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by Bellsey » 14 Nov 2012, 12:08
many people have already mentioned the benefits of Subs, so I won't go over old ground. However, what this thread does show, is that there are many users out there, who perhaps don't understand Autodesk Subscription & Support, it's uses, benefits and actually how it works. So maybe we still have some work to do there.
Staying current is a big advantage of having Subs, and although it won't apply to some people, it's still a big benefit. Autodesk don't expect everyone to upgrade to the latest version on release (projects and schedules often don't allow it), but when you do, it's alot cheaper. It's cheaper to budget for and maintain Subscription, then to let it slip and then upgrade your seats to the latest versions.
Incidently, someone mentioned about rendering and licenses. The difference comes down to whether you have a Standalone license or Network license.
A Standalone(SLM) license of Softimage will give you the following:
1 x Softimage license, which allows you to run an interactive seat of Softimage and render from inside the Softimage interface. For rendering, Softimage uses all CPUs and all cores on the local machine.
Satellite Rendering which can also use up to four (4) satellite CPUs for distributed tile rendering.
Unlimited processing licenses. A processing license allow you to run batch processing jobs. Batch processing can includes things like exporting .mi2 files, exporting rib files, baking, committing, asset management, custom render management/submission, and dynamics; anything in a complex pipeline that requires automation and remote processing, but not rendering.
A Network(NLM) license of Softimage will gives you all that you get with Standalone, plus:
5 x Softimage Mental Ray Batch/Render nodes for network rendering
In addition, each install of Softimage Batch can also use up to four (4) satellite CPUs for distributed tile rendering.
The same Standalone/Network licensing also applies with the Suites. Depending on whether you get a Standalone or Network license of a Suite, however please note, you cannot combine the Mental Ray from Max, Maya and Softimage. Whatever render nodes come with those packages, they will only work with those packages.