Maya Hardware 2.0 renderer

Use the Maya Hardware 2.0 renderer to perform command line rendering for Viewport 2.0, or to batch render to disc or to Render View.

You can select the Maya Hardware 2.0 renderer using the following methods:

• Render View window
• Render Settings window
• Render > Batch Render (For information, see Batch Render Options)
• From the command line using the Render command
• From the command line in prompt mode (-prompt)
• From the command line in batch mode (-batch)
• From the MEL tab in the Script Editor (ogsRender)

Note: You must first select Renderer > Viewport 2.0 in the Panel menu before you can render with the Maya Hardware 2.0 renderer in the Render View window or with the ogsRender command in the Script Editor.

Supported features

• File Output settings in the Common tab in the Render Settings window are supported.
• Rendering from different camera types (including stereo cameras) are supported.

Limitations of the Hardware 2.0 renderer

• In the Render View window:
  • Render region is not supported.
  • IPR is not supported.
• Render layers is not supported.
• Only color output is supported. Depth channel is currently not supported.

Related topics

• Working in Viewport 2.0