Here is a video proposal :
Tell me what you think
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1$\begingroup$ I don't think it's possible to batch connect them by pairs.. Especially if inputs and outputs are of different types (yellow - 3 values for color and white - 1 value). You could link 2 of them and duplicate them after that if that's somehow eases the process.. or select them by 2 and press F.. or Ctrl+Shift clicking them to link to Viewer and grab another Mix on top of appeared link. $\endgroup$– Mr ZakCommented Nov 27, 2016 at 23:35
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$\begingroup$ Ok, I edited the question, I actually want to connect inputs and outputs of the same type. The idea is to connect a big number of nodes (several hundreds or even a thousand if my computer can handle it) $\endgroup$– ChameleonScalesCommented Nov 28, 2016 at 0:00
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$\begingroup$ The "Detach links" function is different, it's for disconnecting a node and, if it had an input and output of the same type both connected, connect the adjacent nodes together like this: i.imgur.com/rN6eYRX.png (before and after). Typically you just use the shortcut Alt-D, which does the same thing but also grabs the node and lets you move it out the way. $\endgroup$– Greg ZaalCommented Nov 29, 2016 at 16:12
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$\begingroup$ Yeah I actually figured it out yesterday, we discussed about making a clearer description here : developer.blender.org/… I removed that from my question now. $\endgroup$– ChameleonScalesCommented Dec 1, 2016 at 10:53
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$\begingroup$ I've got an idea for a simple workaround that would just require the ability to switch type (Shift+S) to a node group, but currently "Group" doesn't appear. Would that be hard to add ? $\endgroup$– ChameleonScalesCommented Dec 4, 2016 at 15:30
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Partial solution (adding reroutes to all unused inputs and replacing them) :
If you prefer to read or didn't understand this rushed video :
So you have a bunch of nodes and you want to add reroutes to their inputs
- add any node (doesn't matter which one since you'll delete it later)
- move it on the left of your bunch of nodes
- select your bunch of nodes and the new lonely one which you set as the active one
- press K (with Node Wrangler enabled) to connect the lonely node to the bunch of nodes.
- select and group the entire node tree except for the new lonely node which stays outside
- in the group, Shift + left-click drag on the group input links to add reroutes on them
- Tab to get out of the group
- Alt+G to ungroup it
- delete the lonely node you added previously
- reorder your reroutes properly if some are not in the right place
- Shift+= to arrange them perfectly
Voilà. Now you can replace those reroutes by any node with Shift+S. And if you need them to have specific parameters, don't forget Right-click > "copy to selected" to apply your changes from the active node to all the selected ones.
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I believe if you select the nodes and hit F would connect them. I do not know what would happen if you connect with all the boxes selected.
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$\begingroup$ I tried F but it does a big mess $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 28, 2016 at 8:05
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$\begingroup$ "F" will try to connect them sequentially if they are all in a single row, like this: i.imgur.com/L3yvUgg.png $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 29, 2016 at 16:14
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$\begingroup$ If you use "F" and then shift+D so you at least do a parallel work. $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 1, 2016 at 11:58
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$\begingroup$ I can't use shift+D because I need to do this on nodes that already have other connections $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 2, 2016 at 1:22
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$\begingroup$ I edited the question with a video proposal to make it clearer. $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 5, 2016 at 4:22
