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Installation Note

IRIX
Extract a downloaded file with uncompress and tar xvf.
You will have a directry named free_plugin and please copy or move this directry under $SI_LOCATION/3D.
Edit your .softimage38 file like below;

setenv SI_CUSTOM_MODEL $SI_LOCATION/3D/custom/model:$SI_LOCATION/3D/free_plugin/custom/model
setenv SI_CUSTOM_ACTOR $SI_LOCATION/3D/custom/actor:$SI_LOCATION/3D/free_plugin/custom/actor

if ( ! $?LD_LIBRARY_PATH ) then
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SI_LOCATION/3D/dso:$SI_LOCATION/3D/custom/dso:$SI_LOCATION/3D/free_plugin/custom/dso:$SI_LOCATION/3D/custom/bin:$SI_LOCATION/3D/dso/softGraphic${glext}:$SI_LOCATION/Particle/dso" else
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SI_LOCATION/3D/dso:$SI_LOCATION/3D/custom/bin:$SI_LOCATION/3D/custom/dso:$SI_LOCATION/3D/free_plugin/custom/dso:$SI_LOCATION/Particle/dso:$SI_LOCATION/3D/dso/softGraphic${glext}:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}" endif


Intel

Extract a downloaded file with WinZip.
You will have a directry named free_plugin and please copy or move this directry under %SI_LOCATION%\3D.
Edit your Setenv.bat file by Start->Programs->Softimage Products->Soft3D_3.8->User Tools.
Select "Environment Script". Then modify your setenv.bat file as follows:

set Path=%SI_LOCATION%\3D\bin;%SI_LOCATION%\flexlm\bin;%SI_LOCATION%\3D\custom\bin;%SI_LOCATION%\3D\free_plugin\custom\bin;...

set SI_CUSTOM_ACTOR %SI_LOCATION%\3D\custom\actor;%SI_LOCATION%\3D\free_plugin\custom\actor
set SI_CUSTOM_MODEL %SI_LOCATION%\3D\custom\model;%SI_LOCATION%\3D\free_plugin\custom\model