Job submission API?

Render Manager General
#1

Hello, the studio I work at is finally looking to switch away from BackBurner. One of our devs is very keen on being able to programatically submit jobs - something that we couldn’t easily do with BB - and is wondering if there is any way to do so with the Pulze render manager?

IE, is there currently or planned any way to prepare a scene and submit it as a job to Pulze from within 3ds Max or another application?

-Josh

#2

Hi Josh,

Currently there is no way to submit jobs programatically, however it is on our todo list and we are looking forward to implement it in a future update. In an ideal world what would be the parameters that you would like to set during the submission with the api?

Peter

#3

Peter,

As many as possible would be good, but at minimum I’d think:

  • Job Name
  • Dependencies
  • Priority
  • Mode / Method / “Single Frame” value

Slightly lower priority as these are inherited from in-app settings:

  • Render output paths
  • Render Resolution
  • Render output types (ie, “Common”, “VRay Channels”)

Being able to override Plugin Requirements could be useful in edge cases, but doesn’t seem as critical 90% of the time.

Thank you for the quick response, I’m excited to see where this software goes!
-Josh