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HOWTO: Resolve Mental Ray Rendering Problems
Last reviewed: February 20, 1997
Article ID: Q163982
The information in this article applies to:
  • Softimage 3D for IRIX, versions 3.5, 3.51

SUMMARY

This procedure provides a starting point for detecting the possible source of mental ray rendering problems:

MORE INFORMATION

  1. Start SOFTIMAGE 3D from a winterm shell with the command: 

          'soft -c rsrc'.

  2. In the mental ray Options dialog box, activate the Verbose mode. Render a frame.

  3. The Verbose output reports what is wrong.

  4. Check file permissions for the following files: 

          <your_database>/RENDER_PICTURES  This should be 777.


          /usr/tmp/soft.status  Should be erasable and you should be the
      owner.

REFERENCES

If you have any questions concerning the information contained in this article, contact support@softimage.com by e-mail.

KBCategory: kbgraphic kbhowto
KBSubcategory: si si3d si3dren si3dmr
Additional reference words: 3.50 3.51




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Last reviewed: February 20, 1997
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