External Rendering Toolbar

The External Rendering Toolbar contains three actions to allow you to communicate between your source 3D scene and Harmony in real time.

Render Nodes Properties

The Render Nodes action will render your 3D scene through an external 3D software. All the renders made will appear in the cache of the elements folder of your scene.

Parameter	Description
Selected Nodes for Rendering	Listbox that lists the 3D Model element nodes to be rendered.
Start Frame	Defines the first frame for rendering.
End Frame	Defines the last frame for rendering.

Bake Nodes Properties

The Bake Nodes action will allow you to render out a 3D sequence through Autodesk Maya or Blender and save it as an EXR file in Harmony.

Parameter	Description
Select Nodes for Baking Frames Externally	Listbox that lists all the 3D Model Element Nodes to be rendered and converted into an element module with a sequence of EXR files.
Start Frame	Defines the first frame for rendering.
End Frame	Defines the last frame for rendering.

Bake to External Projects Properties

The Bake to External Project action allows you to create a new project file in the external 3D software containing all the animation and transformations on the 3D model from Harmony.

Parameter	Description
Node to Render to External Project	Name of the 3D Model Element Nodes to be rendered out to a 3D software.
Start Frame	Define the first frame for rendering.
End Frame	Define the last frame for rendering.
Project Destination	Define the path to output the rendered 3D file. IMPORTANT Make sure that you are entering the correct extension for the intended software to open.