configure the console

[space]

Is it possible to configure the console in blender to see the progress of the render? How?

Thanks.

[bdancer]

Re: configure the console

Not possible by now.

[tinmanjuggernaut]

Re: configure the console

That is the python console. Vray is an external program and runs as a separate process. It reports it's information to the system console that launched it, and it reports it's remaining time for rendering, or calculating passes.

Cory

[space]

Re: configure the console

Thanks Cory:

In windows to double click on the blender link to open simultaneously blender and the ms-dos console.

I'm in ubuntu and calling blender does not open the console.

The process is then open the console and call blender.

[tinmanjuggernaut]

Re: configure the console

Yup. I've used unix for years and never use a windowing system where I clicked on icons. Whenever I work on unix I run everything from the console. Even in a windowing environment, all my operations are console based, which may bring up a window or not. Such a workflow will show you the blender console as you have already found.

Cory

[bdancer]

Re: configure the console

space, you could create a launcher (if you are use some desktop environment) and set there "Application in terminal" which cause to start application in the console.
You could also write a simple bash-script to start app in xterm like:

#!/bin/bash
xterm -T Blender -geometry 90x10 -e \"/path/to/blender\"

[space]

Re: configure the console

Thanks Andrei:

space, you could create a launcher (if you are use some desktop environment) and set there "Application in terminal" which cause to start application in the console.

I've learned something over linux. Simple.