Modeling and Styling	Parametric Effects	Animation	Rendering	Import/Export
Edit Guides _Modifier	Surface Comb _Modifier	MassFX Dynamics _Modifier	MentalRay _Object	Alembic Export _Exporter
Ground Strands _Modifier	Curling _Modifier	Strand Multiplier _Modifier	Strand Animation _Modifier	Ornatrix Hair _Exporter
Guides from Surface _Modifier	Frizz _Modifier		Fast Ray Tracer _Atmospheric	Shading and Materials
Guides from Mesh _Object	Hair Clustering _Modifier		Accurate Ray Tracer _Atmospheric	MR Hair _{MR Shader}
Guides from Shape _Modifier	Guide Clustering _Modifier		Hair Draw _Effect	Hair Texture _{2d Map}
Hair from Guides _Modifier	Propagation _Modifier		Render Settings _Modifier	Cheap Shader _Shader
Baked Guides _Object	Gravity _Modifier		Shadow Maps _Shadow	Expensive Shader _Shader
Baked Hair _Object	Length _Modifier		Raytraced Shadows _Shadows	Translucent Shader _Shader
Hair Presets _Object	Detail _Modifier		Deep Shadow Maps _Shadow
Hair Preset Maker _Object	Symmetry _Modifier		VRay _Modifier
Guides from Guide Mesh _Modifier
Guides on Spline _Modifier
Hair Shells _Modifier
Mesh from Strands _Modifier
Hair from Mesh Strips _Object

Overview

Overview
Installing
Installation Directories
Uninstalling
- Uninstalling the License Server

Installing

Automatic Installation (Recommended)

The best way to install Ornatrix 3dsmax is to download the MSI installer and use it configure and perform an automatic installation.

Silent/Batch Installation

As of Version 4, Ornatrix uses MSI packages for deployment and installation.

Use the /quiet or /qn options with msiexec to perform a silent install.

Properties with name MAX_INSTALL_PATH_20XX can be used to specify the desired install locations for various 3dsmax versions.
Properties with name ENABLE_MAX_20XX can be used to disable installing Ornatrix for specific 3dsmax version. By default all 3dsmax versions present on the computer will be targeted, so one needs to exclude the versions not to target.

For example, this command installs Ornatrix for 3dsmax 2016 but not for 3dsmax 2014 with no UI and no reboot, with a log:

msiexec /i c:\path\to\ornatrix.setup.msi /quiet /qn /norestart /log c:\path\to\install.log MAX_INSTALL_PATH_2016="C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2016" ENABLE_MAX_2014=0

Manual Archive Installation

In addition to automatic (recommended) install and batch install options, Ornatrix 3dsmax files can be deployed manually by downloading a compressed 7-Zip archive. The download is available alongside the MSI automated installers on the downloads page.

To install, unzip the archive using 7-Zip and follow the instructions in Readme.txt file. If installing on a workstation, you will need to set up licensing manually.

Installation Directories

Ornatrix 3dsmax is installed into the /plugins directory of 3dsmax. Additional UI and configuration files are installed into a central UI and plugcfg directories which were configured by 3dsmax. Groom files are copied into a groom directory specified during installation.

Uninstalling

Use the Programs and Features dialog to locate the Ornatrix for 3dsmax entry. Use the uninstall option to uninstall Ornatrix 3dsmax.

Uninstalling the License Server

Uninstalling Ornatrix will leave the Ephere license server on your computer. It is a separate process which isn't linked to any host and can be reused for future installations. However, if you choose to uninstall it you can do it by following these OS-specific steps here .

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