The utility "Batch Render&Relink" is intended for rendering the thumbnails and
search\collect the textures for files of models, materials and
files with photometric data IES in a batch mode.
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With this utility you can make the thumbnails for files 3ds max, 3ds, Vray and Mental Ray Proxy.
Also this utility can help you find and collect all assets for files of models and materials.
The batch task of search\collecting of textures and rendering the thumbnails can be executed for one session.