Command line render
 
 
 

You can render from a command line if you want to render an animation or single frame. Advantages include the following:

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.