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Open and navigate Hypershade |
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. Selecting 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.