Rhino Network Rendering Guide

Submitting Rhino render jobs to Deadline

Rhino jobs can be submitted from the Deadline Monitor.

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

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).
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 Rhino specific options are:

Rhino File: The Rhino file to be rendered.
Output File: The filename of the image(s) to be rendered.
Render Bongo Animation: If your Rhino file uses the Bongo animation plugin, you can enable a Bongo animation job.
Frames: The list of frames to render (only enabled for Bongo animation jobs).
Task Group Size: The number of frames per task (only enabled for Bongo animation jobs).
Renderer: Override the renderer to use (leave blank to use default).
Submit Rhino Scene File: The Rhino file selected will be submitted with the job.

Click the Submit button to submit the job to Deadline.