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Material asset: how to add ouputs?

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olivierth
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Hi!

I'm making a simple digital asset of an arnold shader with all the settings I want to have exposed. I also want to have 2 outputs (the shader and the height map). When I open the Type Properties, and go to Input/Output, the New Output is greyed out. How can I add an ouput?

-Olivier

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sanostol
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Hi,
the outputs are defined by the ./suboutputs node inside, plugin a new output, save the assets and eventually the new output will show up in the list
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Hi sanostol!

I looked through all the nodes and I can't find a suboutput. I also tried to duplicate it but I get an error. Could it have something to do with Arnold? Maybe Arnold doesn't support digital assets with multiple outputs...

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Hi, I have no Arnold at home, will try it at work. not sure if this is a limitation. I tried a simple mantra shader otl,not sure if Arnold has a different behavior here.
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You can add new outputs by wiring something into the "next" (or "more > next") input of the "suboutputA" node.

The subnet can have only one subnet output child, and since there is one already (ie, "suboutputA"), you can't create (nor paste) new ones.
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