RenderThrottleIray

RenderThrottleIray is a render optimization preset manager add-on for Iray in DAZ Studio.

RenderThrottleIray lets you quickly switch between responsive interactive viewport renders, and final quality offline rendering with a single click. The Interactive Lo Preset starts an interactive Viewport render with low Max Samples which will keep you from killing your computer while getting interactive feedback from Iray. Never use Texture Shaded again!

User Guide

Installing Actions

After running the Daz installer, you should have a Scripts/RenderThrottleIray folder in your Content Manager:

You can use the presets here, but installing Custom Actions allows you to have easy access to RenderThrottle.

1. Double-click !RenderThrottleIray Install Actions Script
2. You will see new icons in the Render menu and Main ToolBar.

Presets

There are two types of RenderThrottle Presets; Interactive and Render

• Interactive Presets will start Iray in the active Viewport
• Render Presets will stop Iray in the active viewport (if running) and launch a Render.

When applying a RenderThrottle Preset, 3 things happen:

1. A corresponding RenderThrottle file is loaded which updates various DrawSettings
2. A corresponding RenderSettings Preset is loaded (These presets are found in Scripts/RenderThrottleIray/Render Presets)
3. The Interactive or offline render is started

Interactive Lo

Most responsive Viewport rendering (low Max Samples; Interactive Mode).

Interactive Lo

Medium quality Viewport rendering.

Interactive Hi

Hi quality Viewport rendering.

Render Lo

Lo quality render.

Render Med

Medium quality render (close to DS defaults).

Render Hi

Final quality renders.

Reset

Restore default Render Settings; cancel any interactive render.

Preset Details

So what exactly is RenderThrottle changing?

Preset	Draw Settings						Render Settings
	Draw Mode	Manipulation Resolution	Max Ray Bounces	Max Reflection Bounces	Max Refraction Bounces	Path Space Filtering	Max Samples	Max Time	Rendering Converged Ratio	Max Path Length
Interactive Lo	Interactive	1/8	1	1	1	on	16	7200	.80	2
Interactive Med	Photoreal	1/4	4	2	2	off	64	7200	.90	10
Interactive Hi	Photoreal	1/2	16	8	8	off	5000	7200	.95	-1
Render Lo							1000	300	.80	2
Render Med							5000	7200	.95	10
Render Hi							15000	28800	.98	-1

Technical Notes

• In order for the Interactive Presets to work, Daz Studio requires that the DrawSettings pane be visible. If it is not part of your favorite layout, you may want to include DrawSettings so the Pane does not pop-up when using the presets.
• When using the Reset preset during an active render, the application may take a minute to cancel the render (This is also the case when done without RenderThrottle).
• Don't use all the actions or what to move them? Use F3 to customize.

Supported Versions

Daz Studio 4.9+