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    Below are instructions on your first steps Step by step instructions for submitting Nuke jobs with Qube!

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    titleStep 1 (First Time Only)

    The Nuke Jobtype comes with the standard install of Qube! and does not require a specific jobtype to be installed. Requires Python be installed on the Workers. If it's not installed, you can use Nuke (cmdline)

    InApp Installation:

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    Install the Nuke submission UI:
    Run WranglerView and go to the Install App UI menu item (File -> Install App UI) as shown.

    Choose "Install Nuke (loadOnce) App UI..."

    This requires that Python be installed on any Worker that runs a Nuke job. If Python is not installed, please see Installing Python. If you can't or don't want to install Python, then choose "Install Nuke (cmdline) App UI..." instead.

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    Once installed you should be able to locate the "Qube!" menu in Nuke

    InApp Location:

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    With a script loaded in Nuke you can choose to render the entire script, or just the selected write node(s), as either "Render All...(cmdline)" or "Render All...(loadOnce)" depending on your requirements.

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    loadOnce vs
    cmdline

    What's the difference?

    loadOnce will open a copy (instance) of Nuke 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.

    cmdline will use the command line to open a new instance of the Nuke 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.

    This will present a pre filled submission UI.

    Can set reserve all cores, but should probably set slots=threads and 8 cores instead.

    set nuke version and OS

    retry stuff

    Can't mix OSs

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    titleUseful Settings

    While not strictly required, the following settings are useful for getting a better result. You will need to turn on "Expert Mode" (check box at the bottom of the submission UI) in order to get access to them.

    • Make sure that the Nuke version and the OS are set correctly for the Worker(s) that will execute the job.
    • Optimize the use of cores. Set the "Slots = Threads" checkbox and then set the "Specific Thread Count" to a value like 8 (assuming you have 8 cores). (If you have Designer licenses, only set the thread count. Do not check "Slots = Threads")
    • By default, Qube! will not retry failed frames. So set the "Retry frame/instance" value to 3 or 5, to get 3 or 5 retries before it gives up. Related to that, the default wait between retries is zero seconds, which is typically not useful. Set the "Retry Work Delay" to a value like 5 or 10 to allow machines time to recover from temporary problems such as network errors.
    • Because the path to the Nuke executable is part of the submission parameters, it is not possible to mix OSs with Nuke jobs - that is, although you can submit from, say, Windows to OS X, you cannot submit to both Windows and OS X at the same time.


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    Click submit

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    Click "Submit"

    For further details on the submission UI

    look in the right panel
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    If you find you are getting errors here are some useful links for troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Flowcharts 

     

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    see below.

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    Job Submission Details

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    Nuke Version

    Tooltip - Select version numbers and the worker platform to make an educated guess at where the Nuke executable is found on the remote worker.

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    Use the spinners to enter the required version of nuke

    Nuke path

    Tooltip - explicit path to Nuke executable

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    Browse or enter manually the location of Nuke 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.

    load NukeX

    Tooltip - load NukeX

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    script

    Tooltip - nuke script to execute

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

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

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    execute views

    Tooltip - only execute these views (comma-separated list: e.g. 'left,right'

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    list comma separated views to render. These are named in your nuke script

    execute nodes

    Tooltip - execute only this node

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    Execute on the specified node. These are named in your nuke script

    script args

    Tooltip - All words between the script name and the frame ranges can be used by [argv n] expressions to provide changing arguments to the script. Each must start with a non-digit to avoid confusion with frame ranges.

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    anamorphic

    Tooltip - formats default to anamorphic

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    Tick box to override scene anamorphic settings

    cache size

    Tooltip - limit cache memory usage. Size is in bytes, or append k, M, G or T

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    Enter the numeric value to override scene cache size settings

    interactive

    Tooltip - with -x or -t use interactive, not render, license

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    Tick box to override scene interactive settings

    linear transfer

    Tooltip - apply linear transfer to the file read in

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    Tick box to override scene linear transfer settings

    threads

    Tooltip - set threads to n

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    Enter the numeric value to override scene threads settings

    proxy mode

    Tooltip - turn on proxy mode

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    Tick box to override scene proxy mode settings

    quiet

    Tooltip - quiet (do not print stuff)

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    Tick box to override scene quiet settings

    stack size

    Tooltip - sets the minimum stack size for each thread in bytes, this defaults to 16777216 (16MB) the smallest allowed value is 1048576 (1MB)

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    verbose

    Tooltip - verbosity (print more stuff)

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

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