Search TipsGenerating a Diagnostic Turntable
| 1. | Right-click on the projector and select Diagnostic Turntable from the dropdown menu. |
The Diagnostic Turntable dialog box displays.
| 2. | In the Channel section of the dialog box, click to uncheck any channels you do not want to generate turntables for. |
| 3. | If you are using animated models or textures and want to render the turntable with the animation, check Play Animation. This disables the Frames control above because the frame range is taken from |
| 4. | Set the other details for the turntable(s) to generate. The properties for diagnostic turntables are the same as for Generating a Render Turntable, except: |
• You cannot set an offset.
• You cannot set the shader or lighting to use – all images use the default shader and flat lighting.
In addition, you should ensure that the Template includes:
• The $FRAME (%FRAME on Windows) variable, so Mari assigns the frame numbers correctly to the files.
• The $CHANNEL (%CHANNEL on Windows) variable, so Mari includes the channel in the filename. If this is not present, and you export multiple channels, the later channels overwrite the earlier ones.
| 5. | Click OK. |
Mari generates a series of images for the turntable, once per channel. Generating turntables for a large number of channels takes a while. Mari shows the progress in the status bar at the bottom right:
