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Generates work items that render an IFD file using Mantra. The IFD file can be read from upstream, or manually specified with a custom path.
Tip
The $HH/help/files/pdg_examples/top_rop example shows how you can use this node to create work items that render an .ifd file with Mantra.
Parameters ¶
Mantra ¶
Generate When
Determines when this node will generate work items. You should generally leave this set to “Automatic” unless you know the node requires a specific generation mode, or that the work items need to be generated dynamically.
All Upstream Items are Generated
This node will generate work items once all of the input nodes have generated their work items.
All Upstream Items are Cooked
This node will generate work items once all of the input nodes have cooked their work items.
Each Upstream Item is Cooked
This node will generate work items each time a work item in an input node is cooked.
Automatic
The generation mode is selected based on the generation mode of the input nodes. If any of the input nodes are generating work items when their inputs cook, this node will be set to Each Upstream Item is Cooked. Otherwise, it will be set to All Upstream Items are Generated.
Cache Mode
Determines how the processor node handles work items that report expected file results.
Automatic
If the expected result file exists on disk, the work item is marked as cooked without being scheduled. If the file does not exist on disk, the work item is scheduled as normal. If upstream work item dependencies write out new files during a cook, the cache files on work items in this node will also be marked as out-of-date.
Automatic (Ignore Upstream)
The same as Automatic, except upstream file writes do not invalidate cache files on work items in this node and this node will only check output files for its own work items.
Read Files
If the expected result file exists on disk, the work item is marked as cooked without being scheduled. Otherwise the work item is marked as failed.
Write Files
Work items are always scheduled and the expected result file is ignored even if it exists on disk.
Cook Type
Determines how work items in the node should cook, e.g. if they should run in process, out of process, or using services.
Run on Service Block
Determines whether or not work items in this node should run on the parent service block, if one exists.
Always
Always run work items on the block’s service, regardless of any other service settings on this node.
Match
Only run work items on the block’s service if Service Name matches the service name that’s used by the block.
Never
Never run work items on the block’s service.
Service Name
When Cook Type is set to the Service, this parameter is used to specify the name of the service. For more information on using services, see the PDG Service Manager documentation.
Input ¶
File Source
The source of the IFD file
Upstream Output File
Uses the output file produced by the upstream work item as the path to the IFD file.
Custom File Path
IFD file specified by a custom filepath.
File Tag
The data tag used to select the result from the upstream work item.
IFD Path
The path to the IFD file.
Render ¶
Extra Mantra Args
Specifies extra arguments that will be passed to the Mantra executable when rendering the IFD.
Output Path
When on, overrides the image output file name.
Output Filter
When on, specifies a custom Python script used to filter render outputs and report them as work item output files.
Schedulers ¶
TOP Scheduler Override
This parameter overrides the TOP scheduler for this node.
Schedule When
When enabled, this parameter can be used to specify an expression that determines which work items from the node should be scheduled. If the expression returns zero for a given work item, that work item will immediately be marked as cooked instead of being queued with a scheduler. If the expression returns a non-zero value, the work item is scheduled normally.
Work Item Label
Determines how the node should label its work items. This parameter allows you to assign non-unique label strings to your work items which are then used to identify the work items in the attribute panel, task bar, and scheduler job names.
Use Default Label
The work items in this node will use the default label from the TOP network, or have no label if the default is unset.
Inherit From Upstream Item
The work items inherit their labels from their parent work items.
Custom Expression
The work item label is set to the Label Expression custom expression which is evaluated for each item.
Node Defines Label
The work item label is defined in the node’s internal logic.
Label Expression
When on, this parameter specifies a custom label for work items created by this node. The parameter can be an expression that includes references to work item attributes or built-in properties. For example, $OS: @pdg_frame will set the label of each work item based on its frame value.
Work Item Priority
This parameter determines how the current scheduler prioritizes the work items in this node.
Inherit From Upstream Item
The work items inherit their priority from their parent items. If a work item has no parent, its priority is set to 0.
Custom Expression
The work item priority is set to the value of Priority Expression.
Node Defines Priority
The work item priority is set based on the node’s own internal priority calculations.
This option is only available on the 
Python Processor TOP, 
ROP Fetch TOP, and ROP Output TOP nodes. These nodes define their own prioritization schemes that are implemented in their node logic.
Priority Expression
This parameter specifies an expression for work item priority. The expression is evaluated for each work item in the node.
This parameter is only available when Work Item Priority is set to Custom Expression.
Examples ¶
RenderIFD Example for Render IFD TOP node
This example demonstrates how to render .ifd files using the Render IFD TOP node.
| See also |
USD Render Files
