Options

User Interface

The options dialog holds various global options for the K-3D application. You can use the User Interface panel to set K-3D to load a regular K-3D document as template every time you create a new scene.

Figure 3.5. Options User Interface

Options User Interface
Start Blackbox Recorder Automatically At Startup:Toggle if you want the blackbox recorder to log (great when filing bug reports)
Show Tutorials At Startup:Toggle if you want the tutorial window to pop up when starting
Restore Window Size/Position:Toggle if you want K-3D to remember the placement of windows
Template Document:Specify a template document to be used for all new documents
Preferred Language:Specify the preferred language that will be used if a translation is aviable

Render Engines

In the Render Engines you choose what RenderMan compliant renderer you want to use in the RenderManEngine by default. K-3D currently supports Aqsis, BMRT (no longer available), PRMan, NetPRMan, 3Delight, RenderDotC and Pixie; note that Aqsis and Pixie is the only free (as is freedom) renderers.

Figure 3.6. Options Render Engines

Options Render Engines

Applications

In the Applications panel you will find options for various external helping applications used by K-3D to process content.

Figure 3.7. Options Applications

Options Applications
HTML Viewer:Browser to be used when viewing HTML documents.
Bitmap Viewer:Image Viewer to be used to view bitmaps
Shading Language Preprocessor:Preprocessor to be used for shaders

Paths

The Render Farm Path point to a directory that K-3D will use to store RIB and image files when rendering previews.

Figure 3.8. Options Paths

Options Paths
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