Live Rendering

The Live Rendering section contains commands that let you manage materials, ambiences, lights, decals, and render options.

This page discusses:

Flyout for Iray
Flyout for Manage Lights
Flyout for Manage Ambience
Flyout for Import Materials Catalog
Flyout for Managing Materials
Flyout for Create and Apply Decal
Flyout for Managing Views
Flyout for Saving Images
Flyout for Rendering Using a Background Render
Flyout for Displaying Information


	Iray See Flyout for Iray.
	Manage Ambience See Flyout for Manage Ambience.
	Manage Lights See Flyout for Manage Lights.
	Import Materials Catalog See Flyout for Import Materials Catalog.
	Material Palette See Flyout for Managing Materials.
	Create and Apply Decal See Flyout for Create and Apply Decal.
	Manage Camera Views the object from different angles and manages cameras for your scene. Select the view and then create the camera. See About the Camera Panels.
	View Modifies the current viewpoint parameters. See Using the Viewpoint Manipulator.
	Options Modifies Live Rendering options (Ctrl+Alt+O). Click to modify the display, tone mapper and render mode. See About Rendering.
	Save Image See Flyout for Saving Images.
	Setup Background Render Activates the image production using a background rendering process (Ctrl+Alt+T). Define the parameters to start the background rendering process. See Managing Background Rendering.
	Shortcuts Overview See Flyout for Displaying Information.
	Surface Unwrap Creates a UV parameterization feature. See Using UV Mapping for Material Textures.

Flyout for Iray


	Iray (Ctrl+Alt+R) Starts or stops an Iray live render. Click to activate the ray tracing that helps you produce high-quality images. See Rendering Objects.
	Stellar Activates or deactivates ray tracing for the current view. Ray tracing is stopped for non-active views. See Rendering Objects.
	Distributed Iray Starts or stops a distributed Iray live render (Ctrl+Alt+R). Distributed ray tracing helps you produce high-quality images using a cluster of computers or a VCA. Start by activating "Enable distributed rendering" in the Preferences, and then define the appropriate options. You also need to install satellites. See Rendering Objects.
	Distributed Stellar Activates or deactivates distributed ray tracing for the current view. This helps you produce high quality images using a cluster of computers. To run the Distributed Stellar render mode, the DIR license is required and the cluster configuration must be defined in the Preferences. See Rendering Objects.

Flyout for Manage Lights


	Manage Lights Lets you create and edit rendering light sources. In the Light Sources panel, create your light ssources, and then define the appropriate color, shape, and position parameters. See Creating and Editing a Light Source.
	Create Physical Spot Light Creates a more realistic conical light. See About Creating a Light Source.
	Create Physical Point Light Creates a light situated at a given point. This light source emits light isotropically with a more realistic aspect. See About Creating a Light Source.
	Create Photometric Light Creates a conical light with a more realistic aspect. See About Creating a Light Source.

Flyout for Manage Ambience


	Manage Ambience Selects and manages an ambience for your scene (Ctrl+Alt+A). Define a filter type and then select an image to load. See Creating a Legacy Ambience.
	Insert Ambience as Reference Creates a reference node for an ambience. See Inserting an Ambience as a Reference.
	Insert Ambience as Copy Creates a node for a copied ambience. See Inserting an Ambience as a Copy.

Flyout for Import Materials Catalog


	Import Materials Catalog Lets you import the material libraries provided in your database. Select the appropriate library from the dialog box, and then click Import Catalog. See Importing a Material Library.
	Import Ambience Lets you import an ambience. Select the ambience to be imported then click Import. See Importing an Ambience.
	Import Props Import props in database. See Importing Props.

Flyout for Managing Materials


	Apply Material Lets you apply materials using the Material Browser. See Material Definition User's Guide
	Material Palette Lets you browse for materials, research, and compare them, and apply them to components of your model See About the Material Palette.
	Pick and Apply Material Picks a material and applies it onto other supports. Pick to select the material and apply it onto another object. See Picking and Applying a Material.
	Remove Material Removes an applied material from a component. Click to remove the material. See Removing a Material.
	Create and Apply Material Creates a core or covering material and apply it. Click the icon, select the type of material to be created, and then choose a material from the list. See Creating and Applying a Material.
	Duplicate Material Creates a new material in session from an existing one. Select the material to duplicate. See Duplicating a Material.
	Create Material from Substance Creates covering materials from a substance archive. See Creating a Material from a Substance File.
	Create Material from Axf File Creates a core or covering material from an AxF file. See Creating a Material from an AxF File.

Flyout for Create and Apply Decal


	Create and Apply Decal Lets you create a new decal then apply it. See Creating and Applying Decals.
	Apply Decal Applies decals already available in your session. See Applying Decals .
	Remove Decal Deletes decals. Select the decal to be removed, and then click Remove Decal from the action bar. See Modifying Decals.

Flyout for Managing Views


	Manage Camera Views the object from different angles and manages cameras for your scene. Select the view and then create the camera. See About the Camera Panels.

Flyout for Saving Images


	Save Image Saves current rendered image in the database (Ctrl+Alt+S). Choose the name and the format of the image. See Saving or Exporting an Image.
	Export Image Exports the current rendered image on the disk (Ctrl+Alt+D). Choose the name, file, and path format. See Saving or Exporting an Image.
	Export Image to 3DSwym Exports the current rendered image on 3DSwym. Choose the name, file, and path format. See Export an Image to 3DSwym.

Flyout for Rendering Using a Background Render


	Setup Background Render Activates the image production using a background rendering process (Ctrl+Alt+T). Define the parameters to start the background rendering process. See Managing Background Rendering.
	Submit Background Render Puts the job in the rendering queue (Ctrl+Alt+B). Start the background rendering process using the background render parameters. See Managing Background Rendering.
	Monitor Background Renders Displays the render queue to monitor the background renders (Ctrl+Alt+Q). Check the progress of a job in the queue and monitor it. See Managing Background Rendering.

Flyout for Displaying Information


	Shortcuts Overview Click to display the list of shortcuts. Displays all shortcuts available to access Live Rendering commands (Ctrl+Alt+H).
	Info Click to display hardware and software information. Displays hardware and software information, the estimated performance score and all new features.
	Cluster Help Click to display the check list. Displays the check list for starting a render with a remote server.
	HUD Click to display or hide the HUD information. HUD is a small immersive window that display helpful information while rendering (Ctrl+Alt+I).
	Iray Rendering Log Opens Iray raytracing log windows (Ctrl+Alt+L). Iray ray tracing log windows provides additional information about rendering process, warnings or errors.
	Stellar Rendering Log Opens the Stellar ray tracing log window. Stellar ray tracing log window provides additional information about rendering process, including rendering progress, warnings or errors. See Interactive Ray Tracing.