source/blender/io/usd/hydra/material.cc

@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ void MaterialData::init()
     MaterialX::DocumentPtr doc = blender::nodes::materialx::export_to_materialx(
         scene_delegate_->depsgraph, (Material *)id);
     pxr::UsdMtlxRead(doc, stage);
+
+    /* Logging stage: creating lambda stage_str() for not to call stage->ExportToString()
+     * if log won't be printed. */
+    auto stage_str = [&stage]() {
+      std::string str;
+      stage->ExportToString(&str);
+      return str;
+    };
+    ID_LOGN(2, "Stage:\n%s", stage_str().c_str());
+
     if (pxr::UsdPrim materials = stage->GetPrimAtPath(pxr::SdfPath("/MaterialX/Materials"))) {
       pxr::UsdPrimSiblingRange children = materials.GetChildren();
       if (!children.empty()) {

source/blender/nodes/shader/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -150,10 +150,12 @@ if(WITH_MATERIALX)
     materialx/material.cc
     materialx/node_item.cc
     materialx/node_parser.cc
+    materialx/group_nodes.cc
 
     materialx/material.h
     materialx/node_item.h
     materialx/node_parser.h
+    materialx/group_nodes.h
   )
   list(APPEND LIB
     MaterialXCore

source/blender/nodes/shader/materialx/group_nodes.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011-2022 Blender Foundation
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+
+#include "group_nodes.h"
+#include "node_parser.h"
+
+#include "BLI_vector.hh"
+
+namespace blender::nodes::materialx {
+
+NodeItem GroupNodeParser::compute()
+{
+  NodeItem res = empty();
+
+  const bNodeTree *ngroup = reinterpret_cast<const bNodeTree *>(node_->id);
+  ngroup->ensure_topology_cache();
+  const bNode *node_out = ngroup->group_output_node();
+  if (!node_out) {
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  MaterialX::GraphElement *graph = graph_;
+#ifdef USE_MATERIALX_NODEGRAPH
+  std::string name = MaterialX::createValidName(ngroup->id.name);
+  MaterialX::NodeGraphPtr group_graph = graph_->getChildOfType<MaterialX::NodeGraph>(name);
+  if (!group_graph) {
+    CLOG_INFO(LOG_MATERIALX_SHADER, 1, "<nodegraph name=%s>", name.c_str());
+    group_graph = graph_->addChild<MaterialX::NodeGraph>(name);
+  }
+  graph = group_graph.get();
+#endif
+
+  NodeItem out =
+      GroupOutputNodeParser(
+          graph, depsgraph_, material_, node_out, socket_out_, NodeItem::Type::Any, this)
+          .compute_full();
+
+#ifdef USE_MATERIALX_NODEGRAPH
+  /* We have to be in NodeParser's graph_, therefore copying output */
+  res.output = out.output;
+#else
+  res = out;
+#endif
+  return res;
+}
+
+NodeItem GroupNodeParser::compute_full()
+{
+  NodeItem res = compute();
+  if (NodeItem::is_arithmetic(to_type_)) {
+    res = res.convert(to_type_);
+  }
+  return res;
+}
+
+NodeItem GroupOutputNodeParser::compute()
+{
+#ifdef USE_MATERIALX_NODEGRAPH
+  Vector<NodeItem> values;
+  for (auto socket_in : node_->input_sockets()) {
+    NodeItem value = get_input_value(socket_in->index(), NodeItem::Type::Any);
+    if (value.value) {
+      NodeItem constant = create_node("constant", value.type());
+      constant.set_input("value", value);
+      value = constant;
+    }
+    values.append(value);
+  }
+  Vector<NodeItem> outputs;
+  for (int i = 0; i < values.size(); ++i) {
+    if (values[i]) {
+      outputs.append(create_output("output" + std::to_string(i + 1), values[i]));
+    }
+  }
+  return outputs[socket_out_->index()];
+#else
+  return get_input_value(socket_out_->index(), NodeItem::Type::Any);
+#endif
+}
+
+NodeItem GroupOutputNodeParser::compute_full()
+{
+#ifdef USE_MATERIALX_NODEGRAPH
+  NodeItem res = empty();
+
+  /* Checking if output was already computed */
+  res.output = graph_->getOutput("output" + std::to_string(socket_out_->index() + 1));
+  if (res.output) {
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  CLOG_INFO(LOG_MATERIALX_SHADER,
+            1,
+            "%s [%d] => %s",
+            node_->name,
+            node_->typeinfo->type,
+            NodeItem::type(to_type_).c_str());
+
+  res = compute();
+  return res;
+#else
+  return NodeParser::compute_full();
+#endif
+}
+
+NodeItem GroupInputNodeParser::compute()
+{
+#ifdef USE_MATERIALX_NODEGRAPH
+  NodeItem value = group_parser_->get_input_link(socket_out_->index(), to_type_);
+  if (!value) {
+    return empty();
+  }
+
+  if (value.value) {
+    NodeItem constant = create_node("constant", value.type());
+    constant.set_input("value", value);
+    value = constant;
+  }
+  return create_input("input" + std::to_string(socket_out_->index() + 1), value);
+#else
+  return group_parser_->get_input_link(socket_out_->index(), to_type_);
+#endif
+}
+
+NodeItem GroupInputNodeParser::compute_full()
+{
+#ifdef USE_MATERIALX_NODEGRAPH
+  NodeItem res = empty();
+
+  /* Checking if output was already computed */
+  res.input = graph_->getInput("input" + std::to_string(socket_out_->index() + 1));
+  if (res.input) {
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  CLOG_INFO(LOG_MATERIALX_SHADER,
+            1,
+            "%s [%d] => %s",
+            node_->name,
+            node_->typeinfo->type,
+            NodeItem::type(to_type_).c_str());
+
+  res = compute();
+  return res;
+#else
+  return NodeParser::compute_full();
+#endif
+}
+
+}  // namespace blender::nodes::materialx

