Deadline Menu¶
Overview¶
The Deadline Menu contains Tools for submitting SEQUOIA processing Tasks as Jobs to Thinkbox’ DEADLINE Network Manager.
DEADLINE can be used to offset the processing to external hardware resources including the local network, render farm or the Cloud.
DEADLINE can perform distributed processing of the typical SEQUOIA Tasks.
- Note that DEADLINE offers a two-node license-free mode that can be used by anyone for free for unlimited time.
Please contact Thinkbox Sales and request a download of Deadline to use in license-free mode!
Actions¶
Export Selected POINTS On DEADLINE…¶
Opens a DEADLINE Submission Dialog for exporting one or more Points sources to a single output file.
If there are any Points source objects selected, the Sources list will be populated automatically.
The Use World Space checkbutton will be checked, and the Points will be exported in World Space, baking any Transforms applied to the object.
Uncheck the Use World Space checkbutton to export in Object Space, ingoring any Transforms applied to the object.
Export Selected MESH On DEADLINE…¶
Opens a DEADLINE Submission Dialog for exporting one or more Mesh objects to a single output file.
If there are any Mesh objects selected, the Sources list will be populated automatically.
The Use World Space checkbutton will be checked, and the Mesh will be exported in World Space, baking any Transforms applied to the object.
Uncheck the Use World Space checkbutton to export in UCS Space.
Export Selected HACKSAW MESH On DEADLINE…¶
Opens a DEADLINE Submission Dialog for exporting one Mesher using Hacksaw.
If there is a Mesher objects selected, the Sources list will be populated automatically.
The Use World Space checkbutton will be checked, and the Mesh Partitions will be exported in World Space, baking any Transforms applied to the object.
Uncheck the Use World Space checkbutton to export in UCS Space.
REFRESH DEADLINE…¶
Reconnects with the DEADLINE Repository and reloads the Pools and Groups information.
Useful if
the Repository has been changed via the DEADLINE Launcher after SEQUOIA was started,
the Pools or Groups have been updated after SEQUOIA was started, or
the DEADLINE Plugin was not installed yet when SEQUOIA was started.