Does anyone know if there's a way to adjust the way a selected node is visualized in Houdini, so its easier to spot whats currently selected ?
I checked the prefs, but nada.
The tiny yellow border is hardly visible on a 4K monitor, so it would be nice if it were somehow possible to adjust the color of the whole node or something like that.
Thanks.
Better visibility of selected nodes
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- toonafish
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If I understand you the blue display/render flag is active on for example a sphere node and you select/activate another node like for example a box node and want to change how this active node is viewed?
To do this press "d" in the viewport..."markers tab"
"set display options for" : current model geometry
Then change the drop down menu under "draw" to whatever you prefer.
To do this press "d" in the viewport..."markers tab"
"set display options for" : current model geometry
Then change the drop down menu under "draw" to whatever you prefer.
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Ah gotcha...just briefly looked for a chance that the global UI scale or network view display options maybe had something but as you said seems like nada.
I have seen people do some pretty funky things in the network view with python, perhaps that's an option.....I would be interested if you find anything as I just picked up a new 4k monitor and had not even really noticed.....until NOW!
I have seen people do some pretty funky things in the network view with python, perhaps that's an option.....I would be interested if you find anything as I just picked up a new 4k monitor and had not even really noticed.....until NOW!
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Here is how you could do it, copy these files from the houdini install directory to your user directory
Then open up the NodeGraphCommon.inc file in a text editor and change this value "GraphBorderWidth: 2" to something larger
You can then either restart houdini or refresh the color scheme:
Proof that it works
NodeGraphCommon.inc NodeGraphDark.inc NodeGraphLight.inc NodeGraphPro.inc UIDark.hcs UILight.hcs basic_colors.inc
Windows:
Copy from:
C:/Program Files/SideFX Software/houdini20.0.*version*/houdini/config/
Copy to (create config directory if it does not exist):
*username*/Documents/houdini20.0/config/
Linux:
/opt/hfs20.0/houdini/config/
~/houdini20.0/config/
Then open up the NodeGraphCommon.inc file in a text editor and change this value "GraphBorderWidth: 2" to something larger
You can then either restart houdini or refresh the color scheme:
Proof that it works
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I always wanted to add some overlays for the display, render, and output nodes on screen that has the same size on screen regardless of zoom levels and text, i.e. 1 for output:1 and a large hollow circle with distinct colors to immediately see the key nodes.
I have to investigate how to do this, not sure if the network editor supports this kind of decorators based on visible nodes or if it would require Qt tricks.
I have to investigate how to do this, not sure if the network editor supports this kind of decorators based on visible nodes or if it would require Qt tricks.
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