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Feature Request: "Switch" Node

Postby treddie » Tue Feb 06, 2018 6:24 pm

treddie Tue Feb 06, 2018 6:24 pm
Hi.

I have a feature request...What could be called a "Switch" node. That is, a general node that you can connect any number of alternatives for a particular type (material, camera, meshes). It is kind of like a group node, but would allow you to do things like connect a bunch of unique materials to it, then decide which one you want to use by selecting a pin #. This would be a time saver for situations where you might have two entirely different materials that you want to be able to toggle between depending on the needs of a particular shot, but that are connected to numerous objects. So instead of, say, disconnecting one material 10 times from ten objects, by connecting another material for those ten objects, or going through the material to reset it for another texture, you can just change the pin# and it all gets done in one click:

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Re: Feature Request: "Switch" Node

Postby aoktar » Tue Feb 06, 2018 6:26 pm

aoktar Tue Feb 06, 2018 6:26 pm
OSL is for this kind a requests. Easy to write a script like this.
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Re: Feature Request: "Switch" Node

Postby treddie » Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:05 pm

treddie Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:05 pm
OSL...Is there a command and syntax reference for it?
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Re: Feature Request: "Switch" Node

Postby bepeg4d » Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:42 am

bepeg4d Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:42 am
Hi treddie,
here is a basic Lua Scripted graph for switching between two materials nodes:
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Re: Feature Request: "Switch" Node

Postby treddie » Wed Feb 07, 2018 6:45 pm

treddie Wed Feb 07, 2018 6:45 pm
Thank you very much ciao! That gives me a good set of script to examine. Thank you for putting the time into it!
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Re: Feature Request: "Switch" Node

Postby Elvissuperstar007 » Thu Feb 08, 2018 4:07 am

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And it is possible to make similar by default? we are not programmers, we are visualizers!
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Re: Feature Request: "Switch" Node

Postby Radlson » Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:35 pm

Radlson Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:35 pm
I whould use this method.

Create empty graph containing onlt material in and material out

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