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Page 1: So you want to network render with Maxwell Render from ...Navigate to the “Render Farm” hard drive, label your file with your name and the descriptive name you choose. Click “Save”

So... you want tonetwork render with Maxwell Renderfrom Renaissance Hall

Page 2: So you want to network render with Maxwell Render from ...Navigate to the “Render Farm” hard drive, label your file with your name and the descriptive name you choose. Click “Save”

Things to note about network rendering from Renaissance, No missing materialsDo not “reset’ the servers in the Network Monitor. It shuts off all of the programs necessary for it to run on all computers and those will need to be manually restarted.

You do not need to open Maxwell Render, Studio, or Sketchup, or any other program not specified in this documentation to run your network render. Have the MXS file ready, and if you’re moving it from sketchup, have all the materials it’s bringing with it.

If you have an issue, please make sure that you have closely read the documentation.

Page 3: So you want to network render with Maxwell Render from ...Navigate to the “Render Farm” hard drive, label your file with your name and the descriptive name you choose. Click “Save”

Apply materials and setup the job however you prefer. I set this up in Maxwell Studio after importing it from Sketchup. Use Max-well Fire to verify that the render looks proper, rather than rushing to the server with an improperly setup job and wasting time.

Do not try to network render from Sketchup, Maxwell Render or Studio, you need to follow this document to network render from Renaissance.

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Open the Start Menu

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Type in ‘cmd” and hit “Enter” on your keyboard.

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Step 1Type “cd\” Hit Enter.

Step 2Type “cd Program Files\Next Limit\Maxwell 2”Hit Enter.That should leave you with the path indicated at the bottom of C:\Program Files\Next Limit\Maxwell 2>

Step 3 Type “ mxnetwork.exe -monitor:134.129.80.29” Hit Enter.Beneath the directory of c:\Program Files\Next Limit...It should show -monitor:134.129.80.29and be unable to enter more characters.

DO NOT CLOSE COMMAND PROMPT DURING YOUR RENDER

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If the command was typed improperly, or a program isn’t running, this window will pop up. Identifying that the local machine (REN-2) in this case is available to network render.

FAILURE

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SUCCESS

This is a successful connection to the Network Render server with Maxwell. It shows the servers running the Maxwell Render Nodes that are online.

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Click the “+” symbol in the top left as highlighted to add a job.

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This window will pop up, select “Cooperative Job” as seen here. Click “Next” to proceed.

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The “Add a Network Job Wizard will pop up. Adjust the maximum time the render will take, Sampling Level, and Resolution here. Once satisfied, select the button to find the Scene File as highlighted.

Page 12: So you want to network render with Maxwell Render from ...Navigate to the “Render Farm” hard drive, label your file with your name and the descriptive name you choose. Click “Save”

Find the Maxwell Scene File that you’ve saved, and select it. I’ve saved mine to the desktop. Once you’ve selected it, click “Open”

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Next, click on the button highlighted to select where to save your image. This is critical otherwise the job will not save properly, and will fail.

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Navigate to the “Render Farm” hard drive under computer. Select the file type (.png, .jpeg etc.) to save it as, include your name in the file name. Select “Save” when done.

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Now Select where to save the Maxwell MXI File if you so desire. If you don’t want it, simply uncheck the “X” box as highlighted.

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This is the same process as before. Navigate to the “Render Farm” hard drive, label your file with your name and the descriptive name you choose. Click “Save” as highlighted when done. If you didn’t save a MXI file with this, ignore this step.

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Scroll down the page until you reach the “Additional Options” menu. Make sure “Send Dependencies” box is ticked, and that you locate the “Dependencies Path” by clicking on the folder icon highlighted.

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This image indicates the box that’ll pop up and where to find dependencies for the job. This is a job loaded from Sketchup, so it still needs to link Sketchup materials that are still associated with the job. Once the “textures” folder is selected, click “OK” as highlighted.

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You will be returned to this box. Once you’ve set your time limit, resolution, and sampling level to your specifications, hit “Next’ as highlighted.

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This should show servers that are online, once that is verified, hit “Finish”

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Once done, you’ll see a slew of occurences in the prompt, and your job should be running provided you’ve done as this document recommends.

DO NOT CLOSE MAXWELL NETWORK MONITOR DURING YOUR RENDER

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Final image after 25 Sampling Levels and 30 minutes of work with 2 servers running

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