Out

Overview: Output nodes define the final result of your node graph. They are used to route your calculated values, colors, or full materials into specific PBR channels (like Albedo, Gloss, Displacement, etc.) so that they can be rendered correctly by the 3DCoat engine.

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outAlbedoColor

Description: Indicates that the graph result should be written to the Albedo (base color) channel.

Inputs and Settings:

• AlphaIsOpacity (Toggle / Checkbox)
• AlbedoColor (Color (RGBA))

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outColorProperty

Description: Outputs the connected color to a selected material channel from the list.

Inputs and Settings:

• colorProp (Dropdown): Options: ioAlbedoColor, ioReflectionColor, ioSheenColor, ioEmissive, ioSubSurfaceColor, ioMicroprotrusionsColor, ioTSNormal
• InColor (Color (RGBA))

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outDisplacement

Description: Outputs the value to the Displacement channel to create relief.

Inputs and Settings:

• displacement (Number (Float))

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outFloatProperty

Description: Outputs a numeric value to a selected PBR channel (e.g., Gloss, Metalness, Opacity).

Inputs and Settings:

• materialProperty (Dropdown): Options: ioOpacity, ioIridescence, ioAnisotropy, ioClearCoat, ioIOR, ioClearCoatGloss, ioVolume, ioMicroprotrusionsGloss, ioRefractionBlur, ioSpecularEdgePower, ioSubSurface, ioFlatSpecular, ioRefractionChromatic, ioAmbientOcclusion, ioMask, ioMicroprotrusions, ioMetalness, ioRefraction, ioRefractionMetalness, ioGloss, ioRoughness, ioSheen
• InValue (Number (Float))

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outGloss

Description: Passes the result to the Gloss (Roughness) channel.

Inputs and Settings:

• gloss (Number (Float))

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outMask

Description: Passes the value to the final mask. Can add, subtract, or replace the existing mask.

Inputs and Settings:

• MaskMode (Dropdown): Options: Replace, Min, Max, Component
• Mask (Number (Float))

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outMaterial

Description: Passes a fully formed material (Material structure) as the final result of the graph.

Inputs and Settings:

• Source (Material)

Outputs:

• Gloss (Number (Float))
• Metalness (Number (Float))
• Opacity (Number (Float))
• AlbedoColor (Color (RGBA))
• Displacement (Number (Float))

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outMetalness

Description: Passes the result to the Metalness channel.

Inputs and Settings:

• metalness (Number (Float))

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outOpacity

Description: Passes the result to the object’s Opacity channel.

Inputs and Settings:

• Opacity (Number (Float))

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setIOVar

Description: Assigns a value to built-in NGL environment variables (e.g., ioFragCoord).

Inputs and Settings:

• dstVar (Dropdown): Options: ioFragCoord, ioUV, ioPosition, ioGlobalPosition, ioNormal, ioGlobalNormal, ioSpecularMask, ioCavity, ioOcclusion, ioCameraPosition, ioRayDir, ioLightDir, ioIteration
• Source (4D Vector)

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