With DEM Earth R4..xxx or greater onward, you can self manage your license, with the floating option. 

  • The DEM Earth floating license option gives you the capability to add, or remove a node ID from your account.


You can add the DEM Earth floating license option, to your DEM Earth account from here..


  • Q: Why would I need a floating license?
  • A1: The DEM Earth floating license option, lets you remove your node ID, from from your account. Your license is then free to re-lock with any Node ID. You can do that yourself, from the prefs pane, by simply pressing the Add/Remove Node ID button. The big advantage of a floating license, is that you can easily upgrade from i.e. R20, to R21/S22 and R23 yourself.
  • A2: With the DEM Earth floating license option, you can add as many additional seats to your account as you require. i.e. if you have a laptop, you can add an additional seat to cover that. If you have several workstations, you can add several additional seats to cover each. The DEM Earth floating license option is not meant as a replacement for having multiple license, for multiple workstations. 


You can add additional seats to your DEM Earth account from  here..


  • Q: What does node locked mean?
  • A: Your DEM Earth license/account locks to the first Node ID you use it with. You can only use your license with that first Node ID, unless you have a DEM Earth floating license.


  • Q: What is the Node ID ?
  • A: The Node ID is a unique identifier, which is built from your Cinema 4D License ID, and hardware ID. Both of these factors are supplied by Maxon's SDK. 


  • The floating license option, is designed to make the DEM Earth license flexible for you, and reduce support for us.

In R5.100 and greater,  the floating license option gives you the ability to auto release your node ID on exit, freeing up your DEM Earth 5 license each time you exit c4d. This option then automatically re-registers you node ID on next use.






Important Notes

  1. A node locked license means your license locks to the first hardware you use it on. If you do not have a floating license, you will not be able to transfer your license at all.  
  2. You can only de-register, from the node ID that is currently in your account. You have to de-register before switching machines.
  3. We are are not responsible for your network settings. If you want to move to a different workstation, you will need to be sure that your network connectivity is working, and that your firewall or proxy is not blocking connectivity. We can not assist every time you want to swap workstations. This is something that you have to manage on your own.
  4. Starting with R5.xx, as long as you have a floating license, you can install dem earth on any supported version of c4d, as long the platform matches your account lock ID and the seat ID (the part after the underscore i.e.  W25_**yourseatID** ) match your local node ID. As long as you use the right username and password, R5 should just work, regardless of the c4d version.
  5. The least cost way to upgrade to floating is during a support renewal or an upgrade. You can activate the floating option, and your license will be converted to floating.