Open and navigate Hypershade

For more information on the Hypershade, see Hypershade window.

To open Hypershade

  1. Select Window > Material/Texture Baking Editors > Hypershade from Maya’s main menu bar.

To navigate Hypershade

To customize swatches in Hypershade

  1. Use the Hypershade tab toolbar to view the swatches as icons or to view the swatches as text .
  2. In the Hypershade tab toolbar, select among four swatch sizes: small, medium, large, and extra large.
    		small
    		medium
    		large
    		extra large
  3. In the Hypershade tabs, dolly in (using the + , or + and ) to flip through the swatch sizes.
  4. 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

  1. In the Work Area, zoom or track using the same view navigation methods you use in the scene view.
  2. 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.
  3. Use to clear the current layout or to rearrange the current layout.
  4. To see render node connections, choose among Input Connections, Input and Output Connections, and Output Connections. For more information, see Show node connections.

General

  1. Use the icon to hide or display the Create bar.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Shift-click to select more than one swatch.
  5. Double-click a node to show its attributes in the Attribute Editor.