geometry render

[sbastien_levieux]

Hi, I have a scene with smoke, geometry destuction, particle and animated geo... It seems Viktor told me to cache all the geo before rendering... Do you have some details or explanation for that? I can't render my geo directly? what alembic parameter if it is the case I should use? I found nothing about that on the web ( vray and alembic for render)
Thanks..

6min and the render had not started...

[bdancer]

> I can't render my geo directly?

Of course you can.

> I have a scene with smoke, geometry destuction, particle and animated geo
> 6min and the render had not started

Is scene translation slow? Rendering preparation? GI calculation?
I really can't suggest anything, there are no screenshots, no logs, no render machine specs, no detailed scene info...
We have 50GB test scenes in out test suite and they run well...

[sbastien_levieux]

> I can't render my geo directly?

Of course you can.

> I have a scene with smoke, geometry destuction, particle and animated geo
> 6min and the render had not started

Is scene translation slow? Rendering preparation? GI calculation?
I really can't suggest anything, there are no screenshots, no logs, no render machine specs, no detailed scene info...
We have 50GB test scenes in out test suite and they run well...

Thanks for helping, how can i check all of that?

Is scene translation slow? Rendering preparation? GI calculation?
I really can't suggest anything, there are no screenshots, no logs, no render machine specs, no detailed scene info.

[tsvetomira.girginova]

Dear sbastien_levieux, hello.

You could add in houdini.env the following lines and then restart Houdini:
HOUDINI_DSO_ERROR=2
HOUDINI_TEXT_CONSOLE=1

and take a look what is listed there when you are performing actions in the scene.

But please accept my proposal to improve our communication, because we often do not receive the requested answers from you in the tickets, you jump from topic to topic and something could be shared outside of context.
Let's keep an eye and attention to the issues that you are facing.
We will check the again the scenes that you have already shared with us, but let's try to collaborate better.
It will be highly appreciated!
About the volumes, please take a look at the best practices shared here.

Prenez position pour contribuer à la victoire!

Best regards,
TS