Suspend Rendering

Use the Suspend Rendering command to save a rendering in progress. You can then restart it at a later time. The Suspend Rendering command is available when a rendering window is the active window, and the rendering is in progress.

When you select this command, the Suspend Rendering dialog is displayed, allowing you to specify a name and location for saving the suspended rendering. Strata 3D automatically adds the .rdf suffix to the end of the file name.

To Suspend A Rendering:

1. Hold down the Shift key while clicking in the active view with the Rendering tool.

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Select the Render command from the Render menu.

2. In the Render dialog, select the rendering settings, then click Suspend.

A directory dialog appears asking for the name of the rendering file and where you want to save it.

To Suspend A Rendering In Progress:

1. Make the rendering window the active window.

2. Choose Suspend Rendering from the Rendering menu.

The Suspend Rendering dialog appears. Select a name and location.

3. Click OK.

For an animation, the completed frames and the suspended frames will be in separate files.

If you enable the Collect checkbox in the suspend render dialog, the completed frames will be copied to the same location as the suspension file. The files are renamed with the same name as the suspension file and the file type is appended to the end. The original frames remain in the original location.

Suspending Single Frames

If you suspend a still image (single frame), the dialog allows you to specify a name, location, and file format for the suspended rendering. The Collect checkbox is not available when suspending single frames.