General Augment3d Model Processing

This is a great question. The answer is it depends...

If you have never opened the Augment3d tab in your session (e.g. shut down with the tab closed then reopen and don't open Augment3d after starting up) then it will have no effect on your system.

If you have opened the Augment3d tab in your session but closed the tab, Augment3d is still running in the background and will use some resources.

Alternately, you could also disable Augment3d from running in Setup>System>Augment3d.

Keep in mind that when you disable or never open Augment3d, features that rely on Augment3d will be unavailable/will not function as planned.

For multi-console, the model is included as a part of the show file and is synchronized even if it isn't used on the target machine. Depending on the complexities of your system and model, this can introduce extra time in sync events. Once transferred, it should not further affect the device not running Augment3d.

From your answer and gathering information from around the forum and ETC Study Hall trainings, the "safest" bet with a large model file would be to keep a tethered machine running with the console even after technical rehearsals are complete and the show is up and running. Does that seem to be an accurate statement?

On that note, if Augment3d is running tethered to the Primary console and that particular console crashes, does the tether transfer over to the Back-Up console as well?

If you are relying on features from Augment3d during your show (such as visualization), then keeping the tether during the run would be advised. Once the show is programmed, Eos does not require Augment3d to be running during playback.

Eos does not transfer the tether from the Primary to the Backup as it is possible for the backup to have its own tether. If the primary were to go offline, the tethered computer would show the spinning icon as it waits for the connection to be restored.

If you are relying on features from Augment3d during your show (such as visualization), then keeping the tether during the run would be advised. Once the show is programmed, Eos does not require Augment3d to be running during playback.

Eos does not transfer the tether from the Primary to the Backup as it is possible for the backup to have its own tether. If the primary were to go offline, the tethered computer would show the spinning icon as it waits for the connection to be restored.

That is very useful. Is there a list somewhere of the specific features of the current beta software that do rely on Augment3d to be running?

For questions specifically about beta, you'd want to post those over in the beta section:Eos 3.1.5 Open Beta 

I guess I should have left Beta out...it is more of a general question of knowing exactly what functions require Augment3d to be running so that I can be aware of what tools to use/not use depending on what console I have available at any given time.

At this time, there is nothing that is required for show playback that would require Augment3d to be running. After further digging, I discovered that we intentionally designed the system such that playback of a programmed show doesn't require Augment3d to be running. I will amend my earlier answer for posterity.