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INFO: Using mental ray To Render Empty Frames For Shaders
Last reviewed: March 18, 1997
Article ID: Q165354
The information in this article applies to:
  • Softimage 3D for IRIX, version 3.51

SUMMARY

If you need to initiate mental ray for shaders, or for any other reason that does not involve rendering geometry, you must have at least one triangle in the frame/scene, even if it is not within the camera view. If you try to render an empty frame with mental ray, you will get a syntax error. This was implemented by design.

REFERENCES

SOFTIMAGE 3D Rendering User's Guide, Using Shaders, page 65. SOFTIMAGE 3D Reference Guide: I to Z Interface, see 'Shaders' in the Index.

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Keywords : kbgraphic kbusage si si3d si3dmr si3ds-a
Version : 3.51
Platform : IRIX

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Last reviewed: March 18, 1997
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