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Inventor Studio Batch rendering
Hello,
I'm attempting to set up batch rendering for an assembly. Currently, I have to Render a single image, save it, then I run an ilogic rule to change various parameters, change the visibility of parts, and suppress relationships. Then render the next image and repeat. Ideally, I'd like to use the render animation feature set it to do 1 fps, output images, and have it run the ilogic rules at specific points on the timeline. however I cannot seem to find a way to run the rules in inventor studio.
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I wonder if anyone is still interested in this. I think it would be possible to setup a batch script utilizing the ray tracing render method. I'm just not sure how you would select the documents to render. Maybe you could place all of the documents in a folder and let the script iterate through all of them.... I ain't not wiz though.
Credit where it is due for the author of this code but this could be a start:
Dim VaultAddin As ApplicationAddIn = ThisApplication.ApplicationAddIns.ItemById("{48B682BC-42E6-4953-84C5-3D253B52E77B}")
VaultAddin.Deactivate()
oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
Dim oView As Inventor.View = ThisApplication.ActiveView
Dim oColorScheme As String
oColorScheme = ThisApplication.ActiveColorScheme.Name
Dim oBackGroundType As BackgroundTypeEnum
oBackGroundType = ThisApplication.ColorSchemes.BackgroundType
ThisApplication.ColorSchemes.Item("Presentation").Activate
ThisApplication.ColorSchemes.BackgroundType = 52737 'kOneColorBackgroundType
Dim oOriginSetOff As Boolean
oOriginSetOff = False
If ThisApplication.DisplayOptions.Show3DIndicator Then
ThisApplication.DisplayOptions.Show3DIndicator = False
oOriginSetOff = True
End If
On Error Resume Next
With oDoc.ObjectVisibility
.AllWorkFeatures = False
.Sketches = False
.Sketches3D = False
End With
oView.DisplayMode = DisplayModeEnum.kRealisticRendering
oView.RayTracing= True
oView.RayTracingQuality = RayTracingQualityEnum.kDraftRayTracingQuality
Dim bStop As Boolean
Do
ThisApplication.UserInterfaceManager.DoEvents
If (oView.RayTracingProgress = 1) Then
bStop = True
Dim picName As String = ThisDoc.PathAndFileName(False) + Now.toString(" yyMMddHHmmss") 'timestamp
Call oView.SaveAsBitmap(picName & ".png", oView.Width, oView.Height)
End If
If (oView.RayTracing = False) Then
bStop = True
End If
Loop Until (bStop)
oView.RayTracing = False
If oOriginSetOff Then
ThisApplication.DisplayOptions.Show3DIndicator = True
End If
ThisApplication.ColorSchemes.Item(oColorScheme).Activate
ThisApplication.ColorSchemes.BackgroundType = oBackGroundType
oView.DisplayMode = DisplayModeEnum.kShadedWithEdgesRendering
VaultAddin.Activate()
MessageBox.Show("Exported image to " & ThisDoc.PathAndFileName(False) & ".png", "Export Complete", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1)
Try it out.