Hi! Would it be possible to implement simple tokens for the renderelement output filenames? We often name our multimattes like ‘mm_mat_01_03’ or mm_obj_101_103’ to give people a clue to what objects they are related. It would be handy if we won’t have to do this twice: in the renderelements nodena…

[image] Determining correct falloff Maybe we could just name the RE node and propagate this name to the filename instead? The ‘vrayRE_’ should be stripped optional, but that would just be a bonus. Thanks! We could do that, but how is that going to be less work? Renaming the node, or changing a…

It would. Now we have to rename the node first, then copy&paste the new name into the filename attr (at the right position).

[image] Simple shallow pool?? It would. Now we have to rename the node first, then copy&paste the new name into the filename attr (at the right position). And you need to rename the node for scene bookkeeping purposes? Best regards, Vlado

Yes. When you have 30 passes with IDs you need some information on what’s inside.

Ok, I see. So if we added an option to take the element name from the Maya node name, that would be enough? Best regards, Vlado

+1 on this … I do rename a lot as well, so that will be super helpful.

We’ve put a checkbox that does that. It will be available in 3.5.

Nice, that’s a nifty little option

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vlado January 3, 2017, 10:05am 2

We could do that, but how is that going to be less work? Renaming the node, or changing a node attribute - there isn’t much difference?

Best regards,
Vlado

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