nCache > Merge Caches

Merges your current object’s enabled caches and disables the cache nodes that are merged. By default, this operation does not delete any of your nCache nodes.

nCache > Merge Caches >

Opens the Merge nCache Options window. This window lets you specify the name, type, and location-on-disk of the merged nCache.

Cache Directory: Specifies the location on your server or local disk to which the merged nCache you want to create is saved. The folder () allows you to browse to a different directory than the default.

Cache name

Specifies the base name for the merged nCache you want to create.

Use cache name as prefix: Sets the Cache name as a prefix. When on, the base names of your nCaches are the current objects’ names plus the specified Cache name as a prefix. For example, the cache file names for an nCloth object named Cape with the prefix red are as follows: red_CapeFrame1, red_CapeFrame2, red_CapeFrame3 and so on. This option is only available when One file per frame or One file per object is on.

File distribution

Select one of the following File distribution options.

One file per frame: Specifies that one merged nCache file per frame of the specified Cache time range is created.
One file: Specifies that one merged nCache file for the specified Cache time range is created.
One file per object: When on, one merged nCache file (if One file is on) or one merged nCache file per frame (if One file per frame is on) for each of the selected objects, for the specified Cache time range, is created.

When off, one merged nCache file (if One file is on) or one merged nCache file per frame (if One file per frame is on) for all the selected objects, for the specified Cache time range, is created.

This option is only available when multiple objects are selected.

Cache time range

Select one of the following Cache time range options.

Render settings: Specifies that your current Render settings determine the Cache time range.
Time slider: Specifies that the current playback range in your Time slider determines the Cache time range.
Start/End: Specifies that the range of frames between (and including) the specified Start and End times determines the Cache time range.

Start/End: These fields let you specify a Start and End time for the Cache time range.
Evaluate every # frame(s) and Save every # evaluation(s): When creating an nCache, one sample of your object’s simulation is taken every frame and saved to your nCache by default.

Evaluate every # frame(s) specifies how often samples are taken during nCache creation. For example, a value of 2 caches the simulation of the current object at every other frame of the Cache time range.

Save every # evaluation(s) specifies which samples are saved during nCache creation. For example, a value of 2 specifies that only every other sample specified by the Evaluate every # frame(s) option is saved to your nCache.

For more information, see nCache creation.
Delete existing caches after merge: Specifies that all your enabled nCache nodes are deleted when the merged nCache is created. However, your nCaches on disk are preserved.