VRay also has it's own toggle to disable thumbnail rendering. One that persists between scene loads. For people like me who often forget to hit a toggle before attempting to open the hypershade.
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Ævar Guðmundsson <aevar.gudmunds...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good one here on how to do this > http://mayastation.typepad.com/maya-station/2010/05/button-to-disable-thumbnails-update-in-hypershade-.html > > Mostly it's just making sure to run maya.cmds.renderThumbnail to be on or > off, the thumbnail renders then get saved into .mayaSwatches on your hard > drive > > Hope this helps > > > On 23 Jan 2014, at 20:20, Geoff Harvey <hoafal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've found myself in a situation where I'm stuck with a whole lotta Maya > (V-Ray) materials in a scene. > > Naturally, Maya grinds to a halt whenever I attempt to open the Hypershader > -- too many things to display, so I'm wondering if anybody has had any luck > finding a way to open the Hypershader with a filter already in place. > > Anybody have any ideas? > > Thanks, > > hoaf > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAH5d3sAhh%3DRKV192r9ttAB%3D97qtKJt5iD7DDhLPDYYbTM%3DZ8dg%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/2D566858-1D3C-4557-AA5C-E28E4F508B7B%40gmail.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- ---- Christopher Stewart Vancouver, BC 3D TD | VFX IT -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAGnq0iDNDmOTsRkSN%2Bgf3gquQzbuw1v-mpa0unzvW-GJMNwMoQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
