I have also had great success running softimage in vmware fusion. It's not as fast as running in native "bare-metal" but it does work.
Votch Levi On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Simon Pickard <[email protected]>wrote: > I use VMWare Fusion for this. Works perfectly. Can't tell the difference > between the VM or bootcamp. > > Funny that pretty much the fastest box I've run Softimage on is a Macbook > Pro via a VM. > Seems more stable than Linux as well. (runs for cover) > > > On 22 January 2014 08:14, Angus Davidson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Jordi >> >> Will definitely need to test this myself. Which version are you >> using? 8 or 9 ? We have an intro to 3D course (modelling , texturing, >> simple animation with a pre defined rig) which I was going to boot camp >> for. This may be an easier solution. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Jordi Bares [[email protected]] >> *Sent:* 21 January 2014 10:20 PM >> *To:* David Rivera; [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: Solutions for running softimage on a MAC Station? >> >> It worked for me perfectly using Parallels, speed wise is perfect but >> there is one thing to take in account, you need more memory as you are >> holding both operating systems plus the software, render data, etc… >> >> And two, you are sharing the memory card of your graphics card (you can >> fine-tune this) but I felt this was the key limiting factor for me, big big >> scenes overflow the 2Gb Graphcs card I have… :-P >> >> Other than that it is actually extremely fun to virtualise Softimage, >> you can share data between systems, your devices (usb keys for example) are >> going to be piped wherever you want… etc… truly amazing. >> >> And also you can make your mac video capture record your Softimage >> session and still the machine works perfectly so there is a lot of power >> under the bonet. >> >> So, my conclusion is that if you are going to do power user work it is >> better to bootcamp as a solution, if you are doing production work but does >> not require massive amount of graphics card memory you are better of with >> Parallels. >> >> hope that helps. >> >> Jordi Bares >> [email protected] >> >> On 21 Jan 2014, at 18:40, David Rivera <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi list, I talked to an IT guy the other day. >> He says that the MAC/WIN problem with softimage could be solved by >> virtualizing >> the MAC so Softimage can run in it. >> >> So I suggested that virtualization probably won´t take full advantage >> of the graphics >> card (as it is only an emulator of a "safe" display for windows in any >> case). >> So we agreed on making heavy-test-renders to see that point happen. >> >> In any case, are there any other solutions to installing Softimage into >> Mac stations? >> I´ve been googling and found no good - liable results. >> >> If anyone on the list with experience on network rendering / installing >> shares >> his/her experience on a softimage environment on MAC, would be greatly >> appreaciated. >> >> Thanks. >> Cheers. >> >> David. >> >> >> This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is >> confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please >> notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or >> disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. >> Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf >> of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this >> message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the >> personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the >> views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All >> agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African >> Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. >> >> >
