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The render passes script works great. A couple of questions:
-Could this be implemented in the plugin?
-Can you add a user input for file save location and file type instead of hard coding?

rubberchicken wrote:The render passes script works great. A couple of questions:
-Could this be implemented in the plugin?
-Can you add a user input for file save location and file type instead of hard coding?

Hi.

> Could this be implemented in the plugin?

It could, although I tend to think it's a script that each user will tweak to meet their specific needs, so I think it's better as something that is run separately. You can add a button to run this script to the OctaneRender layout if you need.

> Can you add a user input for file save location and file type instead of hard coding?

Try this!

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Thanks

Paul

Sorry I forgot to subscribe to the topic! This works great except it is splitting the name I enter, putting the last character after the pass name. So my entered file name is "Test", my pass is "Colour". What I end up with is "Tes_Colourt.png". I feel this must be an easy fix but I cannot read python. I will make a button for this. I use passes a great deal and this is hugely useful.

rubberchicken wrote:Sorry I forgot to subscribe to the topic! This works great except it is splitting the name I enter, putting the last character after the pass name. So my entered file name is "Test", my pass is "Colour". What I end up with is "Tes_Colourt.png". I feel this must be an easy fix but I cannot read python. I will make a button for this. I use passes a great deal and this is hugely useful.

I couldn't actually reproduce this error. What is the full path that you are saving to please?

Thanks

Paul

Just to the desktop, not strange paths. Also tried to a couple of other locations.

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Paul

My bad, the original script works fine. I was not typing in the file suffix as I thought this was being picked up from octane. Thanks again!

The problem with this method (as with other like create a workspace - was lookign for something similar as usually i have tons of other assemblies and such- for octane materials etc) is that then one cannot easily move/copy node to the other via schematic context commands as those assemblies/workspaces for materials are no longer visible.

I'll be still looking for some way to make scene tidy so if i will find something will share
Cheers,
Mat

rubberchicken wrote:My bad, the original script works fine. I was not typing in the file suffix as I thought this was being picked up from octane. Thanks again!

Thanks - I will remove my potential fix above to avoid confusion.

Paul

Render passes are ignoring pass visibility. Using Modo native or Vray it is extremely useful to be able to toggle off a pass using the little camera icon in the groups panel. Say you have a dozen passes but three of them you do not need to run, it can save a lot of wasted time. When I run the script for Octane it renders all passes ignoring that state.