Bifrost preferences

The Bifrost preferences are available in Maya's Preferences window when the bifrostGraph.mll plug-in is loaded.

Cache Manager

Maximum Memory Usage (% of RAM)

The maximum amount of system memory to use for caching objects. This amount is limited to avoid consuming too much memory when running Bifrost. When the limit is reached, the oldest objects get cleared from the cache and must be recomputed if they are required again later. If you have sufficient memory then increasing this value can greatly increase performance of resource-intensive tasks, such as pre-fracturing meshes for RBD (rigid body dynamics) simulations.

Async Execution

UI Sampling Rate (in Hz)

When Async (asynchronous) mode is enabled, this is the number of times per second that the user-interface thread is checked for input value changes. If a value has changed since the last execution thread began, a new execution thread begins. See Enable Async.