How to use Node Wrangler add-on in Blender 2.8?
Blender 2.8 Texture & Materials – Node Wrangler Shade Editor
Activate Node Wrangler add-on:
1. Go to Edit > Preference
2. Type in Node Wrangler in the search field
3. Enable Node: Node Wrangler by clicking the checkbox
Using Node Wrangler to speed up your connections:
When you create your textures use the appropriate suffix in your file names. Node wrangler have a tag auto texture detection in Principled BSDF which automatically plugs incorrect nodes. Below is the list of tags you can add to your file name.
| Base Color: | diffuse diff albedo base col color |
| Subsurface Color: | sss subsurface |
| Metallic: | metallic metalness metal mtl |
| Specular: | specularity specular spec spc |
| Roughness: | roughness rough rgh |
| Gloss: | gloss glossy glossyness |
| Normals: | normal nor nrm nrml norm |
| Bump: | bump bmp |
| Displacement: | displacement displace disp dsp height heightmap |
Node Wrangler hotkey list:
Node Wrangler speed up your workflow in the shade editor. Use the common short cut keys and it auto creates the corresponding nodes and complies the pieces together.
Add texture setup – Ctrl T
| Merge Nodes (Automatic) | Ctrl Numpad 0 |
| Merge Nodes (Automatic) | Ctrl 0 |
| Merge Nodes (Add) | Ctrl Numpad + |
| Merge Nodes (Add) | Ctrl = |
| Merge Nodes (Multiply) | Ctrl Numpad * |
| Merge Nodes (Multiply) | Ctrl A |
| Merge Nodes (Subtract) | Ctrl Numpad – |
| Merge Nodes (Subtract) | Ctrl – |
| Merge Nodes (Divide) | Ctrl Numpad / |
| Merge Nodes (Divide) | Ctrl / |
| Merge Nodes (Less than) | Ctrl , |
| Merge Nodes (Greater than) | Ctrl . |
| Merge Nodes (Z-Combine) | Ctrl Numpad . |
| Merge Node (Alpha Over) | Ctrl Alt Numpad 0 |
| Merge Node (Alpha Over) | Ctrl Alt 0 |
| Merge Node (Color, Add) | Ctrl Alt Numpad + |
| Merge Node (Color, Add) | Ctrl Alt = |
| Merge Node (Color, Multiply) | Ctrl Alt Numpad * |
| Merge Node (Color, Multiply) | Ctrl Alt A |
| Merge Node (Color, Subtract) | Ctrl Alt Numpad – |
| Merge Node (Color, Subtract) | Ctrl Alt – |
| Merge Node (Color, Divide) | Ctrl Alt Numpad / |
| Merge Node (Color, Divide) | Ctrl Alt / |
| Merge Node (Math, Add) | Ctrl Shift Numpad + |
| Merge Node (Math, Add) | Ctrl Shift = |
| Merge Node (Math, Multiply) | Ctrl Shift Numpad * |
| Merge Node (Math, Multiply) | Ctrl Shift A |
| Merge Node (Color, Subtract) | Ctrl Shift Numpad – |
| Merge Node (Color, Subtract) | Ctrl Alt – |
| Merge Node (Color, Divide) | Ctrl Alt Numpad / |
| Merge Node (Color, Divide) | Ctrl Alt / |
| Merge Node (Math, Add) | Ctrl Shift Numpad + |
| Merge Node (Math, Add) | Ctrl Shift = |
| Merge Node (Math, Multiply) | Ctrl Shift Numpad * |
| Merge Node (Math, Multiply) | Ctrl Shift A |
| Merge Node (Math, Subtract) | Ctrl Shift Numpad – |
| Merge Node (Math, Subtract) | Ctrl Shift – |
| Merge Node (Math, Divide) | Ctrl Shift Numpad / |
| Merge Node (Math, Divide) | Ctrl Shift / |
| Merge Node (Math, Less than) | Ctrl Shift , |
| Merge Node (Math, Greater than) | Ctrl Shift . |
| Batch change blender type (Mix) | Alt Numpad 0 |
| Batch change blender type (Mix) | Alt 0 |
| Batch change blender type (Add) | Alt Numpad + |
| Batch change blender type (Add) | Alt = |
| Batch change blender type (Multiply) | Alt Numpad * |
| Batch change blender type (Multiply) | Alt A |
| Batch change blender type (Subtract) | Alt Numpad – |
| Batch change blender type (Subtract) | Alt – |
| Batch change blender type (Divide) | Alt Numpad / |
| Batch change blender type (Divide) | Alt / |
| Batch change blender type (Current) | Alt , |
| Batch change blender type (Current) | Alt . |
| Batch change blender type (Next) | Alt Down Arrow |
| Batch change blender type (Previous) | Alt Up Arrow |
| Link active to selected (Donʼt replace links) | K |
| Link active to selected (Replace links) | Shift K |
| Link active to selected (Donʼt replace links, node names) | “ |
| Link active to selected (Replace links, node names) | Shift “ |
| Link active to selected (Donʼt replace links, output names) | ; |
| Link active to selected (Replace links, output names) | Shift ; |
| Reduce Mix Factor by 0.1 | Alt Left Arrow |
| Increase Mix Factor by 0.1 | Alt Right Arrow |
| Reduce Mix Factor by 0.01 | Alt Shift Left Arrow |
| Increase Mix Factor by 0.01 | Alt Shift Right Arrow |
| Set Mix Factor to 0.0 | Ctrl Alt Shift Left Arrow |
| Set Mix Factor to 1.0 | Ctrl Alt Shift Right Arrow |
| Set Mix Factor to 0.0 | Ctrl Alt Shift Numpad 0 |
| Set Mix Factor to 0.0 | Ctrl Alt Shift 0 |
| Mix Factor to 1.0 | Ctrl Alt Shift Numpad 1 |
| Set Mix Factor to 1.0 | Ctrl Alt Shift 1 Clear node labels Alta L |
| Modify node labels | Alt Shift L |
| Copy label from active to selected | Shift V |
| Detach outputs | Alt Shift D |
| Link to output node | O |
| Select children | Right Bracket |
| Select Parent | Left Bracket |
| Add texture setup | Ctrl T |
| Add Principle texture setup | Ctrl Shift T |
| Reset backdrop image zoom | Z |
| Delete unused nodes | Alt X |
| Frame selected nodes | Shift P |
| Swap Outputs | Alt S |
| Connect to Cycles Viewer node | Ctrl Shift LMB |
| Reload image | Alt R |
| Lazy Mix | Ctrl Shift RMB |
| Lazy Connect | Alt RMB |
| Lazy Connect with Socket Menu | Alt Shift RMB |
| Set Viewers Tile Center | LMB |
| Align selected nodes neatly in a row/column | Shift = |
| Revert node back to default state, but keep connections | Back Space |
| Node Wrangle menu | Shift W |
| Add Reroutes menu | / |
| Add Reroutes menu | Numpad / |
| Link active to selected (menu) | \ |
| Copy to selected (menu) | Shift C |
| Switch node type menu | Shift S |
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