RANCHecker 2 for Maxwell Render Windows
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1. Not found aluminum ior in files me Missing item has been found manually If your scene includes several cameras RANCHecker since version 2 2 will display the list of all the cameras and will let you choose which ones to render on the RANCH You will need to upload your project only once to render all the cameras More details on how the RANCH processes multi camera projects are available in the RANCH for Maxwell Render User Guide 4 The Estimate project button compute an estimation of the time and cost needed to render your project on the RANCH First select the vum archive of your project You will be asked to enter the X Y resolution of your scene and the Sampling Level you want to reach RANCHecker will then begin a simulation When you feel that the time estimation is stable press the ESC key to end the simulation or click again on the Estimate project button and the final time and cost estimation will be displayed RANCHecker is uncompressing the project to estimate please wait lt lt PRESS THE ESCAPE KEY TO EXIT SIMULATION gt gt lt lt AFTER AT LEAST ONE ESTIMATION IS DONE gt gt Simulation is running for project TrainSSS mxs please ia The time left to reach SL 20 00 will be displayed below Estim at SL 1 00 gt 0h2m19s on the RANCH 16h42m14s on your system Estim at SL 2 00 gt Oh2m26s on the RANCH 17h28m55s on your system Estim at SL 3 00 gt Oh2m26s on the RA2. NCH 17h34m44s on your system Simulation finished Results have been written in TrainSSS_768 1024_SL20_estimate log estimate subdir Estimated cost for this project not including merging 18 55 Sapphire formula Or from 17 63 to 5 57 depending on discounts The merging time will be added to the total cost typically 2 to 20 minutes depending on MXI size and complexity Note the times and prices shown in the screenshot above are just examples They may be very different depending on the scene the version of Maxwell Render and the number of servers allocated to the project Please be aware that the time and cost shown correspond to the pure render time of the project The total processing time and cost will also depend on the length of the merging process which itself depends on the size of the MXI file generated by your project The result of each estimation is written in the estimate subdirectory Please note that RANCHecker estimations are directly based on Maxwell Render Time left estimations they vary and are not always 100 accurate The longer you let the simulation running the more reliable the estimations will be Please also note that running the benchmark see section 9 at least once is mandatory to use the Estimate project function A warning will be displayed if the project is a multi camera project In that case RANCHecker will do the estimation _for the active camera only_ To
3. RANCHecker 2 for Maxwell Render RANCH Computing 2009 2014 Windows help file Sending Maxwell Render projects to the RANCH renderfarm has never been so easy RANCHecker is a free and very user friendly application which can prepare a Maxwell Render project to send to the RANCH by gathering all the files needed by a scene automatically and packing them into a ready to upload vum project archive connect to the RANCH upload page to send your project with your web browser evaluate the performance of your system compared to the RANCH with a benchmark scene you need a valid Maxwell Render license for this demo mode is limited in resolution estimate the rendering time and cost of a Maxwell Render project on the RANCH you need a valid Maxwell Render license for this demo mode is limited in resolution All this on your local computer To run RANCHecker for Maxwell you need A computer running Windows XP Vista 7 or 8 32 bit and 64 bit systems supported A valid Maxwell Render application installed on your system RANCHecker for Maxwell works with all Maxwell Render versions gt 2 7 0 1 RANCHecker Installation Run the RANCHecker_Maxwell_Install exe program RANCHecker for Maxwell will be installed in the C RANCHecker_Maxwell directory The installation is very simple does not write any data to the Windows registry and does not interfere with the system in any way When it s done a shortcut will b
4. e created on your desktop and the RANCHecker directory will contain the main RANCHecker program RANCHecker_Maxwell exe this user manual RANCH_Maxwell pdf the free 7 Zip command line archiver 7za exe required and two subdirectories archive and benchmark 2 The first time you launch RANCHecker Warning If you have just upgraded from Maxwell Render 2 x to Maxwell 3 x the path for your Maxwell installation has probably changed If this is the case you must delete the RANCHecker_Maxwell ini file that was created by a previous version of RANCHecker The program will recreate this file at launch and you will then be able to specify the new Maxwell path If you don t do this RANCHecker may crash or produce incorrect results As an alternative to deleting the RANCHecker_Maxwell ini file you can edit it manually with a text editor and change the Maxwell installation path If you never used RANCHecker before you will be asked to enter some information which will be saved in the RANCHecker_Maxwell ini configuration file the location of your Maxwell Render executable file maxwell exe the login and password of your RANCH web site user account This will let RANCHecker connect directly to the upload web page when you want to send a project to the RANCH if you want RANCHecker to automatically check for updates highly recommended Then RANCHecker will remind you to run its integrated benchmark at least
5. ed in RANCHecker estimations Spaces are automatically replaced by underscores _ in MXS scene names The length of scene names is automatically truncated if necessary to 20 characters v1 2 Support for the RANCH Runner v1 1 Maxwell Render 2 1 0 0 support Web update function CPU detection function v1 0 First RANCHecker for Maxwell version
6. have an estimation for the whole project please multiply this estimation by the number of cameras to render that will work if all the cameras take about the same time to render 5 The Upload project button lets you upload an already prepared vum project to the RANCH 6 The CPU detect button displays the name of the CPU in your system with its standard frequency real frequency useful for overclocked systems and available render threads 7 The Price info button connects you to the RANCH Price info page to see all the RANCH payment formulas and choose the most appropriate formula for your needs 8 The Config button lets you decide if RANCHecker must automatically check for updates on the web at launch It also lets you change the RANCH login and password stored crypted in the RANCHecker_Maxwell ini file This does not change the real login password in your RANCH account at all it only changes the login password used by RANCHecker to connect to the RANCH web site automatically without you having to login manually on the site Important Upgrading from Maxwell 2 x to Maxwell 3 x If you have previously used RANCHecker with Maxwell 2 x and are upgrading to Maxwell 3 x do not forget to change the Maxwell Render executable path to point to the Maxwell 3 executable To do so simply edit the RANCHecker_Maxwell ini text file in your RANCHecker installation folder and change the seco
7. nd line to the appropriate path 9 The Benchmark button Do not forget to re run the benchmark when you install a new version of RANCHecker runs a performance test on your system This will help RANCHecker estimate the time and cost of your projects on the RANCH running the benchmark at least once is necessary to use the Estimate project function The benchmark runs in two phases the first phase tries to estimate the time needed to reach a predefined sampling level on your system with the included benchmark scene which is different for Maxwell 2 and 3 The more estimations you let it compute the more reliable it will be Press the ESC key to exit phase 1 as it does not stop by itself or click again on the Benchmark button and RANCHecker will tell you the speed difference between your system and the RANCH the second phase is a one minute render of the included benchmark scene When finished the SL difference you can expect between your system and the RANCH will be displayed The results are written in the RANCHecker_Benchmark log file benchmark subdir The RANCHecker benchmark is currently running PHASE 1 Estimating the time needed to reach SL 20 at 768 x 1024 Time left to reach SL 20 gt 16h36m02s estimation 1 at SL 1 00 Time left to reach SL 20 gt 17h20m03s estimation 2 at SL 2 00 The RANCH is 427 1 times faster 10 than this system The RANCHecker benchmark is cur
8. once to calibrate your system This information is essential to estimate the time and cost of your future projects You can launch the benchmark at any time by clicking on the Benchmark button If you are running with Windows 7 8 or Vista run RANCHecker as an Administrator 3 The Prepare project button asks you to select a Maxwell mxs scene Then the program automatically gathers all the dependancies the files required by the scene e g textures and pack them into a ready to upload vum archive saved in the archive subdirectory no Maxwell Pack n Go needed Date 2013 12 31 Hour 14 50 51 RANCHecker is gathering all files needed by TrainSSS mxs TrainSSS mxs gt found 4 04 MB wood 40_b jpg gt found 0 19 MB wood 40_d jpg gt found 0 14 MB wood 40_joint png gt found 0 08 MB wood 40_rjpq gt found 0 40 MB 4 dependancies found Total project size uncompressed 4 86 MB All files have been gathered RANCHecker is now compressing the project The project has been successfully compressed in 1 seconds Compression has decreased the project size by 48 29 2 51 MB The project has been prepared in C RANCHecker_Maxwell archive Your project is now ready to render If a file is not found RANCHecker will let you browse on your hard disk to find it manually Date 2009 12 08 Hour 23 37 09 RANCHecker is gathering all files needed by Engine mxs
9. pdate for RANCHecker is available If yes you will be given the choice to download the most recent version of RANCHecker always recommended or not If you choose to do so the new update will be downloaded and automatically installed Thank you for using RANCHecker The RANCH Team History v2 2 Multi Camera detection for the RANCH MultiCam mode v2 1 Calibrated for the new RANCH Runner with 500 render nodes Supports both Maxwell Render 2 x and 3 x v2 0 First version specifically created for Maxwell Render 3 x Please do not install this version of RANCHecker if you are still using Maxwell Render 2 x New benchmark scene Detect CPU function for Mac version v1 7 A Maxwell Render version gt 2 7 is required for this RANCHecker version to run Merging time can no longer be predicted accurately due to Maxwell MXI compression v1 6 Recalibration for the RANCH Runner upgrade with 176 dual nodes March 2012 Choice between maximum compression level and maximum compression speed Significant increase in maximum compression speed v1 51 New links for changed URLs on the RANCH site v1 5 Recalibration for the RANCH Runner upgrade with 136 dual nodes December 2011 v1 4 Recalibration of benchmark and estimation modules for Maxwell Render 2 6 compatibility A Maxwell Render version gt 2 6 is required for this RANCHecker version to run v1 3 The new RANCH superlow prices are integrat
10. rently running PHASE 2 This is a one minute render which cannot be interupted Time 9s SL of 1 00 Time 24s SL of 2 00 Time 47s SL of 3 00 Time Im01s SL of 3 48 DeltaSL 14 82 when this system reaches SL 10 the RANCH reaches SL 24 82 0 2 RANCHecker Benchmark finished Results have been written in RANCHecker_Benchmark log benchmark subdir Note the times and SL values shown in the screenshot above are just examples They may be very different depending on your system the version of Maxwell Render and the number of servers allocated to the project To ensure that the benchmark is reasonably accurate please do not run or use other programs in the background so that all the CPU power can be allocated to the benchmark render After the benchmark is done a picture is displayed It shows the output from the scene rendered on the test system next to the RANCH output see next page kg RANCHecker benchmark result Ranch Computing 2009 2014 1 minute render real size 768 x 1024 Your system 1 mn render SL 3 48 The RANCH 1 mn render SL 18 30 Maxwell 3 benchmark scene by Roch 10 The Help button displays this PDF help file provided you have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer 11 The About button displays the RANCHecker version and copyright information 12 The Updates button connects to the RANCH update server to see if an u
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