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Network Job Assignment Dialog 187
Options group
Enabled Notifications—Lets the software send
rendering-related messages v ia email. When this
is on, its Define button becomes available. For
information, see the
Notifications dialog (page
3–190)
topic.
Define—Opens the Notifications dialog, which lets
you set notifications parameters.
Split Scan Lines—Lets you subdivide the rendering
ofeachframeamongtherenderingservers.This
is useful when rendering a single, extremely
high-resolution image intended for printing. For
information, see the
Strips Setup dialog (page
3–191)
topic.
When Split Scan Lines is on, its Define button
becomes available.
Note: This feature does not support Render
Elements. Also, it’s unavailable when rendering
to textures with projection mapping enabled and
Sub-Object Levels on.
Define—Opens the Strips Setup dialog , w hich lets
you set parameters for the Split Scan Lines option.
Use A ll S er ver s—Uses all Servers in the active
Server group for rendering the job. Available only
after you submit a multi-frame rendering job.
Default=on.
To use only certain Servers, turn off Use All Servers
and highlig ht the servers you want to use.
Virtual Frame Buffer—During rendering, displays
the virtual frame buffer window on all servers
running
serverapp.exe (not serversvc.exe ).
Default=on.
Ignore S cene Path—When off, the server attempts
to copy the scene file from the manager to the
server. If the manager is running on Windows
2000 Professional, only 10 servers will copy the
file from the manager; any machines over the
limit 10 w ill use TCP/IP to retrieve the file. When
turned on, the servers get the file v ia TCP/IP only.
Default=off.
Initially S uspended—Adds t h e named job to the
queueinaninactivestate.Thejobisnotstarted
until you activate it manually from the m
onitor.
Use A lter na te M ap Pa th —Allows you to specify an
alternate path that rendering servers can use to
findbitmapsthatarenotfoundontheprimary
map paths. When turned on, you can manually
typeapathinthefieldbelowtheswitchoryou
canclicktheellipsisbuttonandbrowsetoafolder
containing maps.
Include Maps—Archives the scene, with all of
its maps, any inserted Xrefs and their maps,
into a proprietary-format compressed file. The
compressed fi le is sent to each Server, where it is
uncompressed into a temporary directory named
serverjob in the \network subdirectory of the
program and rendered. Default=off.
Use this feature if you have access only to Servers
that exist over the Internet or if you have a
slow network setup. It is not meant for heavy
production use. However, if you don’t use it, you
must first ensure that all network servers have
access to all map and Xref paths referred to in the
scene.
Use Alternate Xref Path—Allows you to specify
an alternate path that rendering servers can use
to find Xrefs that are not found on the primary
Xref path(s). When turned on, you can manually
typeapathinthefieldbelowtheswitchoryou
canclicktheellipsisbuttonandbrowsetoafolder
containing Xrefs.
Status group
Displays text messages describing the current
status of the job assignment.