Look for RenderMan preferences in Maya's Preferences window.

Render

Threads

Rendering Threads

The number of threads to use for preview or IPR renders.  A value of 0 indicates that all processors will be used.  Negative values indicate all processors minus the specified number will be used.  The default of -2 allows the user interface to remain responsive during continuous rendering.

Batch Threads

The number of threads to use for batch renders.

IPR Display

Display

The display to use for IPR renders.  Choose "It" or Render View.

Output AOVs

Write out AOVs/LPE during interactive sessions. This is off by default to improve performance.

Batch Render

Chose between LocalQueue and Tractor.   There is a separate section below for Tractor queuing settings.  

Spool

By default preview renders are spooled, which means that the render launches in Local Queue.

Spool To

Choose LocalQueue or Tractor

Spool Style

Render from Maya Batch immediately, or generate RIB files locally for distribution to farm nodes.

Frames Per Server

How many frames in a chunk/at a time in sequence on a remote server. The default is 5.

Tractor

Remote queuing settings only apply to Tractor, for LocalQueue all settings are applied locally.

Start Paused

Send the job to Tractor but do not begin the job immediately. Requires manual or scripted start.

Priority

This affects how active jobs are assigned to remote servers.  It doesn't affect position in the dispatcher queue.

Service Keys

Additional service selectors for the job

Environment Key

Switch between preset configurations. The JSON pref called DefaultEnvKey specifies the default value seen here. Multiple keys can be specified and should be space separated.

These environment keys are recognized by LocalQueue and Tractor:

• rfm-* (eg. rfm-22.0)
• maya-* (eg. maya-2017)
• rmantree=* (eg. rmantree=$RMANTREE)
• rfmtree=* (eg. rfmtree=$RFMTREE)

After

Begin job processing after this date and time. Novemebr 24th at 1:45pm would be example: 11/24 13:45

Crews

Specifies the list of crews to be used when determining remote server access.

Tier

See Scheduling Modes in Tractor

Projects

See Limits Configuration in Tractor

Comments

Additional job comments from the user

Metadata

Data added to the job for your pipeline processing.

When Done

A command that should be executed when the job is finished

Example: /usr/sbin/Mail -s 'Job done: %j' %u < %f  (%j = job title, %t = task title, %u = user, %f = temporary status file) 

When Error

A command that should be executed if the job had an error

Example: /usr/sbin/Mail -s 'Job error: %j' %u < %f  (%j = job title, %t = task title, %u = user, %f = temporary status file) 

When Always

A command that should be executed regardless of job error status

Example: /usr/sbin/Mail -s 'Job error: %j' %u < %f  (%j = job title, %t = task title, %u = user, %f = temporary status file) 

Texture Manager

Number of Processes

The number of parallel processes txmake uses to process texture files. The default is 2. We suggest leaving the default unless you have more than 8 physical cores available on your CPU configuration.

Fallback Texture Path

By default we write .tex files to the Images project directory. If this fails (it doesn't exist or there are permissions issues) use the specified folder here. Do not use spaces or diacritics in your path text.

User Interface

Viewport

Texture File Extensions

The extensions used to identify the displayed texure files. We default to RenderMan compliant types.

Display R in lights

Toggle for displaying the R logo on RenderMan lights.

Lights Wire Color

The color of the lines used to display these objects in the Viewport

Light Filters Wire Color

The color of the lines used to display these objects in the Viewport

Max Texture Resolution

The maximum resolution of displayed textures in the Viewport. Higher resolutions will impact performance, especially if many are to be displayed. This does not affect IPR rendering to the Viewport.

Script Editor Widget

Font Size

Change the size of displayed fonts.

Font (Typeface)

Change the font used in the editor.

Tab Width

When pressing Tab, move this many spaces in the editor.

Preset Browser

Asset Library

Change the location where the Preset Browser looks for assets.

Workflow