Making libary node into local sub-graph?

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October 24, 2024
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And available to modification without messing with original one in the library ? Is it possiblee somehow ? Perhaps by editing sbs file in text editor?

Something like in Blender when you drop a node group from library , make it local and opened for tweaks , and now it saves with current blend file while the libary one stays intact?

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Marco Vitale

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Hi Kirill,

That is possible, it's quite similar like you would do it in blender. Right-Click on the library node, open the reference .sbs and copy the graph into your project, when the graph is in your project, it's basically a "local copy" of the original node, you can edit this graph and drag it into your material graph, like any other subgraph.

I hope this is what you are looking for.

Stay healthy and creative Marco

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kirill_7256Author

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Thanks Marco. I meant a bit diffrent scenario. I have alredy big graph with lots of nodes I droped from library . How could I relink them to local one I copy /pasted to my sbs ?

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kirill_7256Author

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Hey Kirill,

That is very unfortunate, I'm really sorry this doesn't work as intended. Unfortunately the Substance Designer API isn't published on the web somewhere, so ChatGPT couldn't learn it, that's why it doesn't really make any working scripts in python. If I have some time I can write a script, but at the moment I'm very busy and I don't know, when I will have the time to do this. But in the meantime you can try to do it a little different, when you copy the whole .sbs file containing the library node, you want to change into a new folder, it should be editable and still use all dependencies like the original one, then relocate the node to the new file, like before. I haven't tried this but it should be working. Usually when you open the graph, and there are missing dependencies, Substance Designer asks for the location of the files, that should simplify things a little.

If you want to give the automation toolkit a try here is a post, which should help you. https://community.adobe.com/t5/substance-3d-designer-discussions/where-to-find-substance-3d-automation-toolkit/td-p/13706405

Stay healthy and creative Marco

Thanks for your help Marco

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