When you solo a node, the Material Viewer and viewport update to reflect your soloing results.
Solo a node using the soloing icon
Click the
solo icon on the top right of the node (hotkey @). When the node is soloed, this icon turns turquoise
. The border of the node turns red, and the attribute that is soloed by default appears as a triangular port
.
You can choose to solo a different attribute on that node by double-clicking its port.
To toggle off the soloing, click the
icon again (hotkey #).
Solo a node using the marking menu
To solo a node, right-click over the node and select
Solo from the marking menu. When the node is soloed, this icon turns turquoise
. The border of the node turns red, and the attribute that is soloed by default appears as a triangular port
.
You can choose to solo a different attribute on that node by double-clicking its port.
To solo the attribute that was last soloed, right-click anywhere in the Node Editor work area and select Solo Last Connection from the marking menu (hotkey !).
To remove the soloing, right-click anywhere in the Node Editor work area and select Remove Material Soloing from the marking menu.
Solo a node using hotkeys
To solo a node, use the hotkey @.
To remove soloing, use the hotkey #.
To solo the node/attribute that was last soloed, use the hotkey !.
Solo a node using MEL
To solo a node, use the soloMaterial command and specify the node and (optionally) the attribute as follows:
soloMaterial -node "checker1" -attr "outColor"
To solo the attribute that was last soloed, use the -last flag:
soloMaterial -last
To remove the soloing, enter the following MEL command:
soloMaterial -unsolo
Query the soloed node
You can query the soloed node and attribute using MEL:
// To query the soloed node soloMaterial -q -node //To query the soloed attribute soloMaterial -q -attr