You can also assign colors to nodes directly in the schematic view (even non-item related nodes, such as math nodes). I would like Modo to color-code sockets by data type. That would be quite useful.
---- Sergio Mucino On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Tim Crowson <tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com > wrote: > The color coding of nodes in Modo's is very different from ICE's: instead > of coding by node type, they inherit the color assigned to the item they > represent. So for example, in the Item List, if you select something, > right-click, and set the 'Editor Color', the corresponding node(s) will be > outlined in that color in the Schematic. > > It's not like ICE, but it's something at least, so you don't *have *to > stare at a sea of light gray outlines. At the rate they've been improving > Modo's schematic over the last couple of versions, I expect cool stuff in > the future. > > -Tim > > > On 7/15/2014 1:45 PM, Sebastien Sterling wrote: > > Modo's nodes are quite pretty, all they need is a bit of color to > identify different components of a tree :), why is no one else doing this ? > > is it because an ICE trees layout is linear ? so its easier to identify > where the beginning and end of things is happening and subsequent color > coding ? > > >