Stand Alone rrSubmitter & rrControl (Submitting 3DS Max & Rhino files alone)

Use the following process to submit your 3DS Max or Rhino files to the SOA Render Farm.

Getting access to the SOA Render Farm

1. Attend a Render Farm Training Class
2. Verify your EID has been added to the Render Farm Access List for access after attending a class. 
3. If you are part of a rendering class, be sure your professor submits a list of EIDs to SOA IT to include in the Render Farm Access List.

Stand Alone Submitter

1. Download the Render Farm Submission Tool and Job Control Tools: (Windows)
   1. rrSubmitter (right click save link as)
   2. rrControl (right click save link as)
   3. Double click the "win__rrSubmitter.bat" file you've just downloaded to run the installer.
   4. If all goes well, the Render Farm Submission Tool window will pop up:
      
2. In the rrSubmitter, select the "Load Scene File" button to the top left.
   
   1. Insure your 3DS Max or Rhino model is ready for rendering.  This means your model scene animation or single image is ready to render.
3. Navigate to the network share directory for your class or, "student work" if you're not currently associated with a class.
   1. Examples of what the path should look like:
      
      1. \\arch-data.austin.utexas.edu\Student-Work
      2. \\arch-data.austin.utexas.edu\tech-comm
4. Select "All Files" in the "Known Types" pulldown to the right of the File Name to be able to access your 3DS Max model file.
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5. Select OPEN
6. Use the following typical Scene Settings from 3DS Max as a guide to submit your render job:
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   2. In this case:
      1. The image file name I'm saving is "image.bmp" (image0001.bmp, image0002.bmp, image0003.bmp.......)
      2. Image file path is "\\arch-data.austin.utexas.edu\Student-Work\Admin Test\IFL"
      3. My 3DS Max model file was opened from: "\\arch-data.austin.utexas.edu\Student-Work\Admin Test\Max Models"
      4. The Sequence of frames being saved is 1-100.
      5. A few critical settings to check:
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7. Once you have your settings correct, select "SUBMIT JOB".
8. To observe the status of your render, open SOA Render Monitor in your web browser.
9. Move on to the rrControl Tool.
   
   

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