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just like maya's command line render.don't need to open octane renderer every time and render file directly.it waste so many time on open octane.

A rendering can be started from the command line, run "octane.exe --help" to see the command line options available.

A basic rendering command looks like this: the -m flag gives the name of the mesh node you want to render.

an animation rendering command line ( batch render command line for multiple scenes, like maya ones ) would be particulary interesting:
perhaps to include in 3D-apps exporters scripts ( -> octane renderer command line applies only on stills (?) )

vipvip wrote:an animation rendering command line ( batch render command line for multiple scenes, like maya ones ) would be particulary interesting:
perhaps to include in 3D-apps exporters scripts ( -> octane renderer command line applies only on stills (?) )

One problem is, that you must export the mesh for every frame if you have geometry changes.
The next problem is, to export the mesh for the next scene.
For that you must load the scene and export again all frames.

A Max/Maya/Softimage/Whatever command line renderer can read the native scene file, in which is all the data he need to render.
This is, what a standalone renderer can´t, he must import frame by frame.

face

I understand: i'm afrais you're right.
Just hoping...

i mean don't need open octane render again and again.just render frame by command line. we use "render -mr....."to render frame with mentalray.but computer don't do the thing like open maya and render frame and then close maya.but octane do that.

this is a very important problem.it waste so many time on open octane and then close.also it's automatically.

i agree
it would be great to btain a automatic soltution for batch rendering multiples scenes.
Very few chances with the actual octane's logic...

vipvip wrote:i agree
it would be great to btain a automatic soltution for batch rendering multiples scenes.
Very few chances with the actual octane's logic...

That is planned, too, but we are not there yet.

Cheers,
Marcus

ok, good news !
thanx for the info