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#INSTALL FLAMINGO NXT INSTALL#
#INSTALL FLAMINGO NXT FULL#
#INSTALL FLAMINGO NXT SOFTWARE#
#INSTALL FLAMINGO NXT LICENSE#

From the Start menu, run the Render Farmer on each machine.Run the downloaded installer on each of the client computers.Download the current Render Farmer software.

#INSTALL FLAMINGO NXT INSTALL#

Installing the Render Farmerįor machines that do not have Rhino and Flamingo installed, install the Farmer client: For other client computers that do not have Rhino and Flamingo nXt, the Farmer client needs to be installed. The Farmer render client and the Farm monitor are installed with Flamingo on the master Rhino machine. The results can also be saved as TGA, PNG, TIF, and JPG files from the nXt Image Editor. Images in this format can be edited using the nXt Image Editor.

Farm output will be in the nXt image format (.nXtImage).

As each client finishes with a job, it will continue to pick up new jobs as they are submitted to the farm.

Each farm client deposits the results in the farm folder under job name \Output.

The Farm Monitor (Flamingo nXt 5.0 > Render Farm > Farm Monitor.) is a good way to keep track of the job's progress. Each client will pick up a task and start to render. The Render Farm clients continuously check the farm output folder for new tasks.

Render jobs are split into many different farm tasks.

All materials and support information will automatically be submitted along with the job. This will submit a render job to the Farm output folder.

To start a rendering using Flamingo nXt farm, instead of using the standard Render command, use the Render Farm (Flamingo nXt 5.0 menu > Render Farm).

If you are planning to use third-party render farm software, some of these procedures will be different. The following procedures apply to the Render Farm included with Flamingo nXt.

#INSTALL FLAMINGO NXT SOFTWARE#

The Farm monitor (nXtFarmMonitor64.exe)Īn applet that shows you the state of your render jobs and provides some simple control tools.įor advanced installations, the nXt Render Farm software lets you work with third-party render managers. Rendering in this manner allows you to use more computer power for lengthy tasks but does not allow interacting with the rendering as it progresses. Normally, render farms proceed silently without displaying the renderings on a monitor as they progress. The nXt Render Farm includes two Applications: The Farmer render client (nXtFarmer64.exe)Ī small program that runs on each network rendering client and waits for jobs to be generated. The shared folder should have at least 20GB of available storage.

#INSTALL FLAMINGO NXT FULL#

The folder does not have to be assigned to the same name on each client, but each client does need full read/write/delete access to the folder. It can be a folder on the master machine or on a network.

This is normally a shared network folder. The key to a functional render farm is a shared folder to which the master machine and all the client computers can access.

#INSTALL FLAMINGO NXT LICENSE#

To add more client computers, purchase the nXt Render Farm license from.

The Render Farm is free for up to two client computers.

Additional purchased render farm clients.

(The nXt Render Farm comes with two free copies of the client software.)

A computer with Rhino and Flamingo nXt.

Neither Rhino nor Flamingo nXt is required on the computers used only as render farm clients. The Flamingo nXt Render Farm uses the power of several computers to render single images, batch jobs of multiple images or view-based animations.