Render elements/frame buffers access during render?

[suraj]

http://forum.mentalimages.com/showth...-during-render

Can somebody please explain me the procedure for this in maya.

[van_der_goes]

Add this line to maya.env "MI_MAYA_SOCKETS=1;"

batch render;

open the image you are rendering with imf_disp

[steve]

Add this line to maya.env "MI_MAYA_SOCKETS=1;"
batch render;
open the image you are rendering with imf_disp

Correct. A little more details:

The "live" display feature of imf_disp uses so called sockets for communication between the two processes. Such connections are typically monitored and may be rejected by firewall and virus checker software. Therefore, the socket feature is disabled in mental ray for Maya by default, but can be enabled with the mentioned environment variable. The firewall may stop the initial attempt to use imf_disp with live display, and ask the user for permission before continuing.

If you just want to display images stored on disk using imf_disp then this procedure is not necessary.

Best, Steve.

[suraj]

Thank You.