material-maker/material_maker/doc/node_miscellaneous_switch.rst

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Switch node
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The **Switch** node can be used to select sources for 2 to 5 output textures
from a choice of 2 to five inputs sets. It is useful to create variations
of a material and easily switch between them.
.. image:: images/node_miscellaneous_switch.png
:align: center
Inputs
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The **Switch** node has from 2 to 25 color inputs A1, B1, .. D5, E5.
Outputs
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The **Switch** node has 2 to 5 outputs named A, B, C, D and E.
Parameters
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The **Switch** node has a 3 parameters:
* the *number of outputs*
* the *number of choices*
* the *current choice*. For example, if the current chopice is 2, A will output
the source image for A2, B will transmit B2...
When the node is not editable (use **Control-W** to switch from non editable to editable),
only the current choice can be modified.