Vertical view for geo Node
Wouldn't It Be Nice to have the possibilities to make geo node vertical , like houdini , its seems more pleasant to manage large group of node verticaly
Wouldn't It Be Nice to have the possibilities to make geo node vertical , like houdini , its seems more pleasant to manage large group of node verticaly
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The question is, what to do with all the input sockets; how do you fit all those sockets at the top of nodes including labels – is it actually possible?
And if possible, how would it look visually? It sounds interesting but a simple sketch might help.
You can already make a vertical node layout; how do you mean vertical?
Do you want nodes' input/output sockets at the top and bottom instead of left and right sides? If so, wouldn't it be quite impractical since nodes can have quite a lot of sockets. Sorry if I misinterpreted what you meant.
Yes, like in houdini and a few other softwares:
Credit: SideFX.com
Some even allow both by automatically moving inputs/outputs anchor points around the node depending on where the noodle goes, like Fusion.
Creadit: blackmagicdesign.com
Not much more or less than horizontal layout. Or rather, this alone will not make Blender's nodes easier to work with.
You might notice Houdini's and Fusion's nodes have something in common: the nodes only show what they are (by a name or icon or both) and how they interact with each other via their interconnections, but not their own options. That job is relayed to a different panel.
This allows to have dense node layouts that are still clear and readable at much larger scale than what Blender does.
Whereas Blender can look cluttered even with very few nodes, like a Principled BSDF and its textures:
I had to maximize the node editor to my whole screen and zoom out to see the whole setup, but to a point where the text is getting a bit small to read. That says a lot.
Interesting enough. Blender already does show a node's properties in the sidebar:
So we could have a similar way of working, but.... Blender's nodes are not as visually tame, even folded:
Thank you for summarizing so well what I wanted to say. Having the possibility to chose to have the connectors on the side or in the top / bottom of the node