Force file texture node name display in Hypershade?

[Steve Davy]

Anyone know of any way to force Maya to display explicit file texture node names in the Hypershade?

It works about half the time, which in itself is mysterious since I think technically it's not even supposed to be an option (the 5 key just cycles through the image texture name, the node type... and absolutely uselessly nothing at all). But I have shading networks with "before" and "after" textures plugged into choice nodes so I don't have to mess about with separate shaders, but want to see which textures are which.

It's this kind of half baked decision making and implementation from Autodesk that makes working in Maya such a joy. It should be simple to rename nodes and just have them show the name, FFS.

[stephenkmann]

as I recall that was some sort of request..   

 most nodes will show the name of the node.. but file textures are "special"

i recall being mad about this when the change happened ... 

and you are not the only one..

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-ideas/hypershade-display-file-node-name-like-in-the-olden-days/idi-p/8871860

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[Steve Davy]

You've really got wonder about the Maya product managers at Autodesk. Some of the changes they implement are beyond comprehension.

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[joiec...@gmail.com]

If I understood you correctly, when you press the "5" key, nodes toggle between node type names or actual file name, is that what you need?

[Steve Davy]

I want to be able to explicitly name a file texture node and have Maya display that name in the hypershade, rather than display the name of the file texture that the node is reading in.

It does not appear there's a way to do this, at least not without some heavy lifting.

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