Find by Name

Finds a procedural material by the substance file name and graph name. All substance files contain one or more graphs, and these graphs correspond to a procedural material.

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[FindByName finds substance and graph names for procedural materials.]

To find the substance name for a procedural material

In Lumberyard Editor, choose Tools, Plug-ins, Substance Editor.
Browse to the substance material that you want. The substance material name appears in the Substance field and the graph name appears in the tab.
Example
The substance material path is materials/substance/brickwall_04.sbsar and the graph name is BrickWall_04.
Copy the substance material path and in the Find by Name node, do the following:
1. For Substance Name, paste the substance material path.
2. For Graph Name, enter the graph name.

Inputs

Pin	Type	Description
In	Event	Triggers the node.
Substance Name	String	The path name of the substance material .sbsar or .smtl file to find.
Graph Name	String	Name of the specific graph in the substance material.
Force Load	Boolean	Forces the procedural material to load, if it’s not already loaded.

Outputs

Pin	Type	Description
Out	Event	Sends when the node is finished.
Procedural Material	Procedural material	The specified procedural material. Returns `Invalid` if the material can’t be found.