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By default, the rendering appears in a window.
Tip: To render a view without using the
dialog, click Quick Render (page 3–17) or use
Render Last (page 3–25) (press
F9 ).
To r ender an animation:
1.
Activate the viewport to render .
2. Click Render Scene.
The Render Scene dialog (page 3–2) appears.
3. Open the Common Parameters rollout (page
3–27).ChooseatimerangeintheTimeOutput
group.
4. In the Output Size group, set other rendering
parameters or use the defaults.
5. In the Render Output group, click Files.
6. A Render Output File dialog (page 3–9) is
displayed.
7. Use the file dialog to specify a name and a type
for the animation file, and then click Save.
A dialog is displayed that lets you set the
options for the file format you chose. Adjust
these s ettings (or leave them at their defaults),
and then click OK.
On the Render Scene dialog’s Common
Parametersrollout,theSaveFiletoggleturns
on.
8. Click Render.
Note: If you set a t ime range and do not specify
afiletosaveto,theanimationisrenderedonly
to the window. This can be a time-consuming
mistake, so an alert warns you about it.
Tip: To render a view without using the
dialog, click Quick Render (page 3–17) or use the
Keyboard Shortcut F9 to Render Last (page 3–25).
Render Type
Main toolbar > Render Type drop-down list
Render Type lets you render only a portion of the scene.
TheRenderTypelistletsyouspecifytheportion
of the scene that will be rendered.
Procedures
To render selected obj ects:
1.
FromtheRenderTypedrop-downlistatthe
right end of the toolbar, choose Selected.
2. Activate the viewport to render.
3. Select the objects.
4. Click Render Scene or Quick
Render (Production).
3dsMaxdisplaysaprogressdialogthatshows
the progress of rendering and the rendering
parameter settings. To stop rendering, click
Cancel in this dialog, or press
Esc .
To render a region:
1.
Make the viewport active.
2. Choose Region from the list.
3. Click Render Scene or Quick
Render (Production).
A window is displayed in the act ive viewp ort,
andanOKbuttonappearsintheviewport’s
lower-right corner.