easy rendering for Rhino in Windows
Render problems with Flamingo NXT
Grüß Gott everybody,
I'm using Flamingo NXT with Rhino V4. When I try to start a rendering with NXT it says quite often 'Rendermistake', the call for the StartRaytracing didn't find a Code 0. Render stopped. After a few more trials it just shuts down Rhino due to low memory of windows or other irritations. I had already nice results with NXT. But to many times I'm faced with those problems.
I hope someone can help me to get rid of this trouble.
Sascha
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Permalink Reply by Scott Davidson on -
The low memory problems are a problem in 32-bit systems. They can be addressed in a few ways.
1) Final rendering resolution requires a lot of memory. Make sure you are not rendering at a higher resolution then needed. For instance large images do not need to be rendered at 300 DPI. Normally there is not a reason to go above 3000 pixels in any one direction.
2) The render mesh settings are also important. Go to Tools pulldown > Options > Mesh. The default settings of smooth and slower can be a problem. I like to set the mesh settings like this:
- Density(new in Rhino 4) 0.0
- Maximum angle 0.0
- Maximum aspect ratio 0.0
- Maximum edge length 0.0
- Maximum distance edge to surface for inches 0.1 and for mm 1.0
- Minimum initial grid quads 16
There is a detailed discussion here: http://wiki.mcneel.com/rhino/meshfaq
3) Using super large textures can be a problem. Textures should not be wider then 1000 pixels except in very special cases.
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Permalink Reply by Sascha Holland-Kuhn on
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Hi Scott, thanks a lot, it works now! Warm regards from the Allgäu!
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