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Distr ibuted M aps—
When on, speci fies that maps
can be found on all systems doing distributed
rendering. When off, specifies that all maps used
in rendering reside on the local system; that is, the
system on which you start rendering. Default=off.
If you are doing local rendering only, this
parameter has no effect.
Maps on all systems in distributed rendering must
have
exactly
thesamenameanddirectorypath.
Name f iel d—Displays the
RAYHOSTS file’s (page
3–1095)
name and path.
List of hosts—After you choose a RAYHOSTS
file, this list shows the host systems available for
distributed mental ray rendering. You can use t his
list to choose only those hosts you want to use for
this p articular rendering. When you render w ith
Distributed Render on, the mental ray renderer
uses only the hosts whose names are high lighted in
this list. Click a host name to select it. To deselect
a selected host name, click it again.
Note: The RAYHOSTS file, and therefore the host
list, can contain duplicate entr ies. However, before
you render you must select only processors that are
not duplicates; otherwise, at render time 3ds Max
will display an error message.
If Distributed Render is on but the lis t of hosts is
empty when you click Render, 3ds Max will not
perform distributed bucket rendering.
All—Highlights a ll system names in t he hosts list.
None—Clears the highlig ht from all system names
in the hosts list.
Add—Click to display an
Add/Edit DBR Host
dialog (page 3–124)
,whichletsyouaddahost
processor to the RAYHOSTS file.
Edit—Click to display the
Add/Edit DBR Host
dialog (page 3–124)
, and edit the highlig hted host
processor’s entry in the RAYHOSTS file. Available
only when a single list entr y is highlighted.
Remove—Click to remove the cur rently
highlighted host processors from the list and the
RAYHOSTS file. Available only when one or more
list entries are highlighted.
Clicking Remove displays a Remove Selected Hosts
dialog, which warns you that the host descriptors
will be removed from both locations:
To restore a host that you have removed, use the
Add button once again.
Add/Edit DB R Host Dia log
The Add/Edit DBR (Distributed Bucket
Rendering) Host dialog appears when you click
Add on the
Distributed Bucket Rendering rollout
(page 3–121)
. It lets you add a host (or “satellite”)
processor to use when you render u sing distributed
buckets. As the text on the dialog reminds you, the
new host is added to the text of the
RAYHOSTS
file (page 3–1095)
.
Interfa ce
Por t Number —Lets you enter a port number for the
processor. This control is unavailable unless you
turn off U se Default Port. When Use Default Port
is off, the default port value appears in this field.