Ah.
It´s right in front of me. The Assets menu. Very nice.
Obviously didn´t even notice that part of the menu bar
until now.
Maybe I read about it and forgot about it just to come
back and request it as a feature. Would not be the first time.
Cheers,
tim
On 22.11.2013 17:46, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote:
the "lock ppg" toggle is iAttribute Editor->List->Autoload Selected Attribute
The feature to create "compounds" where you publish only selected
attributes in the attribute editor and elsewhere is the "Assets" menu.
Better node editor support will be investigated for the future.
(Hypergraph does it now)
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 4:34 AM, Tim Leydecker <[email protected]> wrote:
A more practical wish in terms of interface, I can share:
I would like to have a GUI *compound* node. A graphical user custom PPG
node.
An empty node that can be used to easily drag&drop or connect and combine
channels into a keying set and serves as a way to help collect all parameters
one
might want to key or access for a specific task and conveniently access via the
Channel
box, attribute spread sheet or Atribute editor by just having that node and it´s
inputs.
It would be nice to be able to have it displayed in the above editors even
if other nodes/elements are selected. Not just for setting up connections but
also
actually manipulating data. (Maya doesn´t have a "lock PPG" option afaik)
The grapical representation in the Hypergraph/Hypershade could be something
like a Shading Group node that allows to use the Connection Editor to feed,
collect, create and validate inputs.
This can be done with Mel since day one but then requires at least some
scripting and ideally some layout templates.
What I would prefer would be a ICE Compound node workflow.
Benefit:
Many tasks, even if massively complex end up actually just requiring a
handful of parameters to be finetuned. It can become tedious to adjust these
parameters
when they are scattered all over the place instead of bundled into one place to
be readily manipulated at a glance and in context.
Cheers,
tim
