Softimage XSI

Afanasy Window

Submission

Job Name
Job name. Scene name by default. And pass name if render several passes at once.
Pass
Pass(es) to render. You can choose to render current, all or selected pass(es).
Take Frame Range From Pass
Render pass with its own frame range, if it is set.
Force Pass Frame Range
Render specified below frame range in any case.
Start Frame
First frame to render.
End Frame
Last frame to render.
By Frame
Frames increment.
Frames Per Task
Number of frames to render by one task.
Simulate
Force not to simulate by setting Play Control to Frame Range.
Start Job Paused
Send job in Off-line state.

../_images/xsi_afwatch_jobs.png — Job (AfWatch)

Scheduling

Priority
Job Priority parameter, -1 use default priority.
Capacity
Job tasks Capacity, -1 use default capacity.
Max Hosts
Maximum Hosts the job can run on, -1 means no limit.
Task Max Run Time
Maximum Time, 0 means no limit.
Hosts Mask
Hostname Mask pattern, job can run on.
Exclude Hosts Mask
Hostname Mask Exclude pattern, job can not run on.
Depend Mask
Job names Depend Mask pattern, to wait other jobs to finish.
Global Depend Mask
Job names Depend Mask Global pattern, to wait other jobs from any user to finish.

VariRender

VariRender can help you to automatically increment some value and to render scene with different parameters at once. For example particles with different seed, to increase their quantity by compositing.

Enable VariRender
Turn it on or off.
Attribute
Attribute name to variate. Change some object parameter and look script editor, or command line for name.
Start Value
First value to start from.
Step
Value increment.
Count
Quantity of value increments.

This is a job from CGRU examples. Rendering two passes with VariRender.

../_images/xsi_afwatch_varirender.png — VariRender Job

For each pass it generates a job. For each parameter value it generates a block of tasks.