Downloaded Arnold Houdini plugin but arnold shows watermark even though I have the arnold license installed

[AlexisB0601]

Hello! I recently downloaded the arnold for houdini plug-in. I made sure that it was the correct version, I have Houdini 20.0.590 and I downloaded the prospective arnold for it. But once I opened the arnold renderer in Houdini, it shows a watermark. I don't know if there is something I'm missing with the license? 

This is the plug-in I installed:

[Stephen.Blair]

How did you install the license? Did you check the license?

[AlexisB0601]

I installed the license through my account on Autodesk on this link here: https://manage.autodesk.com/products 

I went to where it said Arnold > view details > and then chose "htoa-6.2.5.2_r2dd89ed_houdini-20.0.590_windows" for Houdini 20.0.590

I have the 1 year Education Student License for Autodesk products. I thought that it included Arnold because I'm able to download it on my account and Maya works completely fine on my computer. I'm not sure if I'm missing a step when going into Houdini? I tried doing the fixes that were posted in an Autodesk help page, but it seems a little outdated since they changed to single-sign in licenses. 

[Stephen.Blair · Accepted solution]

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@AlexisB0601 wrote:

I installed the license through my account on Autodesk on this link here: https://manage.autodesk.com/products 

I went to where it said Arnold > view details > and then chose "htoa-6.2.5.2_r2dd89ed_houdini-20.0.590_windows" for Houdini 20.0.590

I have the 1 year Education Student License for Autodesk products. I thought that it included Arnold because I'm able to download it on my account and Maya works completely fine on my computer. I'm not sure if I'm missing a step when going into Houdini? I tried doing the fixes that were posted in an Autodesk help page, but it seems a little outdated since they changed to single-sign in licenses. 

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You have to sign in using the Arnold License Manager, and then start Houdini.
If you still get watermarks, then check File > Diagnostics in the Arnold License Manager.

[AlexisB0601]

That was the part that I was missing! I didn't see the arnold>licensing tab. Thank you so much!