Maya Hardware Render

[Powell]

Yes it is possible. Do this:

- create a MEL file that looks something like this....you can add whatever attribute you want to it:

hwRenderLoad; select hardwareRenderGlobals;
setAttr .resx 512
setAttr .resy 512
setAttr .sf 10
setAttr .ef 40
setAttr .bf 2
setAttr -type "string" .fn "imageName"
hwRender;

Then just type this on the command line:

mayabatch -"your file" -"your project dir" -script (the MEL script you just created)

This works for Maya 4.5 and 5.0....All this has been unified under one -Render command in 6.0!

[DSedov]

We are starting to use 6! Can you elaborate more on the way 6 batchrenders HR? I need the command to send to rnd to write HR network distribution module.


Originally posted by Powell
Yes it is possible. Do this:

- create a MEL file that looks something like this....you can add whatever attribute you want to it:

hwRenderLoad; select hardwareRenderGlobals;
setAttr .resx 512
setAttr .resy 512
setAttr .sf 10
setAttr .ef 40
setAttr .bf 2
setAttr -type "string" .fn "imageName"
hwRender;

Then just type this on the command line:

mayabatch -"your file" -"your project dir" -script (the MEL script you just created)

This works for Maya 4.5 and 5.0....All this has been unified under one -Render command in 6.0!

[Powell]

In Maya 6.0 Alias created a new commandline render utility. All you have to do is just type:

Render -r rendername -help

where 'rendername' is the name of the renderer:

mr = mental ray
sw = software renderer
hw = hardware renderer
vr = vector renderer

Im so happy that Alias did this. Writing those MEL files for each commandline render gets very annoying!

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