Prerequisites

• A CED Computing + Printing Account is required to use the Render Farm. Learn more »
• The CED Render Farm only accepts Rhino 8 files. Rhino 5, 6, or 7 files are not compatible.

Why use the Render Farm?

Use the CED Render Farm to render your Rhino 8 + V-Ray projects "in the cloud" in less time than it would take to render them on the local machine, all while keeping our lab/studio computers available for others to use.

Prepare File for Submission

1. Log into a computer in a CED studio or computer lab.
2. In the RENLIC (Z:) network share, create a folder with the same name as your Calnet ID, e.g. Z:\[username]\...
3. In the folder you just created, make a folder called "textures", e.g. Z:\[username]\textures\... (OPTIONAL)

Submit File for Rendering

1. Open Rhino file from the Z:\ drive
2. Click on the deadline button to open submitter
3. Fill out the following areas (see picture below for references)
   1. Comment (optional, but recommended)
   2. Department
   3. Output file (must be in your folder)
4. Verify that V-Ray for Rhino is the selected Renderer
5. Select proper view pane for rendering
6. Hit submit button

Check Job status

From the start menu, locate the Deadline Monitor icon under the ThinkBox folder and select it. This is where you can check on your render status. 

NOTE: You will NOT see the progress bar move until your project is complete. This does not mean your job isn't running as Rhino and V-Ray do not pass progress information back to the scheduler. Please do not submit your job more than once.

ThinkBox is under the letter T.