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To open the Generate Custom Previews settings, click the Settings button in the main blue toolbar of the Generate Custom Previews interface.
Settings dialog box.
- Use the Workspace studio folder to specify where Connecter will copy preview studios' 3d files and previews and organize all related metadata.
IMPORTANT: Ensure all Connecter instances within your team access the folder.
- Select the Ignore missing external files warnings option to generate previews even if there are missing external files for the preview studio or the asset being rendered. The default value is Off, and it causes all preview generation tasks with missing external files errors to fail.
- Select the Ignore missing plugins warnings option to generate previews even if there are missing plugins (render engines, etc.) for the preview studio or the asset being rendered. The default value is Off, and it causes all preview generation tasks with missing plugins errors to fail.
- The Task fails, and the dedicated instance restarts if there's no response for more than (min.) option sets the maximum allowed rendering time per task. The default value is 20, and all preview generation tasks that don't get rendered within this time frame fail. In such a case, Connecter closes the 3ds Max dedicated instance to stop the rendering process and automatically starts it again to handle further tasks.