Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 828

Clear Geometry Cache Deletes the cached geometry. The equivalent Render Setup dialog control is Translator Options rollout > Geometry Caching group > Clear Geometry Cache on page 6321. Lock Final Gather Determines whether or not mental ray uses the final gather map file as is. When off, mental ray can add new final gather points if necessary. When on, mental ray uses only the data in the specified file, and does not generate any new final gather points during the pre-processing stage. Available only Reuse > Final Gather is on (see following). Default=off. The equivalent Render Setup dialog control is Read Only (FG Freeze) on page 6301. Final Gather When on, generates (when necessary) and then uses a disk-based final gather map (FGM file) to save rendering time. If no FGM file is specified on the Render Setup dialog > Final Gather rollout (see Final Gather Map group on page 6300), 3ds Max uses the file name temp.fgm. The equivalent Render Setup dialog control is Read/Write File on page 6300. Clear Final Gather Cache Deletes the cached final gather solution. The equivalent Render Setup dialog control is Final Gather Rollout > Final Gather Map group > Delete File on page 6301. Clear All Deletes the cached geometry and final gather solution. Image Precision/Final Gather Precision These sliders provide handy presets for groups of antialiasing and final-gather settings. Image Precision (Antialiasing) Provides presets for a number of recommended combinations of minimum and maximum Samples Per Pixel settings. For details, see Samples per Pixel group on page 6274. Final Gather Precision Provides a quick, easy solution for final gather. The default presets are: Draft, Low, Medium, High, Very High, and Custom (the default choice). Available only when Final Gather is on. For details, see FG Precision Presets on page 6299. Rendered Frame Window | 6083