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Render Farm Beta Test

5min

Install the native add-on

Submitting renders to the render farm is done directly from Blender with the use of a native add-on.

You will need to download the add-on from the following link:

To install the add-on:

Inside Blender select Edit -> Preferences



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Add-ons -> Install (select the downloaded Zip).

Do not unzip the file!



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How to submit a render

Once you've installed the add-on you can now submit any blender file for rendering.

To submit a render, adhere to the following steps:

  1. Load scene
  2. Choose render icon on the menu
  3. Scroll down to "OctaRender"
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5. Add Job name (Use any name you prefer which presents your render)

6. Press submit

Once the job is submittted you will be able to watch the render on the following link http://34.147.146.4/

Downloading a render

To download a render, expand the add-on "Download" section



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Under Octa Host http://34.147.146.4/

Find the job name of your render:

This is the ID in the URL after /project/ and pasted into Job Id field.



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Choose where to download the render files using the "Download Output Path"

Press Download Job.

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Updated 27 Apr 2024
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