2013

To set Help preferences for a shared location
1 Start Maya.
2 In Maya, open the Help preferences window by selecting Window >
Settings/Preferences > Preferences.
The Preferences window appears.
3 Under Categories, click Help.
4 In the Help Location section, select Custom, and then click the
icon to browse to the shared location of the Maya Help, or type the
directory of http path directly in the Custom field.
5 Click Save and exit the Preferences window.
The Maya 2013 Help is now available from the shared location.
Install MatchMover, Composite, Backburner, and
DirectConnect
The Maya installer gives you the option of installing Maya Composite,
Autodesk
®
MatchMover
camera tracker, Autodesk
®
Backburner
network
render queue manager, and Autodesk
®
DirectConnect. You do not need a
separate license to install and run these applications.
NOTE You must install Maya if you want to install and run MatchMover or
Composite. You can install and run Backburner without Maya.
Install mental ray for Maya satellite
Overview of mental ray (satellite)
mental ray for Maya supports a different form of network rendering: mental
ray satellite rendering. The new network rendering capability, based on mental
ray satellite technology, allows you to install a version of mental ray (satellite)
on any networked computer. This special version of mental ray resides on
that machine and waits for rendering tasks from Maya. It supplements the
mental ray rendering capabilities in Maya with the additional rendering power
provided by the networked computers CPUs.
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