Save Arnold Parameters tag with the material?

[jrw2]

Hi, I would like all the parameters contained within the Arnold Parameters tag to be saved together with a material. The reason is, when I add for example a transparent material to an object I always forget to add a parameters tag with the Opaque parameter set to off. Also, for displacement materials, there are many parameters to define: subdivision type, iterations, displacement height, etc. There is no way to remember all these settings for every material in my library. My workaround is to create a remark node in the material network where I write down all the parameter values, then every time I add the material to an object, I add a parameters tag, look at the remark node in the material and manually copy over all the parameters. This is very tedious, time consuming and error prone.

Perhaps a solution could be to make available a special "Parameters" node to the material network so that all the parameter values are saved with the material. And if anyone decided to add a parameter tag in addition, that tag will override all the values of the parameter node in the material.

[peter.horvath6V6K3]

That's an interesting idea, I'll definitely think about something to improve this workflow.