Diagnostic Turntable Dialog

The Diagnostic Turntable dialog is described below with functions for how to access it. A list of the controls on the dialog can be found in the table below.

What It Does

Creates a series of images showing the scene rotating through an axis. The axis of rotation is a vertical line through the current camera view, centered in the middle of the visible portion of the scene. You can export multiple channels at once. Mari creates all the images using the default shader and flat lighting.

How to Access It

• Right-click | Projector in Projectors Palette > Diagnostic Turntable

Diagnostic Turntable Dialog Fields

Control	Type	What it does	Notes
Channel	list	Selects which channels to export turntables for.
Settings
Size	dropdown	Selects the size of the generated images.
Antialias	dropdown	How much anti-aliasing to use in the generated images.
Background	dropdown	Selects the background for the images (Gray, Transparent, or From Canvas).	From Canvas uses the current background in Mari.
Frames	text field, slider	Sets the number of frames to generate - how many images should be in the sequence.	Range: 1 to 1000. Default: 360
Play Animation	checkbox	If you are using animated models or textures, lets you render the turntable with the animation.	When you check this, the Frames control above becomes disabled. This is because the frame range is taken from the Play Controls Toolbar.
Filters	dropdown	If this is checked, the turntable images are produced with the LUT and any other applicable view filters applied. If this is not checked, no filters are applied to the images produced.
Info
Comment	text field, dropdown	Sets a comment to include this at the bottom of the turntable.
Text Size	text field, slider	Sets the text size for the comment.	Range: 0.10 to 10.00. Default: 1.00
Reference	text field, dropdown, button	Selects a reference image to include at the top left of your model.	Second dropdown specifies whether the colorspace is sRGB or Linear.
Output
Path	text field, dropdown, button	Specifies where Mari should create the images.	Default: /local1
Template	text field, dropdown	Sets a template for the filenames.	This must include the $FRAME variable, so Mari assigns the frame numbers correctly to the files. If you're generating turntables for multiple channels, this should include the $CHANNEL variable, as otherwise the later channels overwrite the earlier ones. Mari can export turntables as either .tif, .png, .jpg, or .tga files - change the file extension in the template to set the file type.
Command	text field, dropdown	Specifies any commands to run on files after creating them.
Preview	button	Generates the first frame of the turntable, enabling you to check the placement of reference images and text.