Requesting a Houdini licence (if necessary)
Step 1: Select a version under 'Select software' and click on the button 'Request licence'.
Downloading Houdini
Step 1: Select 'Account/compte' under 'Select software' and click the button to go to the website.
Step 2: Create a SideFX account or log in.
Step 3: Download and install the Launcher.
Adapting the licence server
Step 1: Run the Launcher you just installed.
Step 2: Install Houdini and the Licence Manager.
Step 3: Log in with your school email address.
Step 4: Go to Licenses and click on 'License Administrator'.
Step 5: If you get the error below, then your licence is not yet linked to your school email address.
However, you can continue with the necessary adjustments. Click on 'Close' to continue.
Step 6: Open the change licence server dialogue box: File > Change License Server…
- Delete all entries from the 'Search these license server(s)' table. To delete an entry, click the - symbol on each row.
- In the 'Found Server(s)' table, add www.sidefx.com (SideFX Login Server). To add an entry to the list of servers to be used, click the + symbol on the desired row.
- Once www.sidefx.com (SideFX Login Server) is the only item in the 'Search these license server(s)' table, click the ACCEPT button at the bottom right of the dialogue box.