Swap Layer Type


Where to find them: 


Layers Palette / Right Mouse Click

Main Window / Layers

Main Window / Extension Pack / Layers


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Overview

Special Behavior


Swap Layer Type allows the swapping of one Layer Type for another e.g. a 'Tiled' Layer for a 'Triplanar',

a Texture Scatter 2D for a Texture Scatter 3D etc.



Ability to swap multiple Layers at once

Input and Output connections are maintained where possible

Attribute Settings (Size, Tiling etc.) are transferred where possible

Image Attributes are transferred


Example of converting a 'Tiled' Layer into an 'Axis Projection'



Special Behavior

Selecting a standard Mari Node Type (e.g. a procedural node) will show nodes from the same category at the top of the list

Example of swapping from a Perlin Node, with the nodes from the same category (Cellular, Perlin, Squiggle etc.) displayed at the top of the list



Selecting a standard Mari Node Type (e.g. a procedural node) will display custom procedurals from your shelf at the bottom of the list


      Custom Procedurals found in your Shelf Palette will be displayed at the bottom of the List



Selecting a Material will show Materials (of the same shader type) found in your shelf in the list, as options to swap to


Materials from the Shelf Palette will be shown as swap target options, if the selected source layer is a material



If the selected source Material is based on an Extension Pack Material Template , the dialog will show 

oother Material Templates from the same Shader Model at the top

oother Material Templates from other Shader Models below

oany other Material found in the Mari Shelf Palette further down the list

Swapping between Extension Pack Material Templates is running additional checks to ensure correct conversion between different models
e.g. Glossiness to Roughness Conversions etc.