Hi Sebastian,
be glad you have IT. Please understand the legal consequences for the
administrator when installing a software and making it available to
use (via the network) to others than the registered user.
By the book, it would indeed be neccessary to verify if this is a
license that has to be restricted in access, e.g. even if it is a
network license, it may only be legit to be used by the registered
individual but should not be available to other users and therefor
not show as a desktop link or in their start menu.
This is not obtuse but boringly difficult to setup and maintain in
a multi-person-multi-machine-pipeline and brings the risk of ending
up with files either unacessible to many or even illegal to edit.
I would think that your reseller should be able to provide proof of
purchase or at least help you with the license transfer to the machine
that will run the license server for the duration of that job.
The documented license transfer to the new machine/MAC ID could be
regarded as legit proof of purchase/usage. I would recommend asking
your reseller for a temp license, thought.
It would be easier to wrap the job without leaving the license behind.
Long story short, that´s hoops you have to go through due to Autodesk´s
licensing policy and it would most likely be seen as helpful if you would
support your IT guys and client in a calm and pro-active manner.
You could at least look into using Maya for the modeling, the asset will
most likely have to be delivered flawlessly as a Maya scene file anyway.
If you see benefits in using Softimage, make the benefit felt, especially
if there are stupid licensing problems to start your job with...
Cheers,
tim
On 08.01.2013 11:48, Rob Chapman wrote:
sorry no phone numbers just an email form with a support number issued
can be found here
http://subscription.autodesk.com
On 8 January 2013 10:38, Sebastien Sterling
<[email protected]> wrote:
Does anyone have an autodesk support service number or email, i don't seem
to have got one with my purchase conformation, big surprise there...
On 8 January 2013 11:33, Sebastien Sterling <[email protected]>
wrote:
I'm getting the impression that the head of IT is an incredibly obtuse
individual i have the installer, what i need is the administrative rights so
that i can install it or he can install it, but there is where he has my
head in a vice, he's making me jump through every administrative whoop
twice. i like your Idea Dan, i will appeal the trial version idea, but it
will come down to weather this guy in IT wants to bother coming down to give
admin to do so.
On 8 January 2013 11:18, Dan Yargici <[email protected]> wrote:
Could you ask them to install a trial in the meantime?
DAN
On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Sebastien Sterling
<[email protected]> wrote:
I bought it in the EU and i plan on using it in the EU, the company
nWave, is concerned that me using this personnel license within their
company is ok with autodesk
i need to find some official guidline or confermation from autodesk to
put this at piece. its ridiculously difficult to get in contact with
autodesk, i need this quick
is there an official email for Autodesk subscription / licensing
support?, mine is not a subscription advantage pack, i bought a license.
this situation is obscene. i don't know where to go with this...
On 8 January 2013 10:55, Rob Chapman <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Sebastien,
if you bought it in EU you can use it in EU, no? thought the issue
was if it was US / EU usage. even then you can grant a temporary
license to yourself to work away from the 'license server' for a month
at a time... am sure AD do not expect you to buy two versions for
inside / outside EU , that would be preposterous...
have you emailed Autodesk subscription / licensing support?
best
Rob
On 8 January 2013 09:36, Sebastien Sterling
<[email protected]> wrote:
Greeting good day good evening everyone, Fellow Softimage users, my
name is
Sebastien Sterling, recently i purchesed my own softimage license so
as i
was going to work for nWave digital a Belgium feature film studio,
and that
i know of no better tool for the work i do, mine is a character
modeling
position.
The place uses maya, but i was told that if i was able to provide my
own
license that this should not be a problem. however there seems to be
a
schism in the company. and the higher up IT peoples stance is: they
require
confirmation from Autodesk that i can use my my license in the this
company.
My question is this, has anyone ever brought their softimage to work
for a
company ? if so how did this come about...\
or
Alternatively, what would autodesks stance be on this, as the issue
seems to
hinge on the leagle ramification of package controls.
I love this package, i bought it, even in these uneasy questionable
times,
and i love this community, please guys, Help me !
