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strike-digital / node_pie

A blender addon that adds a pie menu for adding new nodes to the node editor quickly
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socket intelligence #27

Closed KristjanLaane closed 3 weeks ago

KristjanLaane commented 3 weeks ago

when using socket drag, would it be possible to automagically filter the nodes that are shown to be only those compatible with the output socket i drag from. for instance, only show nodes here that have at least one input socket that accepts a Mesh type input: image basically remove the clutter by having a fluid UI that excludes invalid nodes that could not be used for sure / that are not relevant at all for the connection to be made. this feature would be not just very useful, but create a sense of awe :)

strike-digital commented 3 weeks ago

That's a good idea, I've thought about it before, so I gave it a shot:

https://github.com/strike-digital/node_pie/assets/59890307/085c5f97-b997-4f72-b2b7-060e2fc0580f

node_pie_1_2_31.zip

Here's the build, I'd be interested to know what you think? I did try it with removing invalid buttons all together, but it completely changed the shape of the pie menu and destroyed any muscle memory, so I settled for just greying them out.

KristjanLaane commented 3 weeks ago

it is fantastic, wow! (would be nice to make the popularity of all the grayed out nodes to be minimal size, too)

strike-digital commented 3 weeks ago

Good idea, I've added that and uploaded a new release 👍 https://github.com/strike-digital/node_pie/releases/tag/1.2.31

KristjanLaane commented 3 weeks ago

you are fast!