Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 1078

[name field] Displays the RAYHOSTS file's on page 8104 name and path. [list of hosts] After you choose a RAYHOSTS file, this list shows the host systems available for distributed mental ray rendering. You can use this list to choose only those hosts you want to use for this particular rendering. When you render with Distributed Render on, the mental ray renderer uses only the hosts whose names are highlighted in this list. Click a host name to select it. To deselect a selected host name, click it again. NOTE The RAYHOSTS file, and therefore the host list, can contain duplicate entries. However, before you render you must select only processors that are not duplicates; otherwise, at render time 3ds Max will display an error message. If Distributed Render is on but the list of hosts is empty when you click Render, 3ds Max will not perform distributed bucket rendering. All Highlights all system names in the hosts list. None Clears the highlight from all system names in the hosts list. Add Click to display an Add/Edit DBR Host dialog on page 6334, which lets you add a host processor to the RAYHOSTS file. Edit Click to display the Add/Edit DBR Host dialog on page 6334, and edit the highlighted host processor's entry in the RAYHOSTS file. Available only when a single list entry is highlighted. Remove Click to remove the currently highlighted host processors from the list and the RAYHOSTS file. Available only when one or more list entries are highlighted. Clicking Remove displays a Remove Selected Hosts dialog, which warns you that the host descriptors will be removed from both locations: To restore a host that you have removed, use the Add button once again. mental ray Renderer | 6333