Not sure how complicated this would become (but throwing it out there)
... Would it be feasible to implement an option to call rpiece via rad?
Maybe -p option similar to the -N option for rad could call multiple
rpiece commands for each view instead of a rendering a view on each
processor. This would be useful for speeding up single views or when
getting that first output quickly is preferred.
My little experience with rpiece has produces sometimes spotty results,
so I don't know if this might make errors trickier to troubleshoot.
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Hi Christopher,
I have given this some thought in the past, and the problem is, rpiece is not really that reliable or well-supported. I'm therefore reluctant to include it with the more dependable programs called by rad. Also, rpiece is made to be run over multiple machines, which rad cannot easily support.
Have you tried using rvu (rad run with -o) and the -N option on your multiprocessor? If what you're after is a quick preview, this works rather well in the latest release.
Best,
-Greg
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From: "Christopher Rush" <[email protected]>
Date: January 7, 2009 1:22:40 PM PST
Not sure how complicated this would become (but throwing it out there)
... Would it be feasible to implement an option to call rpiece via rad?
Maybe -p option similar to the -N option for rad could call multiple
rpiece commands for each view instead of a rendering a view on each
processor. This would be useful for speeding up single views or when
getting that first output quickly is preferred.
My little experience with rpiece has produces sometimes spotty results,
so I don't know if this might make errors trickier to troubleshoot.