Configuration

The OctaneRender for Poser plugin does all the conversion of the Poser scene to Octane for you. However, there are some settings which you can tune to speed up your workflow. Most of these settings are in the Setup Configuration window.

Refresh Time – The number of milliseconds that the Viewport will check to see if Octane has an updated render image available.

Video Card – Configures the plugin so it knows the number of texturemaps that your card can handle. This field is not longer required with Octane 2.0.

Allow Scaled Poser Cameras – Enables you to scale the Poser camera and still render in the Octane Viewport. Setting this option will mean the Octane Viewport will not match the Poser preview window when the Poser camera scale is not 100%.

Poser to Octane Scale Factor – the conversion rate of Poser Units to Octane metres. Should not need to be changed.

UPDATE: Additional configuration parameters have been added as follows:

Expert Mode – Enable this checkbox to turn OFF confirmation messages when editing materials.
Convert SpecularAmount of specular reflection, or the mirror-like reflection of light photons at the same angle. Used for transparent materials such as glass and water. Maps – Enable this checkbox to transfer Poser MaterialThe representation of the surface or volume properties of an object. specular texturemaps to the Octane material during material conversion.
Convert Transparent to Specular – Enable this checkbox to convert transparent=1 Poser materials (with no transmap) to Octane specular materials. If unchecked, these materials will be converted to diffuse with 0 opacity.
Keep MaterialsA set of attributes or parameters that describe surface characteristics. from Invisible Items – Enable this have the plugin retain the Octane materials for Invisible props and figures. NOTE: This option will use texturemap slots on your graphics card for the invisible material texturemaps.
Mousewheel Moves Sliders – Enable this checkbox to have mousewheel turns moves the sliders.
Smooth Default – Sets the default of the ‘smooth’ pin when converting Poser materials to Octane materials. Does not apply to skin materials – which also have smoothing ON.
Smoothing Angle – The smoothing angle (degrees) for calculating Normals. Set to 0 to use Poser’s Normals. Anything other than 0 will result that angle being used to calculate normals for all meshes.
LiveDb Texturemap Folder – The folder to store texturemaps downloaded from the Octane LiveDb.
Confirm on Viewport Close – If enabled, pops a confirmation dialog when you try to close the Viewport.

Octane 2.0 Fields

Default Dynamic Hair Width (meters) – Default width for Poser dynamic hair strands.
Subdivision Scheme – Sets the Subdvision Scheme for meshes being loaded into Octane where the Subd Level is > 0.

config.xml

The above settings (and other temporary settings) are stored in a file which is in C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Poser Pro\9 for Poser 9/2012 and C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Poser Pro\10 for Poser10/2014. You can delete this file if you need to reset the plugin back to it’s initial state.

OctaneDefaults.py

There are other settings which you will generally never need to change, and these are in the OctaneDefaults.py file. This is a python file which you can edit with a text editor (make sure you make a backup first). The OctaneDefaults.py file resides in the Runtime\Python\addons\OctaneRender for Poser folder. If you edit OctaneDefaults.py, you will need to restart Poser in order for it to take effect. The types of settings in OctaneDefaults.py include node defaults, skin materials, resolution presets, etc.

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