stopping rendering

[theboss]

I read Katie's comment to the effect that once rendering is started one has to wait for the complex calculations to finish. I wish there were a way to abort complex calculations so rendering could be stopped more quickly. Sometimes I don't realize how slow it is going to be until I get into the "render" phase of the process. By then I either have to force quit or wait.

[Andrew Bell@NV]

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Originally posted by theboss:

I read Katie's comment to the effect that once rendering is started one has to wait for the complex calculations to finish.

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Escape or command-period will usually cancel a rendering.

[Travis]

I've used command-. (period) for years to escape rendering--but it doesn't seem to work anymore in 10.5.1

I'll try the escape key. I too find myself needing to "bail out" on a render command once I discover it's taking too long.

[theboss]

That is my (vague) memory too. I don't know if it is the MacOS 10.3 or the latest VW upgrade but neither nor works now.

[Guest]

It does work, but it may be delayed depending on how complex your drawing is and how many textures there are and the type of those textures.

[theboss]

OK, then I hereby modify my wish. I wish the cancellation would work faster. Because I didn't know how much work I had saved and because I had the time available to wait I waited over an hour for a rather simple part to render. I have simplified it now to make it go faster but I sure would like to break in to the computation and say, like Gilda, "Never mind."