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Photoworks render time log

Question asked by Chevis Watkinson on Mar 20, 2008
Latest reply on Nov 14, 2008 by Rob Rodríguez

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Is there a way that I can know exactly ow long a rendering took? I am doing a rendering 150 dpi at 11" x 17" and will be running it over night. But I will have several other views I need to do, and it would be very hlepful for me to know exactly how long the first rednering took so that i can plan my time accordingly.

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Marlon Banta Mar 20, 2008 12:51 AM
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In SolidWorks 2008 we implemented batch rendering. Basically, you schedule when you would like a rendering to take place and then schedule subsequent renderings to happen after previous renderings have completed. The steps are simple; you get the model set up how you want it, open the render to file dialog then press schedule. Scheduled renderings are added to the SolidWorks Task Scheduler. The task scheduler report for each rendering will tell you how long the rendering took to complete. Note that this time includes the time required to load the model. Otherwise if you are rendering to file, a trick that I have used in the past is to name the file the date and time when you press the render button in the render to file dialog. This sets the start time and the end time will be the time stamp you see in windows explorer. Do note that even slight changes in the view orientation of the model can significantly impact the rendering time; so the rendering time for one view is not an accurate prediction of the rendering time for another view.
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- Ralf Tide @ Marlon Banta on Mar 20, 2008 7:49 AM
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  @Marlon:
  I guess what Chevis is looking for is an enhancement request I did the first time in 2004 when Chris Garcia asked me for some ER after beta SolidWorks2005: show the estimated rendering time.
  For me - it looks like that this is possible, because PhotoWorks shows a progress bar . I think it's not necessary to have the exact time, it's enough to have it like the Windows Explorer (estimated copying time under the progress bar).
  
  That would be very helpful and I think it needs not much programming...
  Helpful if I know the rendering will take seconds, minutes, hours or days.
  Seconds -> I will wait for...
  Minutes -> depends on...
  Hours -> Abort the rendering and start again after work (maybe with the Task Scheduler )
  Days -> Abort, check the settings, start again before the weekend...
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  - Devon Sowell @ Ralf Tide on Mar 20, 2008 9:32 AM
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    Off topic slightly, but here's what I would like to see;
    
    A Report of all the PhotoWorks settings, post-render, as a text file.
    
    The ability to apply all the PhotoWorks settings from one file to another, with one click.
    
    Thanks.
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    - Marlon Banta @ Devon Sowell on Mar 20, 2008 5:06 PM
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      Again, I would highly recommend that you use the batch renderer (in SolidWorks 2008), the task scheduler report for each rendering shows the settings for that rendering. See attached image.
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      - Devon Sowell @ Marlon Banta on Mar 21, 2008 9:31 AM
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        That's great, thanks for the tip.
        
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      - Chevis Watkinson @ Marlon Banta on Mar 21, 2008 12:30 PM
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        Thanks the info found in the task schedualr is exactly what I want. When I'm doing multiple views "camera shots" I want to know ho long the render actually took, so that if the client wants differtn views or changes, I know how long the rendering will take to complete ontop of the changes.
        
        Some renderings will take 8 hours because of resolution and quality, but if they need it within 4 hours then I can provide them alternatives.......
        
        Thanks everyone for the great info
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      - Jonathan Ridley @ Marlon Banta on Nov 14, 2008 3:47 PM
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        I select a camera view of my part/assembly to render and initiate the schedule and the render takes place bit it is a close up rendering of only a small section of the requested render. How can I control the view for the renderings that are scheduled. It does not work out like it does when I do normal renderings to file with camera views.
        
        Where can I find more information about this? It should be more easy to find.
        
        Thanks,
        
        Jonathan
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        Rob Rodríguez @ Jonathan Ridley on Nov 14, 2008 4:22 PM
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        The scheduled render should render the view you had selected when you set up the rendering just as a render to file would. Not sure why it's not working (bug?).
        
        Maybe when the scheduler opens the SW file it's not selecting the correct camera. I'd try this. Just before you schedule your render save your file with the camera view for your rendering active. This should force the file to open to that camera view when it opens in the scheduler.
        
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