Mantra code suggestions for Additional Arguments window?

Deadline
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HI all,

I’ve got a sequence of IFD files (of a cloudy sky) that I want to submit as a Mantra render via Deadline. However, it would be ideal to be able to turn items on or off in each IFD rather than generate a new sequence for each case.

To make it clearer, as the Mantra engine consumes each IFD file in my sequence, I want to tell Mantra to hide Geo1 or show Geo2. Then with the same IFD sequence, I want to render a second pass but this time hide Geo2 and show Geo1.

Are there any command examples you could suggest for the Mantra Submission entry window? I feel that if I could see some example syntax it might be enough to get me on the right track.

Thanks for any suggestions!
Phil

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Hello,

I am wondering how would this be done from the command line? Are there flags that can be sent when a job is rendered from the command line that specify these things?

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sidefx.com/docs/houdini13.0/render/python

you can use python to filter the ifd and manipulate settings. of course, you can’t turn something “on” if it wasn’t included in the ifd.