source/blender/nodes/shader/materialx/group_nodes.h

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011-2022 Blender Foundation
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "node_parser.h"
+
+/* TODO: pxr::UsdMtlxRead() doesn't perform nodegraphs.
+ * Uncomment USE_MATERIALX_NODEGRAPH after fixing it. */
+//#define USE_MATERIALX_NODEGRAPH
+
+namespace blender::nodes::materialx {
+
+class GroupInputNodeParser;
+
+class GroupNodeParser : public NodeParser {
+  friend NodeParser;
+  friend GroupInputNodeParser;
+
+ public:
+  using NodeParser::NodeParser;
+  NodeItem compute() override;
+  NodeItem compute_full() override;
+};
+
+class GroupOutputNodeParser : public NodeParser {
+ public:
+  using NodeParser::NodeParser;
+  NodeItem compute() override;
+  NodeItem compute_full() override;
+};
+
+class GroupInputNodeParser : public NodeParser {
+ public:
+  using NodeParser::NodeParser;
+  NodeItem compute() override;
+  NodeItem compute_full() override;
+};
+
+}  // namespace blender::nodes::materialx

source/blender/nodes/shader/materialx/material.cc

@@ -62,18 +62,18 @@ MaterialX::DocumentPtr export_to_materialx(Depsgraph *depsgraph, Material *mater
     bNode *output_node = ntreeShaderOutputNode(material->nodetree, SHD_OUTPUT_ALL);
     if (output_node) {
       NodeParserData data = {
-          doc.get(), depsgraph, material, NodeItem::Type::Material, NodeItem(doc.get())};
+          doc.get(), depsgraph, material, NodeItem::Type::Material, nullptr, NodeItem(doc.get())};
       output_node->typeinfo->materialx_fn(&data, output_node, nullptr);
     }
     else {
       DefaultMaterialNodeParser(
-          doc.get(), depsgraph, material, nullptr, nullptr, NodeItem::Type::Material)
+          doc.get(), depsgraph, material, nullptr, nullptr, NodeItem::Type::Material, nullptr)
           .compute_error();
     }
   }
   else {
     DefaultMaterialNodeParser(
-        doc.get(), depsgraph, material, nullptr, nullptr, NodeItem::Type::Material)
+        doc.get(), depsgraph, material, nullptr, nullptr, NodeItem::Type::Material, nullptr)
         .compute();
   }
 

source/blender/nodes/shader/materialx/node_item.cc

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ std::string NodeItem::type(Type type)
 {
   switch (type) {
     case Type::Any:
-      return "";
+      return "any";
     case Type::Multioutput:
       return "multioutput";
     case Type::String:
@@ -103,9 +103,14 @@ std::string NodeItem::type(Type type)
   return "";
 }
 
