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Alias comes with a bunch of command line rendering tools, such as renderer, raytracer, powercaster, and powertracer. These programs allow your to render without Alias running in order to take advantage of all the horsepower you machine has to offer. These programs have been around for a long time and were a favorite of mine back in the Unix days. I would remotely log into machines that weren't being used in the studio and run my renderings on those machines.
So today I will walk you through this process. To start we need to save an SDL file out of Alias. This file stores all the rendering information from the Render Globals, Shaders, Lights, etc. needed to render the file.
Go to File -> Export -> SDL
Next we will need to open up a Command Window.
Go to Start -> Run -> type Cmd -> Enter
Once in the command window navigate to the appropriate project directory.
Next we use one of the following commands to render the sdl file I named test_01:
renderer - this renders a raycast image
raytracer - this renders a raytraced image
powercaster - this renders a raycast image on all available processors
powertracer - this renders a raytraced image on all available processors
Type the appropriate command: renderer sdl/test_01
This tells the computer to use the renderer program to raycast the file "test_01" in the sdl directory.
Once the file is rendered you can view the results by using the fcheck command.
Navigate to the pix directory
Type the following command: fcheck test_01.tif
You image will appear in a new window.
That is all there is too it. Not to bad. If you want to get even more indepth there are many options you can include in the rendering commands. You can view these command in the Alias Help docs under Command Line Options.
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Have you ever wondered what your AutoCAD 3D model looks like before you got to the point of making real parts? Autodesk Showcase can help you do just that. Import your 3D DWG data from AutoCAD into Showcase and use its extensive library of materials to create realistic imagery of your product. You can also take advantage of Showcase realtime rendering to virtually take your product for a spin allowing you to make an educated decision before commiting time and money to making real parts.
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In this weeks video I will show you how to add custom backgrounds to you Hardware Shaded images.
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Created by Aaron... Your Alias CAD Geek
Being able to copy all the parameters from one shader to another is a huge time saver. A lot of users will write down all the settings of a shader and then fill in the blanks on the shader they want to modify. This method will save you from that process.
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