particle render probs

Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping

In this course we're going to look at something a little different, creating technically accurate 3D printed parts.

# 1 03-05-2011 , 03:30 PM

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hi greeting everyone, i try doing a particle effect in maya but
after i done my particle i render out but in render view i can c nothing.
i am using the mental ray with default setting.
i try using ipr it pops out error // Error: Unable to allocate offscreen buffer for snapshot.
any1 can help me, thanks a lot

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# 2 03-05-2011 , 03:43 PM

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Try the hardware render mode user added image

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# 3 03-05-2011 , 04:19 PM

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i try maya h/w but got // Warning: Graphics card capabilities are insufficient for Hardware rendering on this machine.
how am i suppose to do?

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# 4 03-05-2011 , 09:44 PM

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Try updating your graphics card drivers but I did think that rendering was done on your cpu's...........dave

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# 5 04-05-2011 , 12:08 AM

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i am using laptop, can i update it??

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# 6 04-05-2011 , 09:00 AM

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how to i reduce the camera speed while i am attach the same curve as particle?

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# 7 04-05-2011 , 10:18 AM

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yes you can update mate.....dunno about the camera though...sorry mate

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# 8 04-05-2011 , 11:29 AM

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is ok tq bullet.soli if i ask u some silly question, in laptop do we just take the old version graphic card and then replace it?

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# 9 04-05-2011 , 12:11 PM

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yeh mate just dxdiag if its Win XP then get graphic card make and driver version then update, you can always rollback.

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# 10 05-05-2011 , 12:18 AM

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i c tq bullet1968

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# 11 05-05-2011 , 04:50 AM

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Do you have a dedicated or integrated graphics card? Integrated video cards could have issues with hardware rendering.

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# 12 05-05-2011 , 06:24 AM

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i don have any extra graphic card. only one dedicated graphic card which is ati 4670

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# 13 05-05-2011 , 06:53 AM

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Soory mate I am still in bed with a virus and can hardly move....maybe Genny can help, sorry mate Im out of the game for for a while...will try to help when Im back to normasl

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