Script to delete output path of ALL render elements?

[ThomasCoote]

Hi,

A previous company I worked at had a custom script for removing the Output path of ALL render elements at once, does anyone familiar with MaxScript know how I might go about making this? I'm being driven crazy by "Error Creating File Output" and finding Max has suddenly decided to try save all my elements to a random, non-existent network location.

[NicolasC]

Hello,

First, close Render Setup window. Then try that:

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re = maxOps.GetCurRenderElementMgr()
for i = 0 to re.NumRenderElements()  do re.SetRenderElementFilename i ""
Thanks to SugaR for this piece of code :)

[3dboomerang]

same here, although I'm looking for a script that automaticaly sets the paths of all the render elements into the path of the "save as" for the main render -

[NicolasC]

same here, although I'm looking for a script that automaticaly sets the paths of all the render elements into the path of the "save as" for the main render -

http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/normalize-render-elements

[3dboomerang]

holy balls... i've seen so much help over the past few days, it's rendering the-area absolete

thanks

[ThomasCoote]

Hello,

First, close Render Setup window. Then try that:

Code: [Select]

re = maxOps.GetCurRenderElementMgr()
for i = 0 to re.NumRenderElements()  do re.SetRenderElementFilename i ""
Thanks to SugaR for this piece of code :)

This works perfectly, thank you for sharing!

[3dboomerang]

the script to normalise the render elements to the path of the main render doesn't seem to be supported in the latest max version :( I'll keep looking for something similar then, but thanks :)

[NicolasC]

the script to normalise the render elements to the path of the main render doesn't seem to be supported in the latest max version :( I'll keep looking for something similar then, but thanks :)

Hmmm not tested myself. Maybe worth sending a message to the creator ?

[3dboomerang]

i did - no date on the updated version - "whenever" i suppose :)

[Luis.Goncalves]

Please try this guys

Save your file - go the the render elements tab and delete all your elements - Merge the elements from the file you just saved (there's a merge button in the render elements tab)

When you merge them, they should reacquire the output that you have in the "save file".