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Is there a way to add a socket of a specific type to group nodes? Currently, it seems that they default to grey scalar sockets, and I don't see any way to change their type.

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  • $\begingroup$ Did you drag the wire from the BSDF/vector to the group output/input or vise-versa? $\endgroup$
    – PGmath
    Commented Nov 15, 2014 at 18:29
  • $\begingroup$ Ahhh no.. I've been adding sockets with the little plus button on the side panel. $\endgroup$
    – ajwood
    Commented Nov 15, 2014 at 18:30
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    $\begingroup$ Try dragging the wire to the empty circle node socket on the group node. $\endgroup$
    – PGmath
    Commented Nov 15, 2014 at 18:37
  • $\begingroup$ Related: blender.stackexchange.com/q/5459/599 $\endgroup$
    – gandalf3
    Commented Nov 16, 2014 at 1:22

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You need to connect the temporary socket (red) to the values you want to make available from outside the group.

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When tab out of the group you will have all of them available for wiring with the correct type (indicated bei their color).

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Note that you can't edit them later you would need to recreate the group.

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  • $\begingroup$ You're too fast! I was just about to hit the "post answer" on mine! $\endgroup$
    – PGmath
    Commented Nov 15, 2014 at 18:35
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    $\begingroup$ @PGmath You should post alternative answers, we really to improve the answer ratio. $\endgroup$
    – stacker
    Commented Nov 15, 2014 at 18:46
  • $\begingroup$ Answer ratio over the whole SE site, you mean? $\endgroup$
    – ajwood
    Commented Nov 15, 2014 at 18:50
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    $\begingroup$ Oh cool - kind of a silly metric though.. so many experts here give perfect answers within minutes :) $\endgroup$
    – ajwood
    Commented Nov 15, 2014 at 19:09
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    $\begingroup$ As of blender 2.75, it is possible to remove sockets (using the cross X button in the right pane). Therefore it is possible to change the socket type by creating a new one and removing the old one, without the need to re-create it "from scratch" (it will sadly break existing connections on uses of the node, though). $\endgroup$
    – Suzanne Soy
    Commented May 18, 2016 at 22:42

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