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Maxwell for Rhino :: Frequently Asked Questions
Question: Why does the plugin tell me it can’t find a necessary directory?
On Windows, the Maxwell installer (that is, the Maxwell Render installer, not the plugin installer) creates an environment variable named
MAXWELL2_ROOT, and sets its value to point to the Maxwell installation directory on your machine. This allows plugins to find Maxwell.
If the plugin has told you that you do not have a MAXWELL2_ROOT, it probably means that you either have not installed Maxwell
Render, or that the Maxwell installer was unable to set the variable correctly.
To resolve this, go to Start > right-click My Computer > choose Properties > go to the Advanced tab > and click the Environment
variables button. This should get you to a window like this:
Make sure that there is a System variable named MAXWELL2_ROOT, and that it points to the Maxwell folder on your machine. Also,
make sure if there are MAXWELL2_ROOT variables in both the User and System sections that they both point to the same directory,
otherwise the plugin may not be able to find your real Maxwell directory.
Question: How can I make the rendered image match what is shown in the Rhino viewport?
By default, the rendered image will match what is shown in the viewport. If however, you have modified the Camera's film size, this will
no longer be the case. The way to get back to the starting point is to switch the Camera back to 'Viewport' resolution mode in the Scene
Manager's Camera Settings page.
It is also useful to enable the plugin's Camera Heads-up Display. This tool shows the relationship of the Camera's films size to that of the
Rhino viewport, which is always 24mm x Nmm or Nmm x 24mm. If you change the Camera's film size, which puts it into 'Manual' mode,
then the Camera's resolution will no longer be linked to the viewport size. This is quite advantageous, since you can set up a shot which
will not be destroyed by the simple act of re-sizing the related viewport.
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