For
more information on the Hypershade,
see
Hypershade window.
To open Hypershade
- Select
Window > Rendering Editors > Hypershade from
Maya’s main menu bar.
To navigate Hypershade
To customize swatches in Hypershade
- 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.