Licensing - Arnold for Maya

See also Render Settings in the Arnold User Guide

Abort On License Fail

By default, Abort on License Fail is enabled, so batch renders abort (stop) if an Arnold license is not available. This means you don't have to check rendered image sequences for watermarks. Interactive renders do not abort, and render with a watermark on license fail.

You can use the environment variable ARNOLD_FORCE_ABORT_ON_LICENSE_FAIL to override this default behavior.

• 0 = batch and interactive render with watermarks on license fail.
• 1 = batch and interactive abort on license fail.

Render with Watermarks (Skip License Check)

Enable this to avoid using an Arnold license and to render with a watermark.