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Activate the License

Chaos Licensing is the bridge between the Chaos Product (Anima) and the Chaos Account associated with a given license. You cannot use any Chaos product without a license.

You connect to the License Server by installing the license application locally on your machine (default installation process), or by a using a (remote connection to) floating license from a shared pool of licenses. 

Local Chaos License Server on This Machine

Activation Steps

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UI Step Section Column width 50% You can start Chaos Anima from the Start menu, or from the desktop shortcut created with the installation. Column width 5%
Column width 45% Image Added 50% UI Step Section Column width 50% The first time you use Anima, a prompt to log in with your Chaos account may appear.  Follow the steps below: Fancy Bullets type circle During the default installation, the license application is installed locally on your machine. For more information on the specifics of the installation, go to the Installation page. Load Anima. Select Sign in from the Get started window and enter your Chaos account credentials on the Chaos accounts Sign in webpage. The Get started window always appears when loading Anima, if you are not signed in. Column width 5% Column width 45% Image Modified 50% UI Step Section Column width 45% 60% Enter your Chaos credentials. UI Text Box color light-green icon tip type tip You can use your Chaos account credentials. Your existing Envision, Enscape, V-Ray, Corona, Anima or Veras logins are all Chaos accounts and work for all our products. UI Text Box color light-cyan icon info type info If you have never had a Chaos account, you can create one at this step When you are signed in, the My account window appears. You can choose to sing out and switch your account, open the License Server interface (localhost:30304) through the Manage Chaos License Server option, or open the my.chaos portal through the Manage my Chaos account option. You can access this window any time from the Chaos account icon (Image Removed) from inside Anima . Column width 5% Column width 35% Image Added Image Removed

Remote Chaos License Server on the Network

If you have multiple Anima licenses, they can be shared between multiple users and devices in one of two ways. 

1. The easiest way to do so is to use My Chaos Portal options and enable Floating licensing sharing. See how in the Cloud-Based Floating Licensing article or video included.

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2. Alternatively, you can set up a local network by installing the license server on one machine and sharing its IP address to the rest of the users in the network. For further details on how to do it, see the License Server Deployment article.

Change Chaos Anima License Settings

UI Step Section Column width 60% You can close the login page after seeing the confirmation for a successful login. You can now start using your Chaos product. UI Text Box color light-yellow icon note You can use the License Server that is installed automatically with Anima to check the availability of your licenses. See how here.
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40% Column width 55% You can change the Anima's license settings, which specify the location of the license server. To do that, run the Chaos license client configuration utility fromWindows Start > Chaos Anima 6 > Change license settings. Column width 5% Column width 35% Image Removed Image Added

Floating Licenses

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Floating Licenses can be shared between multiple users and can be used completely online or within a local network, depending on the setup.

To use an online floating pool, your Administrator needs to add you to their Organization. This sends an automatic email confirmation, which also contains a link you can use to create an account, if you don't have one yet.

After that, you can follow the same activation steps as above to connect to the online floating pool.

1. Proceed with a default installation.
2. Sign in with your Chaos Account when prompted.

If you are an Administrator in an Organization, see the Cloud-Based Floating Licensing pagefor a guide on how to share licenses through the my.chaos portal.

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Troubleshooting

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If you are experiencing any difficulty installing or running the Chaos License Server, please refer to the Troubleshooting page for possible solutions.

Next Step

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Go to step 3 to see how to load Anima.