The History tab controls the render history settings such as location, amount of disk space to use and visibility parameters.
Enabled – Enables/disables render history, where the V-Ray VFB keeps a history of previously rendered images.
Location
Use Project Path – When enabled, creates a new vfb_history folder to use as the History Folder within the current Sketchup Rhino project directory.
History Folder – Specifies – Specifies the location where render history images are saved as V-Ray Image files (.vrimg).
Max Size on Disk (MBs) – Specifies the maximum amount of disk space to use for the render history images. When the history exceeds the specified amount, the oldest images are deleted.
Auto Save – When enabled, all rendered images are automatically saved to the history.
Auto Save Completed Only – When enabled, all completed rendered images are automatically saved to the history.
Auto Load Layers – When enabled, loading an image from history also loads the layer tree saved with the image.
Resize VFB on load – When enabled, the VFB is automatically resized to fit the loaded image.
Position and Thumbnail
Left/Bottom – Specifies the position of the Render History panel.
Min Thumbnail Width – Specifies the minimum width of the thumbnails in the Render History panel. You can additionally specify the image ratio for the thumbnails.
Center/Fit Inside/Fit Outside– Specifies how to fit the thumbnail in the History panel.
Info Font and Background
Font size - resolution and time – Specifies the font size of the resolution and time information on the thumbnail.
Font size - note – Specifies the font size of the notes on the thumbnails.
Font size - shortcut key – Specifies the font size of the 1-9 shortcut keys.
Background opacity - resolution and time – Specifies the opacity of the resolution and time background.
Background opacity - note – Specifies the opacity of the note background.
Background opacity - compare letter – Specifies the opacity of the compare letter background.
Show resolution/time – Specifies whether to show details about resolution and time of the rendered image. You can choose between Never, OnHistoryHover, OnImageHover, and Always.
Show note/name – Specifies whether to show the name/note at the bottom of the thumbnail. You can choose between Never, OnHistoryHover, OnImageHover, and Always.
Show shortcut key – Specifies whether to show shortcut keys on the rendered image thumbnail. You can choose between Never, OnHistoryHover, OnImageHover, and Always.
