Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 1067

Material Override group Material Override allows you to render a scene with all its materials replaced by a single master material. For example, if you need to do a wireframe pass, you can create a Wire material and then specify it here. When you render, all surfaces will use the Wire material. Enable When on, rendering uses the override material for all surfaces. When off, surfaces are rendered with the material applied to them in the scene. Default=off. Material Click to display the Material/Map Browser on page 5290 and choose a material to use as the override. Once you have chosen an override material, this button displays the material name. Export to .mi File group These controls let you save the translated scene in a mental ray MI file on page 8044. Before exporting, you must specify an export file by clicking the ellipsis [...] button. NOTE Exporting to an MI file is not available when you render to texture on page 6371. Export on Render When on, saves the translated file to an MI file instead of rendering when you click Render. Available only after you have clicked the ellipsis [...] button to specify an MI file. Default=off. Un-compressed When on, the MI file is not compressed. When off, the file is saved in a compressed format. Default=on. Incremental (Single File) When on, exports an animation as a single MI file that contains a definition of the first frame and descriptors of the incremental changes from frame to frame. When off, exports each frame as a separate MI file. Default=off. When you export an animation, turning on Incremental can save a considerable amount of disk space. ■ ... [browse] Click to display a file selector dialog, which lets you specify a name for the MI file, and the folder where it is saved. ■ File name After you've used the ellipsis [...] button to specify an MI file, this field displays its name and path. 6322 | Chapter 20 Rendering