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Overview
If you are using a network-licensed version of your Autodesk product and your
network administrator supports the license borrowing feature, you can borrow
a product license from your network license server to use the program when
your computer is not connected to the network. Your license is automatically
returned to the license server at the end of the day on the return date you set
when you borrowed the license. You can also return a license early.
NOTE There is a limit to the number of licenses available for borrowing. If you try
to borrow a license and are notified that no licenses are available, all network
licenses may already be borrowed by other users. If you are unable to borrow a
license, see your network administrator for help.
If you have a stand-alone version of the program, you cannot borrow a license.
You can, however, use the License Transfer Utility to transfer your license
from one computer to another. To check your license type, select Help > About
Maya from the main menu bar and click Product License Information to open
the dialog box.
Important notes on borrowing Maya licenses
Borrowing a Maya license using the general Autodesk license borrowing
procedure does not borrow licenses for specialized nodes such as mental ray
batch render nodes or fluid simulation nodes. If you are borrowing a Maya
license and plan to use mental ray or fluid simulation while you have a
borrowed license, use the Maya-specific license borrowing steps. See
Borrow
a Maya license with sub-features
on page 121.
Borrow a License
You can run the program when your computer is not connected to the network
until your license-borrowing period ends. If you don't remember the date that
a license expires, you can check the date by selecting Help > About Maya and
clicking Product License Information. This opens the Product License
Information dialog box.
When the license-borrowing period expires, the borrowed license is
automatically returned to the license server. Once your computer is
reconnected to the network, you can run the program from the network or
borrow a license again.
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