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[name field] Displays the RAYHOSTS file's on page 7907 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 this list
to choose only those hosts you want to use for this particular rendering. When
you render with Distributed Render on, the mental ray renderer uses only the
hosts whose names are highlighted 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 entries.
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 list of hosts is empty when you click Render,
3ds Max will not perform distributed bucket rendering.
All Highlights all system names in the hosts list.
None Clears the highlight from all system names in the hosts list.
Add Click to display an
Add/Edit DBR Host dialog on page 6140 , which lets
you add a host processor to the RAYHOSTS file.
Edit Click to display the Add/Edit DBR Host dialog on page 6140 , and edit
the highlighted host processor's entry in the RAYHOSTS file. Available only
when a single list entry is highlighted.
Remove Click to remove the currently 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.
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