Entertainment Creation Suite Installation and Licensing

An overview of the installation process, and the contents of the suite.

This supplement provides links to standard Autodesk information, plus installation and licensing details that are specific to the Entertainment Creation Suite.

Autodesk Software Installation, Licensing, and Deployment

Most of these processes are standard for all Autodesk products.

Installation Workflow

Read the overview of the Autodesk software installation process, and find answers to frequently asked questions.

About License Types

Learn about different types of software licensing, learn how to use and manage a stand-alone license or a network license, and how to install, configure, and run the Network License Manager.

About Network Administration

Learn how to plan, create, and distribute an Autodesk software deployment to standardize installation across multiple computers.

Entertainment Creation Suite Editions

All editions of the Entertainment Creation Suite support both stand-alone and network license models.

Autodesk Product Distribution in the Entertainment Creation Suite Editions

Products / Components	Autodesk 3ds Max Entertainment Creation Suite Standard	Autodesk Maya Entertainment Creation Suite Standard	Autodesk Softimage Entertainment Creation Suite Standard	Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Ultimate
Autodesk Application Manager	X	X	X	X
3ds Max 2016	X			X
Maya 2016		X		X
MotionBuilder 2016	X	X	X	X
Mudbox 2016	X	X	X	X
Network License Manager	X	X	X	X
Autodesk ReCap	X			X
Softimage 2015 R2			X	X
Vault Server and Client	X			X
mental ray plug-in for Win, Mac, and Linux		X		X
mental ray Satellite for Win, Mac and Linux		X		X
3ds Max sample files	X			X