Blender

Setup

If you run Blender from CGRU Keeper, it addon will be added automatically.

You can setup CGRU addon manually. It is located in:

/opt/cgru/plugins/blender

Or in some custom location you have unpacked CGRU in.

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Blender Preferences Window

If you run blender not from CGRU and installed addon manually, you should setup CGRU location for the addon. It needed as the addon uses other python scripts from CGRU.

Properties

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Blender Afanasy Properties

  • Job Name

    Afanasy job name. If empty scene name will be used.

  • File Path

    If not empty, override output images to render.

  • Start Job Paused

    Start job paused (send in off-line state).

  • Split Render Layers

    Render different layers in a separate job blocks. Warning: this option disable post-processing passes (compositing nor seqeuncer are execute)

  • Pack Linked Objects

    Make local all linked groups and objects.

  • Pack Textures

    Pack all textures into the blend file.

  • Start

    First frame to render.

  • End

    Last frame to render.

  • By

    Frames “jump” or increment.

  • Per Task

    Number of frames in each task.

  • Priority

    Job priority (execution order), -1 means default.

  • Max Run Tasks

    Maximum number of running at the same time tasks, -1 means no limit.

  • Depend Mask

    Other job(s) name pattern to wait. Empty value means not wait any job.

  • Global Depend

    Other job(s) pattern of any user to wait.

  • Hosts Mask

    Hosts names pattern job tasks can run on. If empty job can run on any host.

  • Exclude Hosts

    Hosts names pattern job tasks can not run on.

  • Submit Job

    Construct a job and send it to server.

Job GUI

Job

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Web GUI Jobs List.

Tasks

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Web GUI Jobs Tasks List.