[MRMAX] : Mental Ray for 3ds Max 1.0 [MRMAX] for Autodesk 3ds Max 2018 1.

0 README

Getting Started

- To get started, the only installation needed is the Mental Ray for 3ds Max 2018 installer

The plugin is free to use within 3ds Max for single frame or sequence renders.

- To install the plugin, run Mental-Ray-3ds-Max-2018-WIN-1.0.1.exe

- Purchase and installation of a Mental Ray for 3ds Max license is needed for rendering animations
outside of

the 3ds Max 2018 user interface. Details can be found at

https://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia-mental-ray-products.html

- Installation of the Mental Ray Standalone is used for rendering .mi files from command line.

Satellite rendering (distributed bucket rendering) across networked machines is also

possible with Standalone.

- To install Standalone, run Mental-Ray-Standalone-3ds-Max-2018-WIN-1.0.1.exe

- Documentation on how to use the plugin and Mental Ray can be found in your installation
directory under docs.

Both html-based and PDF formats are available.

For the plugin, see C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\Plugins\NVIDIA\doc

or for Standalone, see C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Mental Ray 3.14 Standalone

for 3ds Max 2018\doc

or look in the Windows Start menu under NVIDIA Corporation > Mental Ray for 3ds Max

Help with Licensing

- Documents are available for help in how to get a license and setup licensing software:

- Guides which describe installation in Windows:

professional_application_center.pdf,

local_pro_gpu_licensing_guide.LTR.pdf,

and

network_licensing_guide.LTR.pdf

PDFs formatted for A4 and LTR paper, as well as html-based documentation may
be found in your installation directory.

These can also be found via the Start menu.

- Please note that the name of the executable file to run the NVIDIA Professional Application
Center (NVPAC) is called IrayLM

(e.g.IrayLM.exe)

- Please note that licensing is managed through both NVIDIA products and Flexera Software
products. Throughout the documentation,

a "Flexera account" and "NVIDIA Software Licensing Center account" are used
interchangeably. The version number of lmadmin is

erroneous in the documentation.

Release notes and known issues with version 1.0

- A detailed list of Mental Ray release notes and bugs can be found in your installation directory,
typically:

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\Plugins\NVIDIA\doc\relnotes.html

- A list of Mental Ray for 3ds Max release notes, known issues and bugs can be found here:

RELEASE-NOTES-Mental-Ray-for-3ds-Max-2018.pdf
Forums and support

- Please consider participating in our Mental Ray and Iray forums and beta programs. You can
register an account

at https://forum.nvidia-arc.com/. If you wish to be part of a beta program please check the

FAQ.

NVIDIA Corporation, 2017