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 Hypershade 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 Work Area,
zoom or track using the same view navigation methods you use in
the scene view.
Use the Show Previous Graph and Show
Next Graph 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 Input
Connections, Input
and Output Connections, and Output
Connections. For more information, see
Show node connections.
You can group nodes by creating a container
node. Select the nodes and choose . A node
container is created.
Remove a container node by selecting
the node and selecting .
For each node container, you can display
all contents of the container by selecting the node and choosing .
Alternatively, for each node container,
you can also hide all contents of the container by collapsing it.
Select the node, then choose .
General
Use the icon
to hide or display the Create bar.
You can show only the top tabs (containing
the rendering components) or only the bottom tab (Work
Area 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 Attribute Editor.