new user here .. i'm trying to recreate my old BB workflow :)

Deadline
1

in the past I have used the following .cmd file to submit and render thumbnails for our internal model library:

c:\program files\autodesk\3ds Max 2014\3dsmaxcmd.exe
-outputName:“m:\filename.jpg” -w:800 -h:800 “m:\filename.max” -submit:servername -priority:50 -gammaCorrection:1 -stillFrame -preset:“m:\Preset.rps”

What this does is render a .max file and saves out an image with the same name (no 0000) using an external render preset :slight_smile:

When I try to recreate this using the “3ds Command Job”, I’m having problems getting the “-stillFrame” and the “Preset.rps” settings working…
(the -stillFrame is used to avoid the 0000 padding of the output file names, since I need them to have the same name as the max files)

so am I missing something, or are those 2 features not supported?

ps I also tried using the “3dsmax Job” option, but here I can’t find any options to specify the output file name? (there are no outputs defined in the max files) but it does solve the preset problem since I can just call that using a PreFrameScript, but I can’t do that using the “Command Job”? :slight_smile:

2

We recently went through our “3dsCmd” plugin and added any missing command line options that BB supports. Unless someone tells me differently, I believe as of Deadline v7.2 we support 100% the features of BB here. Deadline v7.2 is currently in private beta and can be accessed by sending an email to request the NDA to sign to “beta” [at] “thinkboxsoftware” [dot] com

3

thanks for the quick reply, let’s hope there is an open spot for us on the beta :slight_smile:

4

that did it … everything works now :slight_smile: thanks!

5

Coolio. Feel free to use the other ‘beta’ forum if you have any ‘beta’ related feedback/feature requests as well. The beta is close to finishing, but we always pretty much have a new version in beta, so all is good.