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

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title	Step 1 (First Time Only)

You will need to install the XSI jobtype

Installation:

3dsmax requires the "XSI jobtype" to be installed

If you are not familiar with the installation process please see Installation Guide & Installation Layout

You will need to select "XSI Jobtype" during the installation process

Alternatively:

If you only wish to use the "Batch XSI jobs" you can install the InApp plugins via the Qube! WranglerView.

File > Install App UI > Install XSI BatchRender App UI

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title	Step 2

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

InApp Location:

Screenshot needed

File menu > Qube!

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title	Step 3

With a scene loaded in Maya choose "Submit Render Job..." or "Submit Batch Render..." depending on your requirements

This will present a pre filled submission UI

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title	Step 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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title	Troubleshooting

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

Troubleshooting Flowcharts

Below Is an expandable view of the "XSI 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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title	Parameters

Scenefile

Tooltip - Path to XSI scene (required)

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

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

XSI Version

Tooltip - Select or enter Softimage/XSI version (select version, or type it in)

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Use the drop down or enter manually the required version of XSI

Passes

Tooltip - Specify the explicit passes to render (comma-separated list)

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Choose or list comma seperated passes to render. These are named in your XSI scene

Output Dir

Tooltip - Output directory for images

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Browse or manually enter the location of the output directory.

Important: Best practise is to ensure outputs are written to network storage accessible by the workers

Render Mode

Tooltip - Mode for rendering (default="render")

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Choose the mode from the drop down box to override scene defaults

Xsibatch Executable

Tooltip - Explicit path to xsibatch executable (optional)

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Browse or enter manually the location of XSI 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.

Verbose

Tooltip - Set verbose mode

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

Frame Timeout

Tooltip - Kill subjobs if a frame runs longer than this value (in seconds)

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Enter the numeric value in seconds to set a frame render timeout.

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