Renderman (RIB) Network Rendering Guide

• 1 Renderman (RIB) Network Rendering Guide
  • 1.1 Submitting RIB render jobs to Deadline
    • 1.1.1 Step 1: Open the Submission Dialog
    • 1.1.2 Step 2: Set Your Submission Options
    • 1.1.3 Step 3: Submit Your Job

Submitting RIB render jobs to Deadline

Renderman jobs can be submitted from the Deadline Monitor.

Step 1: Open the Submission Dialog

In the Deadline Monitor, open the RIB Submission Dialog from the Submit menu.

Step 2: Set Your Submission Options

The general Deadline options are:

• Job 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).
• Limit Groups: The limit groups that your job requires.
• Job Dependencies: Jobs that your job is dependent on.
• Submit As Suspended: Submit your job in the suspended state.
• Delete When Complete: You job is automatically deleted after it completes.

The RIB specific options are:

• RIB Files: The RIB files to be rendered (can be ASCII or binary formatted). These files should be network accessible.
• Frame List: The list of frames to render.
• RIB Renderer: The renderer that will be used to render the RIB files.
• Override Output File: Override the output filename (available for ASCII RIB files only).
• Command Line: Specify additional command line arguments you would like to pass to the RIB renderer. See the documentation for your particular RIB renderer for additional arguments.

Step 3: Submit Your Job

Click the Submit button to submit the job to Deadline.