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3Delight Menu items for Managing Render Passes
Render
Render with
The Render menu item selects 3Delight as the current renderer and starts a render using the active Render Pass in the Render Settings window. Whereas the Make Active and Render Starts a Render. The sub-menu list all the Render Passes in the scene; selecting one will render it. For convenience, the first one listed in the menu is the last rendered render passselects 3Delight as the current renderer, makes the select Render Passit active in the Render Settings window and renders it. 3Delight for Maya also offers a few additional ways to launch a render:
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(in the 3Delight Shelf) | Clicking on this 3Delight Shelf button starts a Render using the last rendered render passselects 3Delight as the current renderer and starts a render using the active Render Pass in the Render Settings window. This is the same operation done by choosing the 3Delight > Render menu item. Right-clicking on the button instead , pops up a menu listing all the render passes Render Passes in the scene; selecting one will render it.makes it active and renders it. The same operation is done by choosing an item under the 3Delight > Render with > sub-menu. | 
(in the Attribute Editor) | When a Render Pass is displayed in the Attribute Editor, a rendering can be launched simply by clicking on the Render This Pass button located at the top of the editor. In this instance, it selects 3Delight as the current renderer, it make the Render Pass displayed in the Attribute Editor active in the Render Settings window, and renders it. |  Image Modified
(Maya's Render Menu) | If Maya’s current renderer in the Render Settings is set to ‘3Delight’, selecting Render Current Frame or Batch Render will launch a rendering using the current active Render Pass as set in the '3Delight' tab of the Maya Render Settings window. |
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Rendering a Render Pass marks it as the last rendered render pass. This has no effect on which Render Pass is shown in the Render Settings window or Attribute Editor. They each can show and edit a different pass than what is rendered by Render. |
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Select Render Pass
Select Render Pass
This item is to select a Render Pass node and have it displayed in the Attribute Editor. It pops Pops up a menu listing all Render Pass in the scene, starting with last rendered render pass. Selecting one displays it in the Attribute Editor. . The active Render Pass in the Render Settings window is identified by a check mark in this menu. 3Delight for Maya also offers one additional way to select a Render Pass:
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(in the 3Delight Shelf)
| Clicking on this shelf button This button serves the same function: pops up a menu listing all Render Pass in the scene, starting with last rendered render passThe active Render Pass in the Render Settings window is identified by a check mark in this menu. Selecting one displays it in the Attribute Editor. | Not equivalent: (in Render Settings) | | Info |
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This function is not entirely equivalent: In Render Settings you can select a Render Pass that will be displayed in that window only (not in the Attribute Editor). This is not to be confused with the Select Render Pass we have just explained . This is mentioned here only as supplemental information. |
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The Select Render Pass button and menu item do not change the Render Pass the Render button will render; the Render button renders the last rendered render pass. Only by right-clicking on the Render button you can choose what Render Pass the Render button will render. |
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Create Render Pass
Creates a new Render Pass with all available attributes set to their default values. 3Delight for Maya also offers a few additional ways to create a Render Pass:
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(in the 3Delight Shelf) | Clicking on this shelf button creates a new Render Pass with all available attributes set to their default values. Right-clicking on this button instead is the equivalent to Create Render Pass from Templatesexplained below. | 
(in Render Settings) | It is also possible to create a new Render Pass using the Create Render Pass button at the top of the 3Delight tab in the Render Settings Window. |
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(in the 3Delight Shelf) | Right-clicking on this shelf button pops up a menu listing all Render Pass Templates; selecting one will create a new Render Pass using that template. |
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Duplicate Render Pass
This item displays a sub-menu listing all the Render Passes in the scene (not the templates). Selecting one will duplicate it.
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When a new Render Pass node is created using Create Render Pass, Create Render Pass from Template or Duplicate Render Pass, but not when using the Create Render Pass in theRender Settings window, it is automatically selected in Maya upon creation and displayed in the Attribute Editor where it can be given a new name. Also, the Create and Select Render Pass buttons do not make them active in the Render Settings window (and thus will not be the ones rendered using the Render button and menu item). |
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Save Render Pass as Template
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