Browser column lists all scene materials plus a searchable create-node
list; Show Graph (or double-click) loads a material into the node-graph
work area. The graph shows the entire network including MaterialX
(.mtlx) node graphs, resolving connections through NodeGraph boundaries
via UsdShadeUtils::GetValueProducingAttributes, with layered auto-layout
for nodes lacking authored uiPosition. Canvas navigates viewport-style
(Alt+MMB pan / Alt+RMB zoom) and TAB opens a Nuke-style search popup.
Selecting a node shows a typed property editor (live-apply, one undo
command per edit) and previews that node's output on the shader ball.
The preview renders through its own Hydra engine into a scratch stage
that composes the material via a reference to the source root layer (so
referenced .mtlx materials work), re-renders until progressive delegates
(Arnold/Cycles/Embree) converge, and lights with HDR dome presets
(External/Room/Interior/Sunset; CC0 Poly Haven EXRs fetched at CMake
configure). texture:format is authored latlong explicitly - left
automatic, hdArnold falls back to Arnold's angular fisheye default -
and hdCycles gets a -90 X pole rotation to match Storm's +Y-pole
sampling.
Mutations go through new ICommand subclasses (create shader node,
connect/disconnect attrs). imgui-node-editor is vendored (gitignored)
with a local one-line patch: c_ScrollButtonIndex 1->2 for MMB pan.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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