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    • T Offline
      toxicvoxel
      last edited by

      I too can confirm that I frequently get this error with or without AA.
      Model complexity & size has something to do with it. Typically things start to go wrong in the 4500-5000px wide range(aa-off) 6000-700 (aa-on).
      This has happened on two machines including the latest (2.3GH dualcore/ quadro fx 1600 /2 GB RAM) machine.

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        glenn
        last edited by

        I too have this problem usualy around 8000px.
        Seems to be a version 6 (and all it's updates) problem?
        Appears to me that Google is ignoring the problem?
        Glenn
        SU 64112
        2mg ram
        DC 2.8
        XP

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          pmiller
          last edited by

          @mr s said:

          Hi pmiller,

          Well, this is very strange.
          I have just tried rendering with anti-aliasing switched off and it made no difference.
          Still getting the 'file failed to save' error.

          Any further ideas?

          Mr S

          Hmmm - wish I could help. Just tried it again with a model with 600K faces, 125K edges, 10,000 components at 9000 pixels, shadows, textures. No problems.

          6.4.112
          XPSP2
          Dual Core 3.4 Ghz
          2 Gb RAM
          Quadro FX 1500

          Are you exporting jpg highest quality or some other raster format? Are you using one of the newer styles with sketchy edges?

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            Charlie__V
            last edited by

            Anyone care to try this (attached) file and share your results.
            My Results:
            AA off,export to .jpg.......I max out at 6500 pix. wide
            AA off, export to .tif......I max out at 1800 pix. wide
            best,
            Charlie


            RENDER TEST FILE.skp

            Precision M1710/Win 7 Pro 64 bit/i-7 6920 Quad core 2.9 Ghz -3.8/16Gb ram/NVIDIA M5000M 8Gb

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              pmiller
              last edited by

              9000 pixels to jpg highest quality - no problems. Also same 9000 to png.

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              • R Offline
                richcat
                last edited by

                I tried this out of interest.
                I very very rarely use this as nearly all my work is rendered.
                Results
                AA off,export highest quality to .jpg.......I max out at 9770 pix. wide. The max I have ever used is 3000
                AA off, export to .tif......I max out at 2140 pix. wide.

                Richcat

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                  sorgesu
                  last edited by

                  Before V5 I was exporting PNg & Epix at 9999 without any problems. Since V5 I have had problems saving such large files. I tried this particular file with the follwoing results>

                  AA OFF JPG 9999 OKAY
                  AA OFF PNG 9999 OKAY
                  AA OFF EPIX 9999 OKAY
                  AA ON JPG 9999 RUNTIME ERROR
                  Triead again and got Runtime Error Again.

                  I think the complexity of the model has something to do with it as well. This is fairly simple and is not saving as a very large file. I beleive with a very large complex structure I would be less likely to save at 9999

                  Susan Sorger
                  Former Seller Hand Rendered Entourage
                  Former Canadian Authorized Training Centre, SketchUp

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                    tinanne
                    last edited by

                    I also have this problem, but have found that this is not an issue if upscaling in PS.

                    I always export to .png @ 3000px with AA on. Then in PS I upscale dpi to 300, which is the lowest a printer would want anyway (SU defaults to 72dpi, if I'm not mistaken). This should be fine for what you need and most likely will need to be downsized.

                    Executive Director : American Society of Architectural Illustrators
                    AIP 30 Competition opens soon. ASAI.org

                    Architectural Rendering

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                      glenn
                      last edited by

                      Looks like I'm going to have to retract my earlier post.
                      The test render file exported to jpeg at 9000p with aa off.
                      I tried a recent model, 12meg, also went fine at 9000p aa off.
                      Glenn
                      SU 64112
                      DC 2.8
                      2mg
                      nvidia geforce 6200se tc 256mg
                      xp

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                        Mr S
                        last edited by

                        Hi,

                        Just tried rendering the Charlie_V test file.
                        The best I could get was 7000px with AA switched off.

