Standard (1)
No conditions are enforced.
In Substance graphs, you may connect nodes using one of 3 link creation modes:
Standard (1)
No conditions are enforced.
Material (2)
Inputs and outputs can only be connected if their usages match.
Connections between inputs and outputs with blank usages are still allowed.
Compact Material (3)
Same as Material.
Inputs and outputs belonging to a same group are collapsed.
You can switch between modes at any moment in the graph toolbar by clicking on the Link creation mode button or with the keyboard shortcuts listed above.
Standard |
Compact |
Compact Material |
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Inputs |
All inputs are visible |
All inputs are visible |
Only 1 input per group |
Outputs |
All outputs are visible |
All outputs are visible |
Only 1 output per group |
Links |
All links are visible |
All link are visible |
Only 1 link per group (green) |
Connections |
You connect links one by one |
You connect links together as |
You connect links together as |
You should assign groups to the graph's Input and Output nodes in order to use the Material and Compact material modes.
You assign a group in the Attributes parameters of the node, by filling the group name in the Group property. A group can be any string value, and links will be grouped if they share the exact same, case-sensitive group name.
Grouped inputs and outputs of a graph are denoted visually by being enclosed in a dark capsule on node instances referencing that graph.
Once links are grouped, individual inputs need to be matched with outputs. This is done through the Usage attribute of Input and Output nodes. If the usage between both input and output matches, a link will be created. If no matching usage is found, no link is made.