Render

The node renders input geometries through a camera.

For example, a Render node can be used to quickly create a preview of a 4D sequence.

Editor

A Render node has an editor to preview rendering results.

Inputs

Geometries: Geometry (multiple) Geometries to be rendered. In case of multiple inputs, geometries will be rendered in single space, as they appear in Viewport3D.
Camera: Camera Camera to use for rendering

Output

Image Rendered image

Parameters

Method:

OpenGL: render via OpenGL, meshes will appear as in Viewport3D. Requires OpenGL 2.1 context
OpenGL Preview: same as OpenGL, but if texture has size larger than OpenGL Texture Max Resolution it will squeezed to OpenGL Texture Max Resolution size
CPU: simple raytracing on CPU. Slower and may slightly differs from OpenGL view

MSAA:

Disabled: render image without anti-aliasing
x2: uses 2 samples per pixel for anti-aliasing
x4: uses 4 samples per pixel for anti-aliasing
x8: uses 8 samples per pixel for anti-aliasing
x16: uses 16 samples per pixel for anti-aliasing

Accept Non-Zero Distortion:

if set, the node show an error if input camera has distortion

Use Camera Resolution:

if set, uses camera resolution instead of Width and Height given

Resolution:

width and height of the resulting image in pixels

Background Color:

sets the background color

Transparent Background:

if set, background pixels are rendered transparent. Otherwise, the background pixels are rendered with Background Color

Show Backfaces:

if set, render material and shadows on backfaces

OpenGL Texture Max Resolution:

if Method is set to OpenGL Preview geometry texture size will be squeezed to entered size

Note

If you compute a project using WrapCmd command line interface or Node on a machine where OpenGL 2.1 is not available, the node will return an error, if OpenGL method is selected.