+bool NodeItem::is_arithmetic(Type type)
+{
+  return type >= Type::Float && type <= Type::Color4;
+}
+
 NodeItem::operator bool() const
 {
-  return value || node;
+  return value || node || input || output;
 }
 
 NodeItem NodeItem::operator+(const NodeItem &other) const
@@ -604,8 +609,8 @@ NodeItem NodeItem::if_else(CompareOp op,
 
 NodeItem NodeItem::extract(const int index) const
 {
-  NodeItem res = empty();
+  /* TODO: Add check if (value) { ... } */
-  res = create_node("extract", Type::Float);
+  NodeItem res = create_node("extract", Type::Float);
   res.set_input("in", *this);
   res.set_input("index", val(index));
   return res;
@@ -624,6 +629,9 @@ NodeItem::Type NodeItem::type() const
   if (node) {
     return type(node->getType());
   }
+  if (output) {
+    return type(output->getType());
+  }
   return Type::Empty;
 }
 
@@ -675,30 +683,59 @@ void NodeItem::set_input(const std::string &in_name, const NodeItem &item)
   else if (item.node) {
     node->setConnectedNode(in_name, item.node);
   }
+  else if (item.input) {
+    node->setAttribute("interfacename", item.input->getName());
+  }
+  else if (item.output) {
+    node->setConnectedOutput(in_name, item.output);
+  }
   else {
     CLOG_WARN(LOG_MATERIALX_SHADER, "Empty item to input: %s", in_name.c_str());
   }
 }
 
-void NodeItem::set_input_output(const std::string &in_name,
+NodeItem NodeItem::add_output(const std::string &out_name, Type out_type)
-                                const NodeItem &item,
-                                const std::string &out_name)
 {
-  if (!item.node) {
+  NodeItem res = empty();
+  res.output = node->addOutput(out_name, type(out_type));
+  return res;
+}
+
+NodeItem NodeItem::create_input(const std::string &name, const NodeItem &item) const
+{
+  NodeItem res = empty();
+  res.input = graph_->addInput(name);
+
+  Type item_type = item.type();
+  if (item.node) {
+    res.input->setConnectedNode(item.node);
+  }
+  else {
     BLI_assert_unreachable();
   }
-  node->setConnectedNode(in_name, item.node);
+  res.input->setType(type(item_type));
-  node->setConnectedOutput(in_name, item.node->getOutput(out_name));
+
+  return res;
 }
 
-void NodeItem::add_output(const std::string &name, Type out_type)
+NodeItem NodeItem::create_output(const std::string &name, const NodeItem &item) const
 {
-  node->addOutput(name, type(out_type));
+  NodeItem res = empty();
-}
+  res.output = graph_->addOutput(name);
 
-bool NodeItem::is_arithmetic(Type type)
+  Type item_type = item.type();
-{
+  if (item.node) {
-  return type >= Type::Float && type <= Type::Color4;
+    res.output->setConnectedNode(item.node);
+  }
+  else if (item.input) {
+    res.output->setInterfaceName(item.input->getName());
+  }
+  else {
+    BLI_assert_unreachable();
+  }
+  res.output->setType(type(item_type));
+
+  return res;
 }
 
 NodeItem::Type NodeItem::cast_types(NodeItem &item1, NodeItem &item2)
@@ -776,10 +813,16 @@ NodeItem NodeItem::arithmetic(const std::string &category, std::function<float(f
     }
   }
   else {
-    /* TODO: Some of math functions (sin, cos, ...) doesn't work with Color types,
+    NodeItem v = *this;
-     * we have to convert to Vector */
+    if (ELEM(type, Type::Color3, Type::Color4) &&
+        ELEM(category, "sin", "cos", "tan", "asin", "acos", "atan2", "sqrt", "ln", "exp"))
+    {
+      /* These functions haven't implementation in MaterialX, converting to Vector types */
+      type = type == Type::Color3 ? Type::Vector3 : Type::Vector4;
+      v = v.convert(type);
+    }
     res = create_node(category, type);
-    res.set_input("in", *this);
+    res.set_input("in", v);
   }
   return res;
 }

