Scene states/State sets or other options?

[elipan]

I have a pretty much simple task which I have never needed to be done before.

I need to render the same object with 3 different cameras, but the object must be placed in different locations for every camera.

 

Note that I cannot use frames.

 

Is it possible with scene states or state sets or whatever other confusing name Autodesk came up with?

[James Vella]

Simplest way would be scene states with batch camera. Unfortunately I think since 2014 both of these are a bit buggy, but theres a script you can try that replicates the batch camera and scene states is fairly useable in 2016.

 

Scene States Tutorial

 

Batch Camera Script

http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/batch-camera-render

 

Alternatively use a render pass manager such as;

 

RPM (paid, awesome, maybe overkill for what u need)

http://rpmanager.com/news.htm

 

LPM (free, havent tried it)

http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/l-pass-manager