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Products Available To Render

3ds max (6.0+)	Alias Renderer	Lightwave	MentalRay
3ds max (via SFRender)	Chalice	Maya(5.0 or earlier)	MentalRay for Maya (5.0 or earlier)
After Effects	Digital Fusion	Maya (6.0+)	MentalRay for Maya (6.0+)
Air	Generic Scripts	Maya Vector Renderer (5.0)	Rayz
Alias PowerCaster	Houdini	Maya Vector Renderer (6.0+)	Shake
Alias PowerTracer	imgcvt	Maya Hardware Renderer (6.0+)	SoftImage
Alias Raytracer	Jig	MayaMan	XSI

This generates a job specifically for MentalRay.

To create a MentalRay job via commandline, you can use the following parameters for the -product switch (case is ignored):

MentalRay
Ray
MR

With MentalRay, you can use the Common Render Options dialog box.

File Name	Will add the -file_name switch and the text that you type for the rendered images' filenames
File Type	Will add the -file_type switch and the text that you type for the rendered images' file type. You can chose from a list of the file types that MentalRay supports.
Resolution	Will add the -resolution switch and the numbers you type into the fields for the X and Y pixel sizes of the rendered images.
Samples	Will add the -samples switch and the numbers for the minimum and maximum sample sizes for the renderer to use
Shadow Casting	Will add the -shadows switch and the option you select from the list. You can select "on" "off" "sort" or "selected".
Ray Tracing	Will add the -trace switch with the appropriate option to turn on or off ray tracing.
Displace	Will add the -displace switch with the appropriate option to turn on or off displacement rendering.
Volumetric Shaders	Will add the -volume switch with the appropriate option to turn on or off the rendering of volumetric shaders.