Disabling swatch rendering

You can disable swatch rendering in the Node Editor, Hypershade and Attribute Editor to help improve performance slowdowns caused by swatch refresh.

To disable swatch rendering in the Node Editor, Hypershade and Attribute Editor for the startup state of Maya

Select Window > Settings/Preferences > Preferences to open the Preferences window. Under Display, disable Render swatches (startup).

To disable swatch rendering in the Node Editor, Hypershade and Attribute Editor for the current session of Maya

Disable Options > Render Swatches from the Node Editor Options menu.

NoteAs soon as you disable swatch rendering, all existing swatches should stop updating. Swatches that are already drawn remain visible but are not updated.

TipYou can disable swatch rendering via the Preferences window so that swatch rendering is disabled upon startup, then override this option for your session by enabling this option in the Node Editor Options menu.