source/blender/nodes/shader/materialx/node_item.h

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ class NodeItem {
  public:
   MaterialX::ValuePtr value;
   MaterialX::NodePtr node;
+  MaterialX::InputPtr input;
+  MaterialX::OutputPtr output;
 
  private:
   MaterialX::GraphElement *graph_;
@@ -102,15 +104,16 @@ class NodeItem {
   NodeItem empty() const;
   template<class T> NodeItem val(const T &data) const;
   Type type() const;
-  NodeItem create_node(const std::string &category, NodeItem::Type type) const;
 
-  /* Functions to set input and output */
+  /* Node functions */
+  NodeItem create_node(const std::string &category, NodeItem::Type type) const;
   template<class T> void set_input(const std::string &in_name, const T &value, Type in_type);
   void set_input(const std::string &in_name, const NodeItem &item);
-  void set_input_output(const std::string &in_name,
+  NodeItem add_output(const std::string &out_name, Type out_type);
-                        const NodeItem &item,
+
-                        const std::string &out_name);
+  /* Output functions */
-  void add_output(const std::string &in_name, Type out_type);
+  NodeItem create_input(const std::string &name, const NodeItem &item) const;
+  NodeItem create_output(const std::string &name, const NodeItem &item) const;
 
  private:
   static Type cast_types(NodeItem &item1, NodeItem &item2);

source/blender/nodes/shader/materialx/node_parser.cc

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 #include "node_parser.h"
 
+#include "group_nodes.h"
+
 #include "BKE_node_runtime.hh"
 
 namespace blender::nodes::materialx {
@@ -17,13 +19,15 @@ NodeParser::NodeParser(MaterialX::GraphElement *graph,
                        const Material *material,
                        const bNode *node,
                        const bNodeSocket *socket_out,
-                       NodeItem::Type to_type)
+                       NodeItem::Type to_type,
+                       GroupNodeParser *group_parser)
     : graph_(graph),
       depsgraph_(depsgraph),
       material_(material),
       node_(node),
       socket_out_(socket_out),
-      to_type_(to_type)
+      to_type_(to_type),
+      group_parser_(group_parser)
 {
 }
 
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ NodeItem NodeParser::compute_full()
   return res;
 }
 
-std::string NodeParser::node_name()
+std::string NodeParser::node_name() const
 {
   std::string name = node_->name;
   if (node_->output_sockets().size() > 1) {
@@ -61,7 +65,18 @@ std::string NodeParser::node_name()
   if (ELEM(to_type_, NodeItem::Type::BSDF, NodeItem::Type::EDF)) {
     name += "_" + NodeItem::type(to_type_);
   }
+#ifdef USE_MATERIALX_NODEGRAPH
   return MaterialX::createValidName(name);
+#else
+  std::string prefix;
+  GroupNodeParser *gr = group_parser_;
+  while (gr) {
+    const bNodeTree *ngroup = reinterpret_cast<const bNodeTree *>(gr->node_->id);
+    prefix = MaterialX::createValidName(ngroup->id.name) + "_" + prefix;
+    gr = gr->group_parser_;
+  }
+  return prefix + MaterialX::createValidName(name);
+#endif
 }
 
 NodeItem NodeParser::create_node(const std::string &category, NodeItem::Type type)
@@ -69,6 +84,16 @@ NodeItem NodeParser::create_node(const std::string &category, NodeItem::Type typ
   return empty().create_node(category, type);
 }
 
+NodeItem NodeParser::create_input(const std::string &name, const NodeItem &item)
+{
+  return empty().create_input(name, item);
+}
+
+NodeItem NodeParser::create_output(const std::string &name, const NodeItem &item)
+{
+  return empty().create_output(name, item);
+}
+
 NodeItem NodeParser::get_input_default(const std::string &name, NodeItem::Type to_type)
 {
   return get_default(node_->input_by_identifier(name), to_type);
@@ -129,6 +154,9 @@ NodeItem NodeParser::get_default(const bNodeSocket &socket, NodeItem::Type to_ty
 {
   NodeItem res = empty();
   switch (socket.type) {
+    case SOCK_CUSTOM:
+      /* Return empty */
+      break;
     case SOCK_FLOAT: {
       float v = socket.default_value_typed<bNodeSocketValueFloat>()->value;
       res.value = MaterialX::Value::createValue<float>(v);
@@ -163,7 +191,7 @@ NodeItem NodeParser::get_input_link(const bNodeSocket &socket, NodeItem::Type to
   const bNode *from_node = link->fromnode;
 
