FIRE (Maxwell Interactive)

FIRE is the abbreviation for "Fast Interactive Rendering" and describes a real-time render method. The workflow is simple:

• Prepare your scene/simulation and apply materials to the nodes.
• Click on the FIRE button in the Render shelf – the → "Maxwell Interactive" panel is opened, and the render starts.
• Now, change the → viewport's perspective, → materials, or node positions, and the image will be updated in real-time.

It is not only possible to change perspective, but also materials:

• Go to a node's "Maxwell Render" panel and apply a new material.
• The render will be triggered without having to restart it manually.

Finally, → lighting and render quality can also be changed at render time directly:

• Render shelf > Maxwell Scene Preferences
• Here you will find several settings for controlling the render's environment.
• There are → global and → scene-based preferences, but they share exactly the same settings.
• Click on "Apply" to see the effect of your settings.
• Once you are happy, click on "OK" to confirm the adjustments.