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_SubmitCMD_ParametersMaya

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

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

Project dir
Path to Maya project directory. If you are submitting from Maya, this will be filled in for you. Otherwise, browse for or enter manually the location of the project directory.

Important: Best practice is to ensure the project directory and all of its dependent files such as textures are on network storage accessible by the workers.

Cameras
List of cameras to use for render (space-separated). Choose from pre-populated list and or enter manually cameras to override scene settings.

Layers
List of layers to render (space-separated). Choose from pre populated and or enter manually layers to override scene settings.

EnableDefaultLight
Choose from drop down to override scene settings.

Renderer
Choose from drop down to override scene settings 

Render Threads
Number of threads each subjob should use. Enter the numeric value to override scene settings. Set to -1 to sync with host.processors, 0 to use all cores on the worker. Further explanation needed.

Ignore Errors
Tick the box to ignore errors. This ignores error messages that are generated during the render that would otherwise cause frames to fail. 

Distributed Rendering
Enable Distributed Rendering (mental ray satellite OR V-Ray DR). Choose from the drop down to override scene settings. See also How to use the mental ray Distributed Bucket Render (DBR) or V-Ray Distributed Render (DR) feature with Qube!

Maya Executable
Browse for or specify the path to the maya executable file (mayabatch.exe for Windows), if you want to override the auto-detected default. (optional).

Important : Be aware that if you are submitting from one OS to another, the path to the executable will be different.

Render dir
Path to Maya output render directory. Browse to or manually enter the location of the output image file you wish to generate.

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

File Name Prefix
Image file name prefix override. Explanation needed

Frame/Anim Ext
Choose from drop down to override scene settings. Explanation needed

Frame Padding
Number of digits for frame number, e.g. 4 means name.XXXX.ext. Enter the numeric value to override scene settings

Renumber StartFrame
The starting output image filename extension value. Enter the numeric value to override scene settings

Renumber ByFrame
The output image filename extension step ('by' or increment) value. Enter the numeric value to override scene settings

File Extension
The string added at the end of the file name. Enter the file extension value to override scene settings

Image Width (pixels)
Image width. Enter the numeric value to override scene settings

Image Height (pixels)
Image height. Enter the numeric value to override scene settings

Maintain Aspect Ratio
Maintain Aspect ratio. Select required option from drop down

Maintain Ratio
Maintain ratio. Select required option from drop down

Pixels/Inch
Resolution (Pixels/Inch). Enter the numeric value to override scene settings

Device Aspect Ratio
Device Aspect Ratio. Enter the numeric value to override scene settings

Pixel Aspect Ratio
Pixel Aspect Ratio. Enter the numeric value to override scene settings

preRenderMel
The mel string to be executed before a scene is rendered. Enter the script string.

postRenderMel
The mel string to be executed after a scene is rendered. Enter the script string.

preRenderLayerMel
The mel string to be executed before a render layer is rendered. Enter the script string.

postRenderLayerMel
The mel string to be executed after a render layer is rendered. Enter the script string.

preRenderFrameMel
The mel string to be executed before a frame is rendered. Enter the script string.

postRenderFrameMel
The mel string to be executed after a frame is rendered. Enter the script string.