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Prepare your project

Recommended Process

  1. Include referenced or linked external scenes into your main scene.
    • Select all
    • Objects > Relations > Make local > All
  2. Use the functionality:
    • File > External Data > Pack Ressources (or Automatically Pack Ressources)
    • File > External Data > Pack linked libraries
  1. Save your scene
  2. Select the directory where your archive will be generated with the “Destination” option, then click on the Prepare project button. It will check your scene and the assets, then create a .vub archive with all the needed files.
  3. Finally, you can upload this .vub file by clicking on “Submit” if you have installed RANCHSync or on the RANCH website, to start the rendering.

Alternatives Process

  1. Open each referenced or linked external scenes and use :
    • File > External Data > Pack Ressources (or Automatically Pack Ressources)
    • File > External Data > Pack linked libraries
    • File > Save
  2. Open your main scene or refresh references in your main scene
  3. Do steps 3 to 5 of recommended process

or

  1. Open RANCHecker for Blender preferences (Edit > Preferences…> Add-ons)
  2. Checked “use BAT” option
  3. Do steps 3 to 5 of recommended process

Special Case

If you use the features below, please set them with relative paths in your scene and add them manually inside the .vub.

  • Caches (except VDB, Alembic and MDD)