Radiosity network rendering

[David]

Hello,

 

I wonder if anyone out there can help me with the following question?

 

I need to render about 20 different IES lighting solutions within the same model. I will be rendering out each solution from 3 different camera views, and each camera view varies in size and focal length. I have been sending these jobs to render over a network.

 

My question is: Can I somehow queue up the job so that once a solution has been calculated and the first view rendered, the other two views then begin to render without recalculating the solution?

 

Currently, using the network render means that one job opens, a solution is calculated, a view is rendered, and the job then closes. Can I get the network manager to reuse the solution in the subsequent job?

 

If I were doing this manually I would just uncheck the 'Compute Radiosity when Required' box - but I'm not going to sit at my desk all night long for the next week!

 

Hope someone can help!

[tcorbett]

Probably the easiest way to handle this is to animate your camera to all positions, then in your Render Scene dialog, specify the individual frames.

 

As long as ONLY the camera is animated, the computer will not need to re-run the radiosity solution.... in theory.

 

Currently I have a model where nothing is animated except the camera, and VIZ still insists on computing the radiosity for each frame. I haven't been able to find any documentation on why, but I suspect it is because I am using XREF's.

 

Another note: Models can be saved and re-opened with their radiosity solutions intact, but any XREFs lose their solutions as soon as the program quits.

 

Good Luck!