Implement "Mute" for geometry nodes #82546

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Dalai Felinto · 2020-11-09T19:57:09+01:00

Dalai Felinto commented

2020-11-09 19:57:09 +01:00

Mute is suppose to make the node to be bypassed. It is not working at the moment though.

If the input and output have a geometry connected, just pass it through.
If the input and output have a color connected, just pass it through.

Muting means the node can be considered removed from the nodetree. In some cases it means assuming the node is disconnected even (or passing 0.0?) leaving the following node to use its default values instead.

Mute is suppose to make the node to be bypassed. It is not working at the moment though. * If the input and output have a geometry connected, just pass it through. * If the input and output have a color connected, just pass it through. Muting means the node can be considered removed from the nodetree. In some cases it means assuming the node is disconnected even (or passing 0.0?) leaving the following node to use its default values instead.

Dalai Felinto commented

2020-11-09 19:57:09 +01:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Confirmed'

Dalai Felinto commented

2020-11-09 19:57:09 +01:00

Added subscribers: @dfelinto, @PiloeGAO

blender-admin commented

2020-11-09 19:57:09 +01:00

#82565 was marked as duplicate of this issue

Kenzie commented

2020-11-09 22:45:54 +01:00

Added subscriber: @KenzieMac130

Kenzie commented

2020-11-09 22:45:54 +01:00

How will muting be handled if the downstream nodes depend on generated values from the muted node? (Such as muting a mesh analysis node that's constant value outputs or generated attributes used by other nodes to do cleanup) Should it just throw an error if it runs into dependency problems downstream?

Dalai Felinto commented

2020-11-10 10:36:06 +01:00

For the existent nodes it seems very straightforward. If the input and output have a geometry connected, just pass it through. If the input and output have a color connected, just pass it through. Muting means the node can be considered removed from the nodetree. In your hypothetical example it would return 0.0, or 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, or no geometry, depending on the output.

Robert Guetzkow commented

2020-11-10 11:39:34 +01:00

Added subscribers: @EchoDot, @rboxman

Miro Horváth commented

2020-11-10 12:50:50 +01:00

Added subscriber: @MiroHorvath

Miro Horváth commented

2020-11-10 12:50:50 +01:00

Not sure if it is in scope of this task, but have you considered also to allow user to mute all nodes from the selected one up to the Output node?

I don't have Houdini here right now, but if I'm not mistaken there's something similar in opposite fashion that user can preview node graph up to the selected node.

Not sure if it is in scope of this task, but have you considered also to allow user to mute all nodes from the selected one up to the Output node? ![image.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F9251949/image.png) I don't have Houdini here right now, but if I'm not mistaken there's something similar in opposite fashion that user can preview node graph up to the selected node.

Hans Goudey commented

2020-11-13 17:22:52 +01:00

Added subscriber: @HooglyBoogly

Hans Goudey commented

2020-11-13 17:22:52 +01:00

In #82546#1051658, @MiroHorvath wrote:
Not sure if it is in scope of this task, but have you considered also to allow user to mute all nodes from the selected one up to the Output node?

I think some sort of viewer option for a node might be more effective at doing this.

> In #82546#1051658, @MiroHorvath wrote: > Not sure if it is in scope of this task, but have you considered also to allow user to mute all nodes from the selected one up to the Output node? I think some sort of viewer option for a node might be more effective at doing this.

Dalai Felinto commented

2020-12-18 14:55:33 +01:00

Changed status from 'Confirmed' to: 'Resolved'

Dalai Felinto closed this issue

2020-12-18 14:55:33 +01:00

Dalai Felinto self-assigned this 2020-12-18 14:55:33 +01:00

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Implement "Mute" for geometry nodes #82546