Layer

Overview: Layer nodes provide access to 3DCoat PPP layers. They allow your procedural material to interact with and retrieve color, depth, and material data from layers located below the current one, enabling complex multi-layered blending.

inLayerBytes

Description: Retrieves data from lower material layers as packed bytes.

Outputs:

• LayerBytes (4D Vector)
• SpecularMask (Number (Float))
• Gloss (Number (Float))
• Metall (Number (Float))

inLayerColor

Description: Retrieves the base color from previous (lower) texture layers.

Outputs:

• LayerColor (4D Vector)

inLayerFloat

Description: Retrieves numeric values from previous (lower) layers.

Outputs:

• LayerFloat (4D Vector)

inLowerLayers

Description: Gathers a complete material from all layers below the current one.

Outputs:

• result (Material)
• metalness (Number (Float))
• gloss (Number (Float))
• displacement (Number (Float))
• Opacity (Number (Float))
• AlbedoColor (Color (RGBA))