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This page contains information about the Chaos Premium License and the Chaos Enscape 4.1 Floating This page guides users who have opted for Chaos plans with a floating license.

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If you don’t own a Chaos license yet, click this button and scroll down on the page to select from the available software you can browse our product catalog.

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What are

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Floating Licenses

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Premium and Floating Licenses expand on the Solo and Fixed Licenses - they can also be shared between multiple users on a first-come, first-served basis and don’t need to be assigned to an individual user.

They are are ideal for creating a pool of licenses that can be used by multiple users, who do not need to have dedicated access to our products.

and devices, not only used locally on the current machine. Keep in mind that a single license can be used by a single user at a time. You need to add more licenses if you wish multiple users to work simultaneously. Sharing can be done in one of three two ways:

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  • Cloud-Based Floating Licensing (recommended): The administrator shares a pool of Floating licenses with the Organization's Users, and when they log in with their Chaos accounts, they can use the floating licenses through the cloud without the need to stay connected to the same network. This method does not require any further user actionsfrom any location. See how it works and how to set it up on in the Cloud-Based Floating LicensingLicense section of this page.
  • Remote Licensing: The administrator installs the Chaos License utility locally on their machine, and others in the same local network connect to it, without the need for them to install the License utilityServer on a centrally accessible machine within a local network. The users will need to configure their Chaos product to connect to this centralized network location to access a license. This method is explained in the Remote Licensing Setup section of this page.
  • Personal Assignment of Licenses: The administrator can also assign licenses personally to users of the Organization through the my.chaos portal. These licenses cannot be used by anyone else while they are assigned to that user. For more information, see the User Management Actions page.

Using Premium and Floating Licenses Locally

Using a Premium or Floating license locally requires installing your Chaos product with the "Local License" setting in the installer and logging in with your Chaos account credentials when prompted.

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  • If you are the license holder, you need to install the license on your machine. Follow the Solo and Fixed Licenses workflow.
  • If you are not the license holder, you need to ask the license holder to assign a license to you via the my.chaos portal. Then, you can install the license on your machine and use it locally. See how it worked on the My Chaos Portal Guide.

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Cloud-Based Floating License Setup

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You Administrator needs to add you to their Organization. Once added, you will receive an email confirmation. If you do not yet have a Chaos Account, you can create one by following the link in the email invitation.

Once Floating License Sharing is enabled for the Organization, any user in the Organization can use the shared licenses by installing their Chaos product with all the default installation options and signing in to the product with their Chaos Account.

See the full setup details for Administrators on the Cloud-Based Floating Licensing page.


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Install the Chaos product(s) your Organization has a license for.

Proceed with a default installation.

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Install your Chaos product with the default installation options


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Your Chaos product will ask you to log in when this is required to activate the product.

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  • Enter your Chaos credentials

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Remote Licensing Setup

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When doing a shared Remote setup for a Premium/Floating license, the license holder needs to install the license locally on at least one machine in the network. Installing the license happens automatically when you perform a default Chaos product installation ( If you only need to install the License Server application separately, see theInstallationpage ). This machine can use the license, but it also serves as a connection point for others to connect to the license.
  • Then, the license holder can give out their IP address to others in the local network, and they can connect using the Remote license setup.
  • Keep in mind that a single license can be used by a single user at a time. You need to add more licenses if you wish multiple users to work at the same time.
    • For more information on the administrator role and other settings they can manage, see the Admin Workflow page
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    Corona Activation
    If you are activating a Chaos License for Corona, please see the Activating Corona for 3ds Max or Activating Corona for Cinema 4D pages, depending on your integration.

    Enscape Activation

    When connecting remotely to a Floating License for Enscape 4.1, follow the step-by-step guide specifically for Enscape in the Enscape First Steps article. If you are using Enscape 4.0 or older, see the Enscape License Activation article.

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    Activating the License

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    You can use your Chaos account credentials.

    Your existing Enscape, V-Ray, Corona, Anima or Veras logins are all Chaos accounts and work for all our products.

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    activating an Enscape Floating license, see the How to set up Floating Licenses in Enscape 4.1 and onwards article for a more detailed guide.
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    If you are connecting to a Premium/Floating License, which is not located on your machine, you are using a Remote Licensing setup. The remote license server is typically managed by your IT administrator or license holder and activated with the Chaos account that holds the Premium/Floating licenses.

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  • Ask your license holder for their machine's IP address.
    • Download your Chaos product(s) and run the installation wizard. After accepting the End User License Agreement, you need to select the Advanced installation option

    part of a team - make sure that your administrator has added you to their Chaos Organization and has assigned a license assigned to your account.

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    You can close the login page after seeing the confirmation for a successful login.

    You can now start using your Chaos product

  • At the Licensing step, select Remote. In the Primary License Server field, type the server IP address that your license holder gave you. At the end, add the :30304 port.
    • Continue to finish the installation

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    Re-configuring your License

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    If you have upgraded your Chaos License plan, or if you misconfigured your license settings by mistake, here is how you can re-configure your Chaos product for a different Chaos License planlicense setup:

    • One option is to use the change your Chaos product's license setup. This method does not require re-installation.  To change your Chaos product's license setup, see the See theChanging the Product License Setup page for mode details.

    • Alternatively, you can re-install your current Chaos product by running its installation wizard again. At the Licensing step of the installation, you can change your license settings according your Chaos License plan. See the Workflows section the Installing the Product for Network Floating Licensingpage for details.