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[gandalf3]

What about using node groups?

You can select a bunch of nodes and press Ctrl+G to make them into a group.
You can then add the group from the Shift+A menu.

On 06/15/14 06:37, Johnny Matthews wrote:
> Well the idea comes out of a smaller script that I'm working on (mainly for
> myself at the moment) where I can create little "cuttings" of smaller
> nodetree setups. Generally depending on the material I'm making there are
> 2-5 nodes connected up in the same way or similar ways every time. (like a
> glossy and a diffuse going into a mix controlled with a fresnel or layer
> weight or a UVMap->Image->Diffuse) and I wanted a way to quickly insert
> them. I hardcoded a few tree setups like this, but created a function to
> interpret a JSON object that can more easily store the structure. Anyhow,
> that is where the idea came from, but OML seems to be a much better way to
> share full materials.
>
> Johnny Matthews
> johnny.matthews at gmail.com
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 4:37 AM, Piotr Arłukowicz <piotao at inf.ug.edu.pl>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Johnny,
>>
>> take a look at this page:
>>
>> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/Material/Online_Material_Library
>>
>> This plugin is available right off the bat if you are compiling Blender on
>> your own, I'm unsure if it's in a standalone 'official' build. Nevertheless
>> it seems to be working pretty well, so maybe you need to contact with the
>> author. Your idea is good and it seems that quite decent amount of work is
>> already done. I'd love to see that OML is growing and this can be a great
>> community effort. Or maybe blendswap can allow to share materials in this
>> way, dunno.
>>
>> regards
>> Piotr
>>
>>
>>
>> Piotr Arłukowicz, PhD
>> University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
>> Division of Artificial Intelligence, Wit Stwosz 57, 80-952 Gdańsk, room 121
>> phone: +48585232125, University home page: http://inf.ug.edu.pl/~piotao
>> Also: Polish Blender Course: http://polskikursblendera.pl/ [PL]
>>
>>
>> 2014-06-15 1:46 GMT+02:00 Johnny Matthews <johnny.matthews at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Piotr Arłukowicz <piotao at inf.ug.edu.pl>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Online Material Library
>>>
>>> I had not
>>>
>>> Johnny Matthews
>>> johnny.matthews at gmail.com
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