For more information on the , see Hypershade window.
To open
- Select Window > Rendering Editors > Hypershade from Maya’s main menu bar.
To navigate
To customize swatches in
- Use the Hypershade tab toolbar to view the swatches as icons
or to view the swatches as text
.
- In the Hypershade tab toolbar, select among four swatch sizes: small, medium, large, and extra large.
|
small |
|
medium |
|
large |
|
extra large |
- In the tabs, dolly in (using the
+
, or
+
and
) to flip through the swatch sizes.
- Sort your swatches by name
, by type
, by creation time
, or in reverse order
using the icons in the Hypershade tab toolbar.
To customize your work area
- In the , zoom or track using the same view navigation methods you use in the scene view.
- Use the
and
in the Hypershade main toolbar (or the hotkeys "[" and "]" respectively) to step back and forth through networks that you have previously graphed.
- Use
to clear the current layout or
to rearrange the current layout.
- To see render node connections, choose among
,
, and
. For more information, see Show node connections.
- You can group nodes by creating an asset. Select the nodes and choose
. An asset is created.
- Remove an asset by selecting the node and selecting
.
- For each asset, you can display all contents of the asset by selecting the node and choosing
.
- Alternatively, for each asset, you can also hide all contents of the asset by collapsing it. Select the node, then choose
.
General
- Use the
icon to hide or display the .
- You can show only the top tabs (containing the rendering components) or only the bottom tab ( tab). For more information, see Show top and bottom level tabs.
- If you can’t see the swatch names in the panel, either zoom in, or drag the cursor over the swatches to display the swatch
names.
- Shift-click to select more than one swatch.
- Double-click a node to show its attributes in the .