[AddOn] Add Node Group Material

Coding Released Scripts and Themes
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I seen several comments of people wanting to use a node group instead of diffuse shader when adding new material. I spent a couple hours and put this little thing together. If in edit mode and faces selected it will assign the material when it’s added.

Find a node group and save user settings, so selected node group will be the default.
Default needs to be saved to startup blend file.

nodegroup_material1.jpg1920×1080 315 KB

Can search for node group to use, if you don’t want to use the default or didn’t save a default.

nodegroup_material2.jpg1920×1080 325 KB

Of course here’s the new node group material added.

nodegroup_material3.jpg1920×1080 373 KB

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Where is your addon link to download it, please? A forgot, may be?

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I’m fixin to post. I thought about something I needed to prolly add to it.

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OK, well here’s the file add_nodegroup_materials4.zip (3.05 KB) not happy with it ,but ya’ll can play with it. I got like 5 different versions. The biggest thing is the way the node groups are made. Not knowing the outputs and names kinda hard to get it to work good.

Here’s a break down.

If there is a green output named “Surface” or “Shader”, the node group output will connect to “Surface” on Material Output.

If there is a green output named “Volume”, the node group output will connect to “Volume” on Material Output.

If there is a clear output named “Displacement”, the node group output will connect to “Displacement” on Material Output.

If there is a yellow output, the first node group output will connect a diffuse shader and then to Surface on Material Output.

If there is a green output with random name, the first node group output will connect to “Surface” on Material Output.