Can Alembic procedural "load_on_init".

[Anonymous]

In a procedural I'm writing, I create an Alembic procedural and I need to access the nodes in the procedural attach shaders. However, the Alembic procedural doesn't expand on init. Is there a way to do this?

[ashley.handscomb.retallack]

Hi,

The only way you would be able to assign shaders to the contents of any procedural after they are generated is via operators. there is a guide for developing your own operator here: https://docs.arnoldrenderer.com/x/tAFKBQ

Operators can be attached directly to the procedural so they can influence only the contents of that procedural if desired. You can also use them to generate new nodes.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the quick reply.

I'm currently using operators, but it doesn't seem to be working. I'll take another look.

Thanks 🙂