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Other => Wish List => Topic started by: Eric Summers on December 13, 2018, 12:22:33 PM

Title: Move entire material in material graph
Post by: Eric Summers on December 13, 2018, 12:22:33 PM
When working with multi-materials in the material graph, it would be nice to be able to move an entire material by just moving the root node. Perhaps a right click option to select all connected nodes.
With a graph like this, it isn't the easiest to track all the nodes for one material to select them and move. Because I've been duplicating one material to create the others, I have to click the align nodes option so the newly duplicated material isn't on top of the original. I like having a little space between each material - this is a little too chaotic  :P

A little add-on wish: have the option to have an invisible grid of snap points for the nodes to snap to for organizing.
Title: Re: Move entire material in material graph
Post by: Esben Oxholm on December 14, 2018, 12:19:50 AM
+1 !!  8)
Title: Re: Move entire material in material graph
Post by: mattjgerard on December 14, 2018, 06:17:05 AM
I'll second that with a +2
Title: Re: Move entire material in material graph
Post by: Will Gibbons on March 04, 2019, 11:29:29 AM
Definitely a nice idea!
Title: Re: Move entire material in material graph
Post by: DMerz III on March 05, 2019, 04:12:28 PM
 :) another +1

And also, if you could 'collapse' groups of nodes, that would be cool too.
Title: Re: Move entire material in material graph
Post by: mattjgerard on March 06, 2019, 05:46:20 AM
Quote from: DMerz III on March 05, 2019, 04:12:28 PM
:) another +1

And also, if you could 'collapse' groups of nodes, that would be cool too.

Especially for multi-materials, just have the nodes that are in the active material shown? That would be fantastic.
Title: Re: Move entire material in material graph
Post by: Eric Summers on March 06, 2019, 06:48:51 AM
Quote from: mattjgerard on March 06, 2019, 05:46:20 AM
Quote from: DMerz III on March 05, 2019, 04:12:28 PM
:) another +1

And also, if you could 'collapse' groups of nodes, that would be cool too.

Especially for multi-materials, just have the nodes that are in the active material shown? That would be fantastic.

That really would be fantastic! I have to add a +1 to what both of you said.
Title: Re: Move entire material in material graph
Post by: INNEO_MWo on March 10, 2019, 12:05:20 PM
maybe all the related nodes of the not-active materials of the multi-mat can presented in a dimmed style, just like all nodes if a preview is activated.