RealFlow Network Rendering Guide

Submitting RealFlow render jobs to Deadline

RealFlow jobs can be submitted from within RealFlow or from the Deadline Monitor.

In RealFlow, open the Submission Dialog by selecting Scripts -> User Scripts -> Deadline ->Submit To Deadline

The general Deadline options are:

Name: The name of your job (if left blank, it will default to "Untitled").
Comment: A simple description of your job (can be left blank).
Department: Your department (can be left blank).
Pool: The pool that your job is submitted to.
Group: The group that your job is submitted to.
Priority: Your job's priority (0 = lowest, 100 = highest).
Machine Limit: The maximum number of machines that can render your job at one time (specify 0 for no limit).
Task Timeout: The number of minutes a slave has to render a task for this job before it requeues it (specify 0 for no limit).
Submit Suspended: Submit your job in the suspended state.
Delete Complete: You job is automatically deleted after it completes.

The RealFlow specific options are:

Frame List: The frame range for the simulation.
Task Chunk Size: The number of frames per task.
Concurrent Tasks: The number of tasks a slave should dequeue for this job at once.
Threads: The number of threads to use during simulation.
Generate Mesh: This option will generate the mesh for a scene where particle cache files were created previosly.
Use Cache: If you have created particle cache files for a specific frame and you want to resume your simulation from that frame you have to use this option. The starting cached frame is the Start Frame entered above.
Use One Machine: Forces the entire job to be rendered on one machine. If this is enabled, the Machine Limit, Task Chunk Size and Concurrent Tasks settings will be ignored.
Force Build: Force 32 bit or 64 bit rendering.
Submit Scene: The RealFlow file selected will be submitted with the job.

Click the Submit button to submit the job to Deadline.