Automatic Installation
Ornatrix has 2 automatic installation methods. You can ether use the web based installation which is very simple to use and ensures you the latest updates or the portable installer that can be used on any machine not on the web or for network deployment.
How licensing works
Installing Ornatrix using single licensing method automatically uses up one license.
Installing Ornatrix using a network licensing method uses up all available licenses so that they can be distributed by Ephere license server (instead of Ephere's central website).
For more information about licensing please refer to our licensing manual
Using Online Installer
Online installation is probably the simplest to use. All you have to do is download the installer and select the versions of 3dsmax that you'd like to install Ornatrix for. Please make sure you log in to see all of your download options.
Using Offline Installer
For offline installations or network deployment you can use the offline installer. Using the offline installer requires a little more attention but is also simple nonetheless. Please follow these steps to set up Ornatrix offline:
- Go to the web installer download link and download it
- Run it on your workstation machine. It will lock itself to that machine so it is important that you only run it on the same computer where you will be working.
- Select "Offline" install option in the very first dialog.
- It will then provide you with a link to the offline installer. Please go there from an Internet-connected machine.
- Select the version of 3dsmax and Windows that you would like to install Zookeeper for. Please be precise: the fewer options you select the smaller installer will be and the faster it will download.
- Run the offline installer. It will set up the license server and any other option components
- You are done!
If your machine is online the easiest way to install and stay up to date is the web installer.
Render-Only Installation (no license required)
Ornatrix allows you to install itself on as many render nodes as you need without requiring any additional licenses. To perform a render-only installation you have four choices:
- Install a demonstration version of Ornatrix. Demo version's limit is its inability to save files. However, saving is not required for rendering on a slave so this is a perfectly good solution.
- Install a regular commercial version of Ornatrix using online installer and uncheck the "Install License Server" option during installation. This will just install the workstation version of Ornatrix without a license server. During rendering Ornatrix does not require or ask for a license so you can do this process as many times as you need.
- Install a regular commercial version of Ornatrix using the offline installer and deselect "Install License Server" option before downloading it. This is the same scenario as the online installation except it will not require an internet connection for the render slaves. It is perfect for cases when you need to install Ornatrix on render-slaves which are only connected to a LAN.
- Manually copy (see Manual Installation) plugin files on the render slave computers. As stated earlier, Ornatrix will not require a license when 3ds Max is run in render-only mode so this is a perfectly good solution.