
                  mental ray 3.6.54.1 special edition 
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This distribution contains a special edition of mental ray 3.6.54.1 for all
platforms. The demo version is a restricted version of mental ray for
evaluation purposes; it may not be used for commercial production. See
the end users license agreement (EULA.pdf) for further details. 

The only restriction to this otherwise full version of mental ray is  
its lack of mental ray network rendering support.

This version is licensed using mental images'  SPM License Management  
System.
The installer will automatically request and install the 2 granted  
licenses when you provide your "Proof of purchase code" found included 
in the book.

Shaders, .mi scene files, image files, and the shader and integration  
APIs used by this special edition version are otherwise fully compatible 
with the  regular, commercial version.


mental ray 3.6.54.1 is tested on:
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Linux x86 and x86_64
-  SuSe 9.x, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2 
-  RHEL4, RHEL5
-  CentOS4, CentOS5

Windows x86 and x86_64
-  XP, Vista

MacosX x86 and x86_64
-  10.5

There is an known issue with SuSe 10.3 x86_64.
Vista must have "User Account Control (UAC)" enabled.

Manual installation on some arbitrary Linux platform:
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PLATFORM is either linux-x86 for 32bit platforms or linux-x86-64 for
64bit platforms.

login as root

1. mkdir /usr/local/mi/mrdemo
2. cp -r <PLATFORM>/bin /usr/local/mi/mrdemo
3. cp -r <PLATFORM>/shaders /usr/local/mi/mrdemo
4. cp common/rayrc /usr/local/mi

5. mkdir /var/spm
6. cp <PLATFORM>/spm/* /var/spm
7. cd /var/spm
8. ./SPMLicenseManager

Now you should be able to start mental ray.


04/22/08,  Runa Loeber www.mentalimages.com
