Can someone clarify who is eligible for this version? I do not have a service contract and have upgraded from Foundation 5.

If I am eligible do I need to request a license, etc?

Thank you in anticipation of help with this question.

Alan

Its a free upgrade for 7.0 users. Just use your existing license.

You dont need a maintenance contract. 

But better speak directly to softimage support if you have any questions.

Up till now (read before the Autodesk take over) point updates were always free.

We’ll have to see if AD will keep this way of working, or starts making XSI SP x ext. x versions soon..

rob

[QUOTE=Rork;15434]Up till now (read before the Autodesk take over) point updates were always free.

We’ll have to see if AD will keep this way of working, or starts making XSI SP x ext. x versions soon..

rob

7.01 is a free upgrade to any customer with an XSI 7.0 license.

7.01 works with your existing 7.0 license.

I am sure I speak for the many who are not always blissfully ignorant… thanks for the clarification.

Alan

Perhaps I’m daft, but what is the process to upgrade from 7.0 to 7.01. I couldn’t find an search for upgrades button etc.  Thanks.

simple google on ‘xsi update download’ would have gotten you this:
http://softimage.com/downloads/

The forums are never the correct place to search for software updates.

Rork, really? Your comment was not only unhelpful but only speaks to the worst of online communities. As a user of high end 3d software I promise you the mastery of google has not escaped me.
For those who might be willing to actually render assistance, I am asking more specifically if the client needs to be downloaded again or if a simple path is available for the update. Prior to posting I not only looked through the download page but also xsi support and did not find clarification.
As a final note, I don’t feel asking for help from more experienced members of the xsi community is out of bounds in any way. Isn’t that one reason it exists in the first place?

Jeez dude, hold your horses....

I wasn’t trying to be rude in any way, I just pointed you in the right direction for the 7.01 update. People around me show very poor skills in searching on more than one word in any search engine.........

So… to be more helpful in upgrading your version 7 to 7.01, it’s all very simple really:
-go the the mentioned webpage, select the correct XSI version and download.
-after downloading the file, install the new version
-done. no need for renewed licenses etc.
It’s basically downloading and installing a new(er) version of XSI.

And my last remark was just a way of saying that the forums are most of the time a separate part of a company website, run by enthousiasts or company people, and don’t have any info or links listed to the software discussed.
In this case plugins for ICE and such are the exception here.

Hope this will help, and remember.... breathe in.. breathe out ;-)

rob

[QUOTE=ProfMarks;18130]Perhaps I’m daft, but what is the process to upgrade from 7.0 to 7.01. I couldn’t find an search for upgrades button etc.  Thanks.

7.01 does not upgrade the existing 7.0 installation. All Softimage releases are complete, separate installs.

Hi there! I have the 7.01 version (as an update to 7.0) but when it comes to licensing it does not connect to Softimage and get up and running.. Is there any way to fix this apart from completing the form and waiting for at least 24 hours?