please unsubscribe On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 5:20 AM, Omar Agudo <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I think so, but it´s strange that with the UI of Maya, you can have > access to parameters like "Acceleration Method" in the render Settings > window that are parameters for the mental ray standalone version. > > Why this happened?? > > Omar. > > > 2009/4/1 Matthew Gidney <[email protected]>: > > > > there is a standalone version of mental ray with maya 2009? > > thats news > > i always thought mental ray was encaplsulated within a plugin for maya > > and standalone mr is a separate software altogether. > > ..... > > > > > > 2009/3/31 Omar Agudo <[email protected]>: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I am using the standalone version of Mental ray that comes with Maya > 2009. > >> > >> I am trying to render a scene (.ma) with the standalone version of > >> Mental Ray, because I don´t have enough memory when rendering the > >> scene with the default render that comes with Maya 2009, because the > >> scene contains a lot of triangles and objects. In orden to save memory > >> I have read the tutorial > >> http://www.lamrug.org/resources/memorytips.html that explain some > >> options that comes with the Mental Ray render that improve the memory > >> usage, turning on flushable the memory (reusable memory). These > >> options are: > >> > >> * Placeholders - Reuse memory for source geometry > >> * Approximation - Reuse memory with fine approximation > >> * Texture cache - Resuse memory with tiled texture maps > >> * BSP acceleration - Reuse memory with large BSP > >> > >> Another problem I have found is that I can´t use the Maya comand > >> Mayatomr (defined in the cmds API) that provides access to most > >> functionalities of mental ray. > >> > >> Have someone use the mental ray render that comes with maya 2009? > >> > >> Is needed to pay another license to use the Mental Ray options > >> (reusable memory)? > >> > >> Why the command Mayatomr doesn´t work? > >> > >> Thank you so much!!!!! > >> > >> Omar. > >> > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Matt Gidney > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
