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    Once installed you should be able to locate the "Qube!" menu in XSI. With a scene loaded in XSI choose "Submit Render Job..." or "Submit Batch Render..." depending on your requirements.

     

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    What's the difference?

    Submit Render will open a copy (instance) of XSI on the Worker that picks up the job, and that instance will render frames as assigned by the Supervisor. Since the scene file is only being opened one time, this can be faster to generate the full sequence.

    Submit Batch Render will use the command line to open a new instance of the XSI file for each frame that it renders. Although this can be slower for large scenes, it can also be more flexible in large, complex environments.

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    This will present a pre-filled submission UI like the one shown here. Ensure sections marked in red have the correct details.

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    Scenefile

    Tooltip - Path to XSI scene (required)

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    Browse or enter manually the location of the scene file to be rendered. This is a required field for submission

    Important: Best practise is to ensure the scene file and all of its dependant files such as textures are on network storage accessible by the workers.

    XSI Version

    Tooltip - Select or enter Softimage/XSI version (select version, or type it in)

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    Use the drop down or enter manually the required version of XSI

    Passes

    Tooltip - Specify the explicit passes to render (comma-separated list)

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    Choose or list comma seperated passes to render. These are named in your XSI scene

    Output Dir

    Tooltip - Output directory for images

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    Browse or manually enter the location of the output directory.

    Important: Best practise is to ensure outputs are written to network storage accessible by the workers

    Render Mode

    Tooltip - Mode for rendering (default="render")

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    Choose the mode from the drop down box to override scene defaults

    Xsibatch Executable

    Tooltip - Explicit path to xsibatch executable (optional)

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    Browse or enter manually the location of XSI executable on the workers

    Important : Always double check the location of the workers executable. Be aware that if you are submitting cross platform the path will be different.

    Verbose

    Tooltip - Set verbose mode

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    Choose the level of detail you would like the logs to provide

    Frame Timeout

    Tooltip - Kill subjobs if a frame runs longer than this value (in seconds)

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    Enter the numeric value in seconds to set a frame render timeout.

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