                        I loaded up my original file which is a lot more complicated and was only able to get 4000px wide (also, I have shadows disabled). So, there does seem to be a number of factors at work here.
                        However, it seems stange that we are getting a variety of results from different people with machine specs similar to each other.
                        I rendered JPEG images using Vray and had no problem producing large files.
                        But as mentioned previously, Vray can write the image to disk rather than hold everything in RAM.

                        Any other thoughts?

                        Mr S

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                          Anssi
                          last edited by

                          I wonder if maybe the working environment has something to do with the export results too. At work, in a networked environment, I get different results than at home. Writing big images to a network folder often fails, or I get corrupt files, and exporting to the desktop works better. These problems happen only with rel. 6, not with v.4. Version 4 and older only have the AA issue, maxing at about 3000 pixels wide with AA on.

                          Anssi

                          securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos rem difficillimam adsecuti sunt, ut illis ne voto quidem opus esset

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                            Jean Lemire
                            last edited by

                            Hi Mr S, hi folks.

                            For a JPG export with anti aliasing off, I can go as far as 7493 horizontal pixels (6636 vertical) with Windows XP-Pro on Pentium 4, 2.6 GHz, 2 Gigs RAM.

                            I will try on my Mac at home to get a comparison.

                            Just ideas.

                            Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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                              toan76
                              last edited by

                              I always have the same problem with exporting images larger than 3000 wide. Given the model is quite complex, about 60MB. SU5 works sometimes. SU6 is worse. My computer isn't a sewing machine either, a quad-core with 4GB of RAM and a QuadroFX 3500, running XP64.

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                                Charlie__V
                                last edited by

                                Hey all,

                                Thanks to all those that gave it a go, and any who have not, please continue.

                                Given the small sampling of participants & simple file....Results are more or less as expected.(for me anyway).....Varied, and it appears not hardware specific.

                                I am no programmer....just curious.
                                Best,
                                Charlie

                                Precision M1710/Win 7 Pro 64 bit/i-7 6920 Quad core 2.9 Ghz -3.8/16Gb ram/NVIDIA M5000M 8Gb

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                                • DanielD Offline
                                  Daniel
                                  last edited by

                                  Dejavu....I remember posting on an earlier thread dealing with this same issue, along with the Google folks who informed us they were looking into the problem.

                                  I played around with a simple model on both SU Pro versions 5 and 6. The maximum image I've been able to export is 4000 pixels wide, AA on, jpeg quality at it's highest. However, changing my virtual memory from 2000/10000 MB to 5000/10000 MB I was able to export an image at 5000 pixels with AA on, and 7000 with AA off. Bumping my virtual memory up to 9000/20000 MB I was able to export an image at 9000 pixels with AA off.

                                  My avatar is an anachronism.

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                                    toxicvoxel
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks for the input Daniel - that seems to do the trick.

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                                      richcat
                                      last edited by

                                      Cheers Daniel 😄

                                      Richcat

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                                        Charlie__V
                                        last edited by

                                        Daniel,
                                        Thanks for the advice on the pagefile limit increase, which did help some.& much apreciated!

                                        But........and always a but......right.
                                        On both my Laptop & Desktop I am limited to 4096 max. pagefile.
                                        Given both machines are a few years old(2gig ram)....& not overly computer savvy......why is SU quick to use "vitual"/pagefile memory for such a task?

                                        BTW Daniel......this question is not directed @ you...... just me thinking aloud.

                                        Best,

                                        Charlie

                                        Precision M1710/Win 7 Pro 64 bit/i-7 6920 Quad core 2.9 Ghz -3.8/16Gb ram/NVIDIA M5000M 8Gb

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                                          huyvuvn
                                          last edited by

                                          I can not export the image JPEG larger than 6000x4000. (uncheck AA) My computer is

                                          AthlonX2 4400+
                                          RAM 2 Gb
                                          GeForce 7300GT

                                          happiness on the way, not in the destination.

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                                            glenn
                                            last edited by

                                            Daniel,
                                            What do you recomend for pagefile size for a dual core 2.8, 2mg ram, XP?
                                            On some website I found last night, they suggested pf=1.5Xram.
                                            Thank you,
                                            Glenn

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