The Scripts rollout lets you specify scripts to run before and after rendering. Each script executes once at the beginning or the end of the entire rendering job for the current scene; the scripts do not run on a per-frame basis.
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Main toolbar >
(Render Setup) > Render Setup dialog > Common panel > Scripts rollout
The script to execute can be:
- A MAXScript file (MS)
- A macro script (MCR)
- A batch file (BAT)
- An executable file (EXE)
If relevant to its format, the script can have command-line arguments.
The pre-render script is executed before rendering (but after any other MAXScript scripts that are registered using the #preRender callback mechanism). The post-render script is executed after rendering has completed. You can also use the “Execute Now” buttons to run the scripts “by hand.”
Interface
Pre-Render group
Specifies a script to run before you render.
- Enable
- When on, the script is enabled.
- Execute Now
- Click to execute the script “by hand.”
- File name field
- When a script is selected, this field shows its path and name. You can edit this field.
- File
- Click to open a file dialog and choose the pre-render script to run.
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Delete File - Click to remove the script.
- Execute Locally (Ignored by Network Rendering)
- When on, the script must run locally. If you use network rendering, the script is ignored. Default=off.
Post-Render group
Specifies a script to run after you render.
- Enable
- When on, the script is enabled.
- Execute Now
- Click to execute the script “by hand.”
- File name field
- When a script is selected, this field shows its path and name. You can edit this field.
- File
- Click to open a file dialog and choose the post-render script to run.
- Delete File
- Click to remove the script.