Distributed rendering

Is there something built into microstation or a 3rd party product that
will let us distribute rendering across multiple machines? 3ds max
has a great system built in and it would be great if there were
something available for microstation too.

Thanks in advance for any info!!!!!

 

I think what you are referring to is a rendering farm. I believe that the
closest thing that MicroStation has is "banded rendering" which is a little
different.

Search in MicroStation help for "banded rendering" and you 'll find more
information.

 

Couple of ways to do this.

The first is as Inga says when producing a single image. Banded rendering
lets multiple machines render bands of an image to speed up the process.

In animation you can have machines render frames by joining in on the
animation
production.

HTH.

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I think what you are referring to is a rendering farm. I believe that the
closest thing that MicroStation has is "banded rendering" which is a little
different.

Search in MicroStation help for "banded rendering" and you 'll find more
information.

 

Let me clarify a little...Firstly we have V8. Is there a way to
automate the banded renderings. Somekind of system that would hand
out bands and receive them when they are done, then hand out the next
one. We wouldn't need to configure each machine individually.

Also, my guys tell me that each machine still has to generate its own
lighting solution. Is there a way for them to collaborate on this
process then share the solution?

 

You simply need to use the bnd file created for each machine to work in the
process.

To make processing simpler, create a solution which can then be saved and
used
by each machine. This will also make sure the same pre-processing has been
done
for each.

The only time this will not work is in animation where objects move. This
requires a new
solution to be created for each frame as shadowing changes.

HTH.

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Sean Forward (Bear)

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http://fishingwa.com

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I live in my own little world, but it's ok, they know me
here.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Let me clarify a little...Firstly we have V8. Is there a way to
automate the banded renderings. Somekind of system that would hand
out bands and receive them when they are done, then hand out the next
one. We wouldn't need to configure each machine individually.

Also, my guys tell me that each machine still has to generate its own
lighting solution. Is there a way for them to collaborate on this
process then share the solution?

 

put the files on a newtorked drive.

Was asked to try to do this once in a company using PDS with lots of
machines with lots of memory.

One problem you'll get perhaps is zero byte files.
Seems it's a long tem bug if two or more files try to render from one setup.

Answer is to either set up a perl script or something to look for 0 length
files then delete them, those frames are then rerendered as long as one or
more machines haven't finsihed.

Mind you, the render farm option of 3D is better and faster I've heard.

Karsten