You can set the following preferences in the
XGen category of the
Preferences window.
To return to the default factory settings, choose
in this window. Note that this resets the preferences in every category in the Preferences window.
Cache Options
- Memory Cache Size
- Specifies the maximum amount of system memory used when XPD caches and
Ptex
files are written to disk.
See
Manage XGen files and directories.
Viewport 2.0
- Draw method
- Sets which renderer to use when drawing primitives. When set to
Hardware Instance, Maya uses the Viewport 2.0 render. When set to
Legacy, Maya uses the XGen software renderer. Use Legacy to improve performance when instancing large numbers of high-resolution archive objects.
Threading
-
Multithreading
- Turn on threading to improve the performance of primitive generation, modifier processing and patch evaluation.