Installing mental ray 3.6.51

Follow these instructions to install and license mental ray 3.6.51.

Prerequisite steps

• Stop Maya and any license server processes, if running. See "To stop the SPM Licenser Server" below.
• Make sure you meet the Installation requirements.
• License server only: Install the hardware lock (dongle) on an available COM (serial) port.
• Obtain the mental ray 3.6.51 software CD from Autodesk or download mental ray from Autodesk.

To stop the SPM License Server

• Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services to open the Services window; in the Services window, scroll to find the SPM License Manager, right-click it and select Stop.

To install mental ray 3.6.51

1. Insert the mental ray software CD into the target machine or double-click the downloaded file.

Note If the installation window does not open automatically when you insert the CD-ROM, then open Windows Explorer®, open the CD-ROM drive, double-click the Windows or Windows 64 folder and then double-click the setup.exe file.

The installation begins.

2. Review the License Agreement window; read the license agreement, and accept or do not accept the terms and conditions. (If you don't accept the terms and conditions, the installation does not continue.) Then click Next.

If you have a previous version of mental ray 3.6.51 installed, such as beta version, the Program Maintenance dialog box may appear. If so, select Remove and click Next. Then click Remove to uninstall the product and click Finish when done.

Both the mental ray software and the SPM (licensing) software are installed, one after the other.

The Setup Type screen appears.

3. Select either the Complete or Custom setup option and click Next to continue.

If you select Custom, the Custom Setup window appears. You can specify another drive or path for the installation (the default is C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MentalRayStandalone3.6.51 ).

If the Disk Space window appears automatically you do not have enough disk space on your system (usually C:) or target drive. A minimum of 53 MB must be free on your system drive (usually C:) in order for the installation to unpack the files. Free up space on the appropriate drive and continue with the installation.

4. The Ready to Install screen appears. Click Install to install mental ray 3.6.51.
5. Click Finish when prompted that the installation is complete.

The installation of the SPM licensing utilities begins.

6. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next.

The Ready to Install screen appears.

7. Click Install and the installation begins. At the conclusion of the installation, click Finish. You may be able to launch the licensing tool for SPM (see the next section).