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Assign Renderer Rollout 35
File—
Click to open a file dialog and choose the
post-render script to run.
Delete File—Click to remove the script.
Ass ign R ender er R ol lout
Main toolbar > Render Scene button > Render Scene
dialog > Common p anel > Assign Renderer rollout
Rendering menu > Render > Render Scene dial og >
Common panel > Assign Renderer rollout
The Assign Renderer rollout displays w hich
renderers are assigned to the production and
ActiveShade c ategories, as well as the sample slots
in the Material Editor.
The Quick Render flyout on the toolbar also
chooses which renderer to use:
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The Quick Render (Production) button
uses the production renderer.
•
The Quick Render (ActiveShade) button
uses the Act iveShade renderer.
These are the renderers that ship with 3ds Max:
DefaultScanlineRendererRollout(page3–38)
mental ray Renderer (page 3–78) (not available for
ActiveShade)
VUE File Renderer (page 3–130) (not available for
ActiveShade)
Additional renderers might be available if you’ve
installed them as plug-ins.
Note: In versions prior to v4, yo u selected the
production and draft renderers in the Rendering
tab of the Preferences dialog.
Interfa ce
For each rendering category, the rollout shows the
name of the renderer currently assigned, and a
button that lets you change the assignment.
Choose R ender er (“.. . ”)—Click the button with the
ellipsis to change the renderer assignment. The
button displays a Choose Renderer dialog (page
3–36).
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Production—Chooses t he renderer used to
render graphic output.
•
Material Editor—Chooses the renderer used
to render sample slots (page 2–1420) in the
Material Editor.
By default, the sample slot renderer
islockedtobethesameastheproduction
renderer.Youcanturnoffthelockbuttonto
assign a different renderer for sample slots.
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ActiveShade—Chooses the ActiveShade (page
3–17) renderer used to preview the effects of
lighti ng and material changes in the scene.
The only ActiveShade renderer tha t ships with
3ds Max is the default scanline renderer.
Save as Defaults—Click to save the cur rent renderer
assignmentsasdefaults,sotheywillbeactivethe
next time you restart 3 ds Max.