Disabling or Enabling Bucket Brackets While Rendering with the mental ray Renderer

Use the mentalray_max.ini file to disable or enable display of white brackets around buckets while rendering an image with the mental ray renderer.

When this option is active, 3ds Max displays white selection brackets at the corners of the bucket currently being rendered.

To disable bucket bracket display:

  1. Use a text editor to open the file mentalray_max.ini.

    This file is in the folder C:\Users\<userid>\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3ds Max\2016 - 64bit\ENU\en-US\plugcfg\.

  2. Add a preferences section to the INI file by entering this line:
    [Preferences]
  3. Below the [Preferences] line, add this line:
    ShowRenderBracket=0

To enable mental ray extension display:

  1. Use a text editor to open the file mentalray_max.ini.

    This file is in the folder C:\Users\<userid>\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3ds Max\2016 - 64bit\ENU\en-US\plugcfg\.

  2. In the [Preferences] section, change the value of ShowRenderBracket from 0 to 1.