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  • Published 20 Dec 2025

Viewer Node Value usuable as a Driver

Since 5.0 the viewer node now shows the values of the used Sockets, which is very useful for debugging and already a great feature.

But for the longest time i wanted to be able to use Values defined in node trees as a driver, so that we could control everything from within a nodetree. Basically what i am proposing is that the displayed value in the viewer node should be copyable as a new driver, like in the quick mockup i made.

This would be insanely powerful for automation, rigging and much more. Any thoughts on this idea? Or is there already a easy way to use Values from nodetrees as drivers and i just missed that?

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Florian
20 Dec 2025

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samueloates

Something else that would be good is a node that would take an input value and display it as a property that can be used as a driver, so it will not be limited to viewer nodes and the geometry node tree.

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