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    Customizing the view of the nodes

    Use the Node Editor to create or remove nodes, control many aspects of their display, and assign materials to surfaces.

    Topics in this section
    • Change view modes in the Node Editor and Hypershade
    • Customize a node attribute list in the Node Editor
    • Disable swatch rendering
    • Expand or collapse all children of a compound attribute
    • Filtering of attributes in the Node Editor
    • Hiding the node names in your node network
    • Node colors in the Node Editor
    • Renaming Nodes in your node network
    • Toggling node swatch size in the Node Editor and Hypershade
    • Hiding namespace of node names
    Parent topic: Use the Node Editor to create node networks

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