How to setup Vray Distributed Network on a Mac?

architecturemustburn · 4 Jun 2011, 05:22

Hello,

I have spend a few hours searching the forum for this answer and I have had no luck. Please Help!!!

I am currently running VRay (1.49.01) for Sketchup Pro 8 on my MacBook Pro. I would like to set up Distributed Rendering (Network Rendering) so that I can use my iMac as a slave. The problem is that every tutorial, discussion, or VRay manual that I have found only describes how to set it up using DRSpawner. The problem with that is that DRSpawner only comes in a .exe file format which doesn't work on a Mac. I have gone through the Distributed Rendering setup process of placing the IP address and name of the iMac into the VRay options but they did not connect, ...I'm sure it's because I can't run DRSpawner on the iMac ...and I have verified that it is installed. Well, that's it.

Thanks

mikeinoz · 20 Nov 2011, 11:24

@architecturemustburn said:

Hello,

I have spend a few hours searching the forum for this answer and I have had no luck. Please Help!!!

I am currently running VRay (1.49.01) for Sketchup Pro 8 on my MacBook Pro. I would like to set up Distributed Rendering (Network Rendering) so that I can use my iMac as a slave. The problem is that every tutorial, discussion, or VRay manual that I have found only describes how to set it up using DRSpawner. The problem with that is that DRSpawner only comes in a .exe file format which doesn't work on a Mac. I have gone through the Distributed Rendering setup process of placing the IP address and name of the iMac into the VRay options but they did not connect, ...I'm sure it's because I can't run DRSpawner on the iMac ...and I have verified that it is installed. Well, that's it.

Thanks

Hi there

I thought I might try and bump this post as I see there haven't yet been any replies...

I am also running VRay (version 1.49.01) with SketchUp 8 Pro on a MacBook Pro and have recently been trying (unsuccessfully so far) to get the distributed rendering feature to work.

Like you I have also been trying to utilise our iMac as the render slave and have followed all of the install procedures but just cannot seem to get it working.

I have tried changing (and making static) the IP address of the iMac and also followed some of the other 'tips' floating around. There doesn't seem to be a lot of specific info on Vray + SU + Mac I have noticed, which leads me to suspect that there may in fact be some 'voodoo' involved in getting it to work......????

Anyone care to lend a hand with this pls???

Cheers

Mike

dkendig · 21 Nov 2011, 15:03

Check the Applications/ASGvis folder, you should see an alias to run the DR Spawner. You MUST use this alias to run the DR Spawner or it will NOT work. Once it's running, you should be able to follow the instructions to use the DR Spawner during a render. It's the same on Mac as it is on PC. Also, when going to render a given scene for the first time, always check what machines are set to be used in the DR Spawner settings, and click the OK button when you are done reviewing them, just to be sure that the information you looked at gets used. We found a bug while working on V-Ray for Rhino, where the machines would not be used unless you looked at the servers that are set, and you click OK.