application key and so they each need different auth codes.

BTW, this process is similar with most AutoDesk products such as Inventor or AutoCad

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Posted by Justin Rolnick at 04/25/2001 8:01 PM EST


Student on team #702, Blue Streak, from Culver City High Robotics Magnet and Nasa/JPL.


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Posted by Jay Lundy on 04/25/2001 2:13 AM EST:



Jay... I was referring to do you guys buy a copy for each computer or do you use other methods to get it.

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Posted by Ryan Patridge at 04/25/2001 2:34 PM EST


Engineer on team #111, WildStang, from Rolling Meadows / Wheeling HS and Motorola.


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Posted by Justin Rolnick on 04/25/2001 12:43 AM EST:



Heh, I doubt anyone would openly announce that their team pirates 3D Studio MAX. Then again, I doubt many teams out there can say they made a quality animation without 24-hour access to several computers with 3D Studio MAX on them. On Wildstang, we were lucky enough to get a couple of student volunteers from an Art Institute to help us out. They were able to get us access to their computer lab, which had many computers with 3DS MAX on them. Without that access, we would never have been able to make our animation, since there is certainly no sizeable budget for software or computers on our team. Another way to do it might be to actively recruit students with their own powerful computers. Of course, you'd still need to get them copies of 3DS MAX somehow...