Vue Network Rendering Guide

1 Vue Network Rendering Guide
- 1.1 Submitting Vue render jobs to Deadline

Submitting Vue render jobs to Deadline

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

Step 1: Open the Submission Dialog

If you are submitting a single frame to Deadline, select Render -> Render Options, then do the following:

Find the Renderer section, select RenderBull Network, then press the Edit button.
In the RenderBull Network Options dialog that pops up, enter the following for the Command to execute (make sure to replace '\\your\repository' with your actual repository root):

"C:\Program Files\Frantic Films\Deadline\bin\DeadlineCommand.exe" -executescript
\\your\repository\scripts\submission\VueSubmission\VueSubmission.py "[FILE_PATH]" "[SCENE_NAME]" "[NUM_FRAMES]"

You can also enter the folder you want the temporary Vue scene file saved in during submission. By default, you should be able to leave this blank. Press OK when finished.
Press Render to bring up the submission dialog.

If you are submitting an animation to Deadline, select Animation -> Animation Render Options, then do the following:

Find the Renderer section, select Network Rendering, then press the Edit button.
In the RenderBull Network Options dialog that pops up, enter the following for the Command to execute (make sure to replace '\\your\repository' with your actual repository root):

"C:\Program Files\Frantic Films\Deadline\bin\DeadlineCommand.exe" -executescript
\\your\repository\scripts\submission\VueSubmission\VueSubmission.py "[FILE_PATH]" "[SCENE_NAME]" "[NUM_FRAMES]"

You can also enter the folder you want the temporary Vue scene file saved in during submission. By default, you should be able to leave this blank. Press OK when finished.
Press Render Animation to bring up the submission dialog.

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.
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).
Priority: Your job's priority (0 = lowest, 100 = highest).
Enable Task Timeout: Whether or not to use the timeout given.
Concurrent Tasks: The number of tasks a slave should dequeue for this job at once.
Limit Tasks To Slave's Task Limit: Whether or not to limit the number of tasks the slave rendering this job can concurrently do.
Machine Limit: The maximum number of machines that can render your job at one time (specify 0 for no limit).
Machine list: A list of slave machines that is either blacklist or a whitelist.
Machine is a blacklist: Whether or not the machine is a blacklist, if not it is a whitelist.
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.
On Job Complete: The action to perform on the jobs completion. Options are Nothing, Delete, or Archive.

The Vue specific options are:

Vue File: The Vue scene file to be rendered.
Frame List: The frames to render, if not rendering the full animation.
Render animation sequence: Whether or not to render the full animation.
Frames Per Task: The number of frames in each task.
Submit Scene: Whether or not to submit the scene file with the job.

Step 3: Submit Your Job

Click the Submit button to submit the job to Deadline.