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nCache > Merge Caches |
Merges your current nCloth object’s enabled caches and disables the cache nodes that are merged. By default, this operation does not delete any of your nCloth cache nodes.
nCache > Merge Caches > 
Opens the Merge nCloth Cache Options window. This window lets you specify the name, type, and location-on-disk of the merged nCloth cache.
Cache Directory
Specifies the location on your server or local disk to which the merged nCloth cache you want to create is saved. The folder icon (
) allows you to browse to a different directory than the default.
Cache Name
Specifies the base name for the merged nCloth cache you want to create.
Use as Prefix
Sets the Cache Name as a prefix. When on, the base names of your nCloth caches are the current nCloth objects’ names plus the specified Cache Name as a prefix. For example, the cache file names for an nCloth object named Cape with the prefix red are as follows: red_CapeFrame1, red_CapeFrame2, red_CapeFrame3 and so on. This option is only available when One File Per Frame or One File per Geometry is on.
File Distribution
One File Per Frame
Specifies that one merged nCloth cache file per frame of the specified Cache Time Range is created.
One File
Specifies that one merged nCloth cache file for the specified Cache Time Range is created.
One File per Geometry
When on, one merged nCloth cache file (if One File is on) or one merged nCloth cache file per frame (if One File Per Frame is on) for each of the selected nCloth objects, for the specified Cache Time Range, is created.
When off, one merged nCloth cache file (if One File is on) or one merged nCloth cache file per frame (if One File Per Frame is on) for all the selected nCloth objects, for the specified Cache Time Range, is created.
This option is only available when multiple nCloth objects are selected.
Cache Time Range
Render Settings
Specifies that your current Render Settings determine the Cache Time Range.
Time Slider
Specifies that the current playback range in your Time Slider determines the Cache Time Range.
Start/End
Specifies that the range of frames between (and including) the specified Start and End times determines the Cache Time Range.
Start/End
These fields let you specify a Start and End time for the Cache Time Range.
Evaluate every frame(s) and Save every evaluation(s)
When creating an nCloth cache, one sample of your nCloth object’s simulation is taken every frame and saved to your nCloth cache by default.
Evaluate every frame(s) specifies how often samples are taken during nCloth cache creation. For example, a value of 2 caches the simulation of the current nCloth object at every other frame of the Cache Time Range.
Save every evaluation(s) specifies which samples are saved during nCloth cache creation. For example, a value of 2 specifies that only every other sample specified by the Evaluate every frame(s) option is saved to your nCloth cache.
For more information, see nCloth cache creation.
Delete existing caches after merge
Specifies that all your enabled nCloth cache nodes are deleted when the merged nCloth cache is created. However, your nCloth caches on disk are preserved.
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