Hi François, It is like a "backdrop node". See here (last point):
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Phonybone/Particles2010 Also a +1 here for the Reroute node. Btw what does "This sub-menu will not be visible on screen" mean? The Frame node could also live in this Helper sub-menu. Best regards, Ejner On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 10:17 PM, François T. <francoistarl...@gmail.com> wrote: > what is this frame thing you guys are talking about, I don't see what you > are talking about ? > > talking about groups, any reason why the expand is blocking everything else > ? > > cheers, > > F. > > > 2011/9/1 Lukas Tönne <lukas.toe...@googlemail.com> > >> > Isn't that basically how group nodes work? >> >> Sorry, going a bit OT here :) >> >> No, the frame nodes are a new (experimental) feature purely for layout >> organization. Groups on the other hand allow instancing (use in >> multiple places), but they are more work to set up and only one of >> them can be edited at a time (currently). >> >> The idea of frame is to separate the layout part from the instancing >> functionality. If you want to group nodes to make your tree more >> easily navigatable you can use a frame. If you want to create a >> complex setup that can be reused (often called an "asset") you use a >> node group. >> >> That concept is not totally smooth yet, both the old group nodes and >> the frames need a bit of testing, discussion and work, but let's do >> that in another thread :) >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> Bf-committers@blender.org >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > > > > -- > ____________________ > François Tarlier > www.francois-tarlier.com > www.linkedin.com/in/francoistarlier > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers