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Basic Procedures for Network Rendering 179
Basic Procedure 3: Network Rendering
from Manager and Servers
When rendering across a network, you first assign
one machine to be Manager, and then any number
of others as Servers. In this procedure, you’ll use
the Manager computer as a rendering Server as
well.
1. Go to Start menu > Programs >
Autodesk > Backburner and choose the
Manager menu item.
This starts Manager and creates the
backburner.xml file in the Backburner\Network
folder .
When you run Manager for the first time,
you will see the Backburner Manager General
Properties dialog, shown below; this is normal.
Backburner Manager General Properties dialog.
2. Click OK to accept the default settings.
The Backburner Manager dia log displays.
3. Onthesamecomputer,gotoStart
menu>Programs>Autodesk>Backburner
and choose the Server menu item.
This star ts Server and creates the ser ver data
that is stored in the backburner.xml fi le.
You w i l l see the Backburner Server General
Properties dialog box, shown below , when you
run Server for the first time.
Backburner Server Ge neral Properties dialog.
4. Click OK to accept the default settings.
TheBackburnerServerdialogdisplays.After
a few moments, messages appear in both the
Server and Manager windows indicating that
the Server has successfully registered with the
Manager.
5. Repeat steps 3-4 on all the Server systems you
intend to make available for your rendering
jobs.
6. Return to the Manager system, start 3ds Max,
andloadthefirstsceneyouwanttorender.
7. From the Rendering menu, choose
Render, or click the toolbar Render Scene
button.
8. Set the rendering parameters and specify an
output path and file name.
Tip: So that the Servers can find the output
path, specif y the path in the Render Output