Slow start and stop

[Micha_cg]

Hallo,

in build 7 and 8 I have the problem that the start need one minute up to the progress window is open. Now, after some buckets I have closed the progress window and Rhino is hanging on 100% since a few minutes.

Maybe it is my scene, I have used 5 area lights at an interior scene, GI on. I have the feeling, if I close the progress window or the frame buffer VRay stay working for a long time.

[Micha_cg]

Slow start and stop

... now I have open a new scene with a simple object - GI off - and the problem stay.

[flipside]

Slow start and stop

The slow start is due to the progress window. This is already posted somewhere and has improved a bit in from build 7 to 8. But it still is slow, especially compared to vrayformax.

If you use the renderwindow command, rendering starts immediatly. Why isn't the same possible with a normal render command?

Also, if you switch to another app while rendering an image, and you go back to rhino to check the progress, this goes really slow. It tries redrawing the whole rhino interface and this takes ages. Very annoying if you wanna take a quick look at the work in progress

[Micha_cg]

Slow start and stop

... yes, I have seen the same problem with the quick look. Could be good if in the window task bar the progress in procent could be visible. AIR do it and I like this little feature.

[flipside]

Slow start and stop

Yeah would be nice, but still taking a quick look in 1sec would be nice.

[Micha_cg]

Slow start and stop

... I have changed the "_render" command from the render button to "_renderpreview" and it works fine now.

[joe_b]

Slow start and stop

I'll see if I can track down the difference between the two.

[joe_b]

Slow start and stop

ok I think I got it tagged this time. RenderWindow and Render both pop up equally fast. I think it might even be quicker switching back to Rhino during an intense render now. Thanks for the help tracking this down

[Paul Oblomov]

Slow start and stop

About redrawing the whole interface - I'm using progs, that can bring to front only selected window - so it's very usefull, in terms of time. You don't need to maximize - minimize just to look at progress. Simple winapi gem...