The Nodes tab contains all of configuration settings related to the OctaneRender® Node editor. The Node Editor is described in detail here.


live viewer — nodes tab


Auto Load Materials

Enable to have any selected material appear automatically in the Node Editor. 

Update Previews on Drag

Enable for immediate update of previews, otherwise, previews will be updated upon releasing the mouse.

Node Previews

Enable/disable material previews in the Node editor.


node editor — material previews


New Style

This toggle enables the new graphic style of the Node Editor. Defaults to ON.


node editor — new style



node editor — original style


Side Menu

Used to enable or prevent display of the "Side Menu" on the left side in the Node editor. 

NOTE

The Node Editor is automatically hidden but will appear when the mouse is hovered over the left side of the editor when this option is enabled, but will NOT appear at all when this option is disabled.



node editor — side menu


Auto Hide Menu

This option allows the menu on the left side to be automatically hidden.  

Embedded GUI

This option determines if nodes are displayed with UI controls or not.


node editor — embedded gui


Open Image Selection

When enabled, this option will open a file dialog when the Image Texture node is added to the workspace.

PBR Textures

This menu determines how PBR textures will be processed when dragged into the Node Editor. The options are as follows:

    • None — No special treatment is given to the texture; they are contained within an Image Texture node.
    • Auto Detect — Description coming.
    • Auto Detect + Connect — Connects each available PBR texture, loaded into an Image Texture node, to the correct pin on the material if dropped onto the material. If not, the textures are still brought into the editor, but in an unconnected state. 

PBR Tags

A list of tags that define how each PBR texture is mapped to a given material. This option is not visible if the PBR Textures menu is set to None.

Gesture

This option allows you to select the gesture method you can use. There are 3 options: 1- None / 2- By Mouse Drag / 3- By ALT Key

Button Size

With this option you can adjust the width of the menu on the left.


node editor — button width


Button Font Size

Adjust the size of the fonts in the menu on the left with this option.

Grid Visibility

Adjust the display strength of the grid in the background of the Node editor.

Node Editor Colors

You can change almost any color in the node editor from here. To revert to factory defaults, press the "Reset Colors" button.