[Michael Fragstein]

after the first download I tried to import some files to the studio.
It was possible to open the mxstudio and the maxwell but it was not possible to import the current 3d formats like 3ds, dxf, obj ....
After a vist in the forum I thought that something went wrong with the download and I downloaded it a second time and I deleted the first one.
It didn´t help with the import but I managed to import a scene to the mxstudio with the cinema plugin.
...well, but I it´s not possible to open maxwell now and and the mxstudio is not rendering or opening maxwell.

the tips I found in the forum, like:
...empting the trash ...
...verifing the permission of the folder ...
...instuctions for the license ...

didn´t help.
any ideas before I smash my head agains the wall or smake somebody? please ...

[medmonds]

Michael,
I had the exact same scenario with Studio opening but not rendering... and Maxwell not rendering at all... "Render Failed" was the message.

In troubleshooting it tonight I've figured out that it is related to image-based textures and not the triangulated geometry thing that others are reporting.

I haven't gotten textured objects working, but if I put (only) them on a layer by themselves and turn it off, everything renders fine. AND the geometry that IS rendering has un-triangulated and WARPED surfaces (form Z grid mesh). go figure.

In another thread someone mentioned something about adding a bump map to the textured objects made it work... I'll be trying that later.

For now, I'm thinking my problem may have to do with file-paths or texture image format... I'll let you know.

[Michael Fragstein]

... well, it´s working now. I took a scene that was exported with the cinemaPlugin ( by hitting the render button) to the default folder. I doubleclicked this scene and it open ... in mexwell !!! strange, but now i can open both applications.

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[dex001]

same problem here, maxwell does not launch from studio.....why is there no serious support from NL ??????????

dex001

[makeArchitecture]

I control clicked on Maxwell to open the package contents and the license.dat file was no where to be found. I transfered a copy there inside the Mac OS folder and restarted the computer.

Voila!