You can render from a
command line if you want to render an animation or single frame.
Advantages include the following:
- works with single images and animation
- uses less memory than having all of Maya
(UI) running
- can be scripted
- can be integrated into a rendering pipeline
(render farms)
- for Maya software rendering, you can
override render settings using command flags (for other renderers,
you must also write a MEL script)
For more information,
see
Command line renderer .
mental ray for Maya command
line options
The following mental
ray for Maya command line options are supported during IPR:
- -rg/region
-
Update the IPR region
to the selected one.
- -rr/regionRect
-
Set a new IPR region
explicitly (works together with -region).
- -pt/pauseTuning
-
Controls actual rendering
of IPR requests, shader changes are always recognized in all cases.
- -q -imr
-
Returns true (1) if IPR
is active.