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The separate FIRE window can be practical if you want to resize it easily and also move it to a secondary monitor for example. Go to Render>Render>Maxwell FIRE to open the standalone window. The active camera will be used as render view by default.

There are also a few other options available at the top of the standalone FIRE window, such as choosing which camera in the scene should be used.

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  • Sampling Level / Time parameters: you can set the SL or the time and Maxwell FIRE will stop when one of the two settings is reached, whichever is reached first. Time is specified in minutes.

Maxwell FIRE script commands

The following script commands are available to add to your own Toolbars:

  • Application.MaxwellFIREOptionsCmd
    • Accepts values for SL, Threads, Time. Example: MaxwellFIREOptionsCmd("7","0","5")
  • Application.MaxwellFIREStartCmd
  • Application.MaxwellFIREStopCmd
  • Application.MaxwellFIRERestartCmd
  • Application.MaxwellFIREQualityCmd
    • Possible values: Low, Medium, High, Best. Example: MaxwellFIREQuality("Medium")
  • Application.MaxwellFIRECameraCmd
    • Accepts the camera name to be used by FIRE