you might want to check out the mental ray forum: http://www.mentalimages.com/products/mental-ray/forum.html ( or a VRay, Brazil, etc )
But since you asked: I've been down this road before and I can say from experience your best bet is to get a 64 bit OS, buy some RAM for a few hundred dollars and don't waste your time and your employers money coding around something that has an easy and cheap solution. and if you've already got 16GB filled up, in most cases you're doing something wrong. -chad --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
