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Below are instructions on your first steps submitting Nuke jobs with Qube!


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titleStep 1 (First Time Only)

The Nuke Jobtype comes with the standard install of Qube! and does not require a specific jobtype to be installed 

InApp Installation:

File > Install App UI > Install Nuke (loadOnce) App UI...

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titleStep 2

Once installed you should be able to locate the "Qube!" menu in 3dsmax

InApp Location:

File > Render > Qube >

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titleStep 3

With a script loaded in Nuke choose "Render All...(cmdline)" or "Render...(loadOnce)" depending on your requirements

This will present a pre filled submission UI

 

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titleStep 4

Ensure sections marked in red have the correct details

Click submit

For further details on the submission UI look in the right panel

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titleTroubleshooting

If you find you are getting errors here are some useful links for troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Flowcharts 


Below Is an expandable view of the "Nuke (loadOnce) Job..." Jobtype Submission UI

Note

Not all sections need to be filled in in order to render only the fields marked in red are required


Please click on the text below the section of interest

 

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titlePrimary parameters

Nuke Version

Tooltip - Select version numbers and the worker platform to make an educated guess at where the Nuke executable is found on the remote worker.

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Use the spinners to enter the required version of nuke

Nuke path

Tooltip - explicit path to Nuke executable

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Browse or enter manually the location of Nuke executable on the workers

Important : Always double check the location of the workers executable. Be aware that if you are submitting cross platform the path will be different.

load NukeX

Tooltip - load NukeX

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script

Tooltip - nuke script to execute

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Browse or enter manually the location of the nuke file to be rendered. This is a required field for submission

Important: Best practise is to ensure the nuke file and all of its dependant files such as textures are on network storage accessible by the workers.

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titleRender Nodes and Script Args

execute views

Tooltip - only execute these views (comma-separated list: e.g. 'left,right'

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list comma seperated views to render. These are named in your nuke script

execute nodes

Tooltip - execute only this node

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Execute on the specified node. These are named in your nuke script

script args

Tooltip - All words between the script name and the frame ranges can be used by [argv n] expressions to provide changing arguments to the script. Each must start with a non-digit to avoid confusion with frame ranges.

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Explanation and example needed

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titleOptional Switches

anamorphic

Tooltip - formats default to anamorphic

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Tick box to override scene anamorphic settings

cache size

Tooltip - limit cache memory usage. Size is in bytes, or append k, M, G or T

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Enter the numeric value to override scene cache size settings

interactive

Tooltip - with -x or -t use interactive, not render, license

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Tick box to override scene interactive settings

linear transfer

Tooltip - apply linear transfer to the file read in

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Tick box to override scene linear transfer settings

threads

Tooltip - set threads to n

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Enter the numeric value to override scene threads settings

proxy mode

Tooltip - turn on proxy mode

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Tick box to override scene proxy mode settings

quiet

Tooltip - quiet (do not print stuff)

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Tick box to override scene quiet settings

stack size

Tooltip - sets the minimum stack size for each thread in bytes, this defaults to 16777216 (16MB) the smallest allowed value is 1048576 (1MB)

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explaination needed

verbose

Tooltip - verbosity (print more stuff)

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Choose the level of detail you would like the logs to provide

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