topic Re: Maya Licensing Rent in Installation & Licensing Forum

Maya Licensing Rent

andrewrbelcher — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 02:37:45 GMT

Hey there! I am on the student version of Maya. I would want to use a professional license so I can post my animations online for people to be able to see. I am not using the pro version because well I can't afford it. I could, however, afford probably a month of it. Could I switch to a pro license for about a month and do some animations, post them, and go back to a student license? Some places don't let you do that so I just wanted to check.

Re: Maya Licensing Rent

leowarren34 — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 13:31:31 GMT

Yeah you can do it however it may be wise to use a separate account for the pro account, just remember to reset your licensing when you switch between accounts.

Re: Maya Licensing Rent

Mark.Lancaster — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 14:03:26 GMT

@andrewrbelcher

In addition to @leowarren34 information.. You should never mix commercial license product installation on the same machine as educational license.

Update: One more thing I forgot to add. Anything you created in an educational versions has to be recreated from scratch in a commercial license in order to be shared publicly or to make any profit.

Re: Maya Licensing Rent

andrewrbelcher — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 18:30:06 GMT

Ok. Got it. Thanks. Just out of curiosity, what would happen if I did mix them?

Re: Maya Licensing Rent

Mark.Lancaster — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 18:48:11 GMT

@andrewrbelcher

Mixing commercial and educational license on the same machine could lead to fines if Autodesk audited you..

Re: Maya Licensing Rent

andrewrbelcher — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 20:09:06 GMT

If I deleted the student version from my device could I get it? Or does it absolutely have to be a new device?

Re: Maya Licensing Rent

leowarren34 — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 18:36:22 GMT

Yes technically you could but you'd need to clear every trace of your edu license which may be more hassel than it's worth...