Contribute to a workspace

You can connect a workstation to a workspace to contribute to jobs, even without having access to the original Reality Studio project.

Start a contribution in the application

After a distributed process is submitted to the workspace, workstations can start their contribution once they are connected.

To connect a workstation and start contributing, complete the following steps:

1. Click the Project tab.

2. Click Distributed Processing.

3. Under Select a Workspace, click Browse .

   If you have a default workspace configured, it will be shown here.

   Tip:

   You can define a default workspace in the Processing Path Settings section. When you create a job or connect to a workspace to monitor or contribute, the workspace field is then automatically filled.

   The Select a workspace folder dialog box appears.

4. Select the workspace you want to contribute to, and click OK.

   If the specified path does not point to a workspace, a workspace is created at that location.

5. Click Start Contribution .

   Note:

   If there's an open project, it will be closed to open the contribution mode.

The workstation now contributes to the selected workspace as a node and can receive processing tasks.

While the workstation is contributing to a workspace, you can also monitor the distributed processing.

Start a contribution on command line interface

After a distributed process is submitted to the workspace, workstations can start their contribution once they're connected.

To connect a workstation and start contributing using the command line interface, complete the following steps:

1. Open a command line window.

2. Call the ArcGISRealityStudioNode.exe from your Reality Studio <installation folder> and specify a workspace and a temporary processing directory for it.

   • To specify the workspace, use the workspace flag --workspace-location (shortcut -w), followed by a space, and the path to the workspace you want to contribute to.

   • To specify the temporary processing directory, use the flag --temporary-processing-location (shortcut -t) followed by a space, and then the path to the temporary processing directory.

   Code sample:

   <Installation_Folder>\ArcGISRealityStudioNode.exe -w <Path_to_Workspace> -t <Path_to_Temporary_Processing_Location>

3. Press Enter.

The workstation now contributes to the selected workspace as a node and can receive processing tasks. The contribution continues until you press Ctrl+C.

While the workstation is contributing to a workspace, you can also monitor the distributed processing.

Stop a contribution

Once you start a contribution to the workspace, you can stop it to remove the workstation from the process.

To stop contributing to the workspace, complete the following steps:

1. In the Workspace Monitor pane, click Stop Contribution.

   Note:

   Stopping a contribution cancels the current processing task and deletes its progress.

2. On the warning dialog box, click OK.

The workstation stops contributing to the workspace but remains connected for monitoring purposes. To start contributing again, click Start Contribution in the Workspace Monitor pane.