How to show attached shader with MPxSurfaceShape?

[haggi_master]

Hi,

I wrote my own surfaceShape derived from MPxSurfaceShape. I can attach a shader and the shader is correctly displayed if I select the shape and let the shader display in the hypershade. It even renders fine, but for some reason I am unable to see it in the attributeEditor. Normal shapes display the attached shader at the right side in the attributeEditor, plugin shapes do not. I tried it with the apiMeshShape example and got the same result, no shader in the attributeEditor. is there any way to make the shader visible in AE?

[cheng_xi_li · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Like AE*Template.mel nodes, there is also an AE*Related.mel for nodes to display related nodes in attribute editor.

In scripts/AETemplates folder, you could find AEmeshRelated.mel. Change the function name to AEapiMeshRelated and rename it to AEapiMeshRelated.mel will make apiMesh display related nodes in attribute editor.  You could use it as a reference to write your own related template for your surface shape nodes.

Yours,

Li