   /* Passing NODE_REROUTE nodes */
-  while (from_node->type == NODE_REROUTE) {
+  while (from_node->is_reroute()) {
     link = from_node->input_socket(0).link;
     if (!(link && link->is_used())) {
       return empty();
@@ -171,6 +199,17 @@ NodeItem NodeParser::get_input_link(const bNodeSocket &socket, NodeItem::Type to
     from_node = link->fromnode;
   }
 
+  if (from_node->is_group()) {
+    return GroupNodeParser(
+               graph_, depsgraph_, material_, from_node, link->fromsock, to_type, group_parser_)
+        .compute_full();
+  }
+  if (from_node->is_group_input()) {
+    return GroupInputNodeParser(
+               graph_, depsgraph_, material_, from_node, link->fromsock, to_type, group_parser_)
+        .compute_full();
+  }
+
   if (!from_node->typeinfo->materialx_fn) {
     CLOG_WARN(LOG_MATERIALX_SHADER,
               "Unsupported node: %s [%d]",
@@ -179,7 +218,7 @@ NodeItem NodeParser::get_input_link(const bNodeSocket &socket, NodeItem::Type to
     return empty();
   }
 
-  NodeParserData data = {graph_, depsgraph_, material_, to_type, empty()};
+  NodeParserData data = {graph_, depsgraph_, material_, to_type, group_parser_, empty()};
   from_node->typeinfo->materialx_fn(&data, const_cast<bNode *>(from_node), link->fromsock);
   return data.result;
 }

source/blender/nodes/shader/materialx/node_parser.h

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ namespace blender::nodes::materialx {
 
 extern struct CLG_LogRef *LOG_MATERIALX_SHADER;
 
+class GroupNodeParser;
+
 class NodeParser {
  protected:
   MaterialX::GraphElement *graph_;
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ class NodeParser {
   const bNode *node_;
   const bNodeSocket *socket_out_;
   NodeItem::Type to_type_;
+  GroupNodeParser *group_parser_;
 
  public:
   NodeParser(MaterialX::GraphElement *graph,
@@ -31,15 +34,18 @@ class NodeParser {
              const Material *material,
              const bNode *node,
              const bNodeSocket *socket_out,
-             NodeItem::Type to_type);
+             NodeItem::Type to_type,
+             GroupNodeParser *group_parser);
   virtual ~NodeParser() = default;
 
   virtual NodeItem compute() = 0;
   virtual NodeItem compute_full();
 
  protected:
-  std::string node_name();
+  std::string node_name() const;
   NodeItem create_node(const std::string &category, NodeItem::Type type);
+  NodeItem create_input(const std::string &name, const NodeItem &item);
+  NodeItem create_output(const std::string &name, const NodeItem &item);
   NodeItem get_input_default(const std::string &name, NodeItem::Type to_type);
   NodeItem get_input_default(int index, NodeItem::Type to_type);
   NodeItem get_output_default(const std::string &name, NodeItem::Type to_type);
@@ -71,6 +77,7 @@ struct NodeParserData {
   const Depsgraph *depsgraph;
   const Material *material;
   NodeItem::Type to_type;
+  GroupNodeParser *group_parser;
   NodeItem result;
 };
 
@@ -91,7 +98,8 @@ struct NodeParserData {
   void node_shader_materialx(void *data, struct bNode *node, struct bNodeSocket *out) \
   { \
     materialx::NodeParserData *d = reinterpret_cast<materialx::NodeParserData *>(data); \
-    d->result = MaterialXNodeParser(d->graph, d->depsgraph, d->material, node, out, d->to_type) \
+    d->result = MaterialXNodeParser( \
+                    d->graph, d->depsgraph, d->material, node, out, d->to_type, d->group_parser) \
                     .compute_full(); \
   }
 

source/blender/nodes/shader/nodes/node_shader_bsdf_glass.cc

@@ -64,17 +64,17 @@ NODE_SHADER_MATERIALX_BEGIN
   dielectric.set_input("scatter_mode", val(std::string("RT")));
 
   NodeItem artistic_ior = create_node("artistic_ior", NodeItem::Type::Multioutput);
-  artistic_ior.add_output("ior", NodeItem::Type::Color3);
-  artistic_ior.add_output("extinction", NodeItem::Type::Color3);
   artistic_ior.set_input("reflectivity", color);
   artistic_ior.set_input("edge_color", color);
+  NodeItem ior_out = artistic_ior.add_output("ior", NodeItem::Type::Color3);
+  NodeItem extinction_out = artistic_ior.add_output("extinction", NodeItem::Type::Color3);
 
   NodeItem conductor = create_node("conductor_bsdf", NodeItem::Type::BSDF);
   if (normal) {
     conductor.set_input("normal", normal);
   }
-  conductor.set_input_output("ior", artistic_ior, "ior");
+  conductor.set_input("ior", ior_out);
-  conductor.set_input_output("extinction", artistic_ior, "extinction");
+  conductor.set_input("extinction", extinction_out);
   conductor.set_input("roughness", roughness);
 
   NodeItem res = create_node("mix", NodeItem::Type::BSDF);
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ NODE_SHADER_MATERIALX_BEGIN
   res.set_input("bg", conductor);
   res.set_input("mix", val(0.5f));
 
-  return res ;
+  return res;
 }
 #endif
 NODE_SHADER_MATERIALX_END

source/blender/nodes/shader/nodes/node_shader_bsdf_glossy.cc

@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ NODE_SHADER_MATERIALX_BEGIN
   NodeItem tangent = get_input_link("Tangent", NodeItem::Type::Vector3);
 
   NodeItem artistic_ior = create_node("artistic_ior", NodeItem::Type::Multioutput);
-  artistic_ior.add_output("ior", NodeItem::Type::Color3);
-  artistic_ior.add_output("extinction", NodeItem::Type::Color3);
   artistic_ior.set_input("reflectivity", color);
   artistic_ior.set_input("edge_color", color);
+  NodeItem ior_out = artistic_ior.add_output("ior", NodeItem::Type::Color3);
+  NodeItem extinction_out = artistic_ior.add_output("extinction", NodeItem::Type::Color3);
 
   NodeItem res = create_node("conductor_bsdf", NodeItem::Type::BSDF);
   if (normal) {
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ NODE_SHADER_MATERIALX_BEGIN
   if (tangent) {
     res.set_input("tangent", tangent);
   }
-  res.set_input_output("ior", artistic_ior, "ior");
+  res.set_input("ior", ior_out);
-  res.set_input_output("extinction", artistic_ior, "extinction");
+  res.set_input("extinction", extinction_out);
   res.set_input("roughness", roughness);
 
   return res;

source/blender/nodes/shader/nodes/node_shader_bsdf_refraction.cc

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ NODE_SHADER_MATERIALX_BEGIN
   res.set_input("roughness", roughness);
   res.set_input("ior", ior);
   res.set_input("scatter_mode", val(std::string("T")));
-  
+
   return res;
 }
 #endif

source/blender/nodes/shader/nodes/node_shader_tex_noise.cc

@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ NODE_SHADER_MATERIALX_BEGIN
 #ifdef WITH_MATERIALX
 {
   NodeItem scale = get_input_value("Scale", NodeItem::Type::Float);
-  NodeItem detail = get_input_value("Detail", NodeItem::Type::Float);
+  NodeItem detail = get_input_default("Detail", NodeItem::Type::Float);
   NodeItem lacunarity = get_input_value("Lacunarity", NodeItem::Type::Float);
 
   NodeItem position = create_node("position", NodeItem::Type::Vector3);
@@ -269,9 +269,7 @@ NODE_SHADER_MATERIALX_BEGIN
 
   NodeItem res = create_node("fractal3d", NodeItem::Type::Color3);
   res.set_input("position", position);
-  if (detail.value) {
+  res.set_input("octaves", val(int(detail.value->asA<float>())));