Modo network render setup

Clicking the triangle preceding each system name expands or collapses the system's information. When collapsed, each system takes up one row. When expanded, additional information can be seen, such as network folder path, IP address, OS, and whether or not it has been claimed by a master system for rendering.

NOTE: During the render, you can see how many slaves have been claimed by the master for rendering. The count appears in the top left of the render window:. Cores : This column displays the number of cores available for rendering on each system. Status : This column displays the current status of each system on the network. Group : This column displays which group the system is currently participating in.

When expanded, the Group column also shows the network shared folder path set on each system. Progress : This column is used to display the progress of each system that is rendering, showing vertical progress bars for each of its cores. As the bucket data is completed, a cyan bar rises from the bottom to the top and turns green upon completion.

This allows you to specify which systems can actively participate in a network render. Any master and slave system with the same network render group name set in their preferences only participates with other systems that specify the same group name. Note: Hardware and software firewalls that can often block communications between systems, preventing network rendering. Note: For more information on rendering settings, see Rendering Preferences.

Note: Preview does not utilize multiple machines. This means that the master system uses network sockets to transfer scenes and asset data to each slave system. The option of using a shared network folder is also available see below. This setting should work for most basic network setups. With Use Network Render Nodes enabled on the master and slave system in slave mode, any render started on the master sends scene and asset data to the slaves, then assigns them buckets on each rendered frame these buckets appear with blue outlines in the Render Window.

When the slave systems complete those buckets, they return them to the master. When the Send and Accept Assets for Network Jobs setting is disabled, the master system deposits the scene and assets to the specified network shared directory for access by all slaves. To use this feature, each slave must be set up to use that same directory. This can be done by starting Modo on each slave and editing the Preferences setting Network Shared Directory , or by setting the directory through the Render Slave dialog present only when a slave is in slave mode , by clicking the Set Shared Directory button.

Make sure that all systems have proper access and permissions to read and write to the specified folder. This allows you to view the connection status of all the systems on the network running Modo. The Network view above shows eight systems on the network.

The various columns of the Network view show the following information:. Send : This column shows if the connected system has the Send and Accept Assets option enabled. ESP provides access to levels of service, support and engineering that are not available to our Individual or Business Customers. Most users with existing 3D knowledge can be comfortable and productive within a couple of days.

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Modo licenses are available for individuals automatically for 30 days. Please Visit this page for more information. Insights Hub. About Us. Modo Modo. We could add options for the bucket color there as well. Greetings, Vladimir Nedev. Vantage developer, e-mail: vladimir. Comment Post Cancel. I like the colors in Modo. But better as the colors in Modo would be variating colors for each render node. I have to test V-Rays network rendering too.

But actually I am testing V-Ray in general. And I do not know how to setup network rendering. I have to lern it. Not sure if we have it in the docs, but setting up distributed rendering is pretty simple once you know what to do.

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