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Once you have downloaded the installer for your product you have to install it.
The name of the installer usually describes the product, version and operating system in this fashion:
maxwell_studio_5.1.1.33.release_win64.exe - Installer for Studio, version 5.1.1.33 for Windows.
maxwell_rhino_v5.1.6.2_OSX.pkg - Installer for Maxwell for Rhino, version 5.1.6.2 for MacOS.
The first two figures of the product version always match the first two of Maxwell Render, but the rest may differ from one product to another.
In general, the installers for the different products include other installers inside; a bit like in this scheme:
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Nested installers scheme
The main installer will install your plugin (the part that
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installs into your 3d app) or Studio
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.
It will launch the Maxwell Render installer; this is the render engine itself, which is common for all the plugins and Studio; it’s the core of Maxwell where the renders are processed.
The Maxwell Render installer includes the RLM installer
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(it’s only required if you are using floating licenses on the computer where all the licenses are hosted, not in any other computer or license type).
It also includes a thumbnails viewer extension for your computer’s file browser (called Maxwell Shell Extension on Windows or Quicklook plugin on MacOS), so you can see a preview of Maxwell files: MXS (Maxwell scene file), MXI (Maxwell image file) and MXM (Maxwell material file).
Just double click your installer file and it will start. The different product installers may differ a bit, but in general terms, you will be able to choose if you want to install the plugin, Maxwell Render or both things. If you already have the exact same version of Maxwell Render, there’s no need to install it again, but if not, it’s mandatory for the plugin to work.
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For Maxwell Render, we are using RLM License Server system (Reprise License Manager). The RLM licensing system works by installing a small application called the RLM License Server (on the computer of your choice), and this server will "serve" licenses to any computer in your network that connects to it, including the computer that's running the licensing server. If you have a Node Locked license, you do NOT need to install the RLM License Server.
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