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Hi all,

First post from me at all. But I really don't get it.

Is it possible to start a network render job time-delayed? My colleagues need their computer during the day (like everybody I think ), but some of them have really unsocial working times. To not bother them it would be cool to be able to start the render jobs at 2am for example -that's not the time where I'm able to hit the renderbutton. I'm working with 1.71, the Rhino-PlugIn and WinXp.

Have I overlooked a button? I would expect such a button/ functionality within the "Add Job" Window. Or are their other possibilites to get this problem solved?

Thanks for any hints!

I would like to have that too. I think the only option now is to ask your colleague to start the node app before leaving the office.

That's a good wish.

Yeah. I think so. But does nobody else missed this feature before? Or what workarounds are possible to get my renderjobs started to a time I need?

Fernando Tella wrote:... I think the only option now is to ask your colleague to start the node app before leaving the office.

I put the maxwell-server shortcut in their autostart folder, so it's always on when they are on. But they are working on critical stuff sometimes with a lots of reboots during work. No chance for me to start a job as long as they are doing their reboot-turns (software testing guys). That's the reason for the after-work-render-start-wish...

When I'll find a way I let you know.

I think this sort of thigs can be done with Maxwell scripting. There's no manual yet, but you can take a look at the examples provided with the instalation

A colleague showed me the "planned task" functionality in windows. I never used it before. Maybe this will help in combination with a small batch-file. Scripting itself sounds hard for me, but I'll will have a look at it after I tested the planned task thing.