Adding a node graph to an existing network graph

Use the Additive Graphing Mode option to graph a node and add it to an existing network graph. Enable this option, select a node and click one of the , and icons to graph your selected node and add it to the existing network.

You can enable Additive Graphing Mode in one of three ways:

by selecting Options > Additive Graphing Mode
by selecting Additive Graphing Mode from the Node Editor work area marking menu. See Node Editor Marking Menus for more information.
+ one of the , and icons to graph your selected node and add it to the existing network

Example

Select Options > Additive Graphing Mode to enable the Additive Graphing Mode option.
Create a sphere and click the button to graph its output connections.
Create a cube. With the cube selected, click the button.

The result graph is as follows:

Only the output connections are graphed for the sphere but both the input and output connections are graphed for the cube.

NoteIf you have disabled the Sync Node Editor / Viewport Selection option so that what you have selected in your scene is not necessarily in sync with what you have highlighted in the Node Editor, then it is what you have active (highlighted) in the Node Editor that is graphed with this mode, not what you have selected in your scene view. For more information on syncing selection, see Selection in the Node Editor.