Dependencie of a simulation job

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Hello
I have a simulation job with a single task for all my frames.
I have other job (meshing, rendering, comp) dependent of the first.

Is there a way to start others jobs before the first is finished?
As the frame dependent option but based on the progress of the job.
regards

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Absolutely.
If you look in the Job Properties of the dependent job, you will see under the “Dependencies” section a “Resume On” panel with an option “% Completed” which can be checked, and the value set between 0.00 and 100.00%.

For example, if you check it and set the value to 12.34%, the “Submission Params” section, “Job Info Parameters” list will show an entry

JobDependencyPercentage=12.34

Most integrated / Monitor submitters do NOT expose this option, so you can either modify it post submission via the Monitor, modify the existing scripts to add support for it, or use your own custom submitter…

3

Thank you!
Does this option takes into account that dependente job can go faster than the simulation.
Does tasks will be reactivated all at once or gradually with the progression of the first job?

Regards

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You can use frame dependency even with an offset if required. Our docs explain the comprehensive options here:
docs.thinkboxsoftware.com/produc … cy-options

5

Ok, I misunderstood the original question.

If the output of the simulation job is a sequence of files (one per frame to be meshed, rendered, comped etc.), then you could use asset dependencies for your dependent jobs. This way, even though the main dependency has a single task, each dependent job will be waiting for its own input file to be produced by the simulation. When the file appears in the specified path, the dependent task will be released and processed.

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Asset dependencies seem to be the good choice for me.
thank you!