Example: To Render to a JPG File at 800x600 Resolution

Perhaps the last time you rendered your scene, you had the output resolution set to 320x240 and rendered a BMP file. Re-rendering the scene using different output settings is fast and efficient with command-line rendering.

  1. Open a command prompt window.
  2. Enter the following:

    “c:\program files\autodesk\[program folder name]\3dsmaxcmd” -outputName:“c:\program files\autodesk\[program folder name]\renderoutput\myImage.jpg” -w 800 -h 600 “c:\program files\autodesk\[program folder name]\scenes\myscene.max”

    and press Enter.

    Note: The specified output path must already exist. If it doesn't, the image doesn't render and you get an error message.