In Blender’s Cycles and Eevee render engines, artists can preview individual texture nodes by simply connecting them directly to the Material Output node. This workflow is incredibly useful for quickly checking texture maps (like Base Color, Roughness, Normal maps, etc.) without needing to modify the entire shader tree.
Currently, V-Ray for Blender does not support this kind of direct texture preview, which significantly slows down the material development process. Users are forced to set up temporary shaders or manually plug/unplug nodes, which introduces unnecessary steps and increases the likelihood of errors.
Submitted on AHA Ideas (VBLENDER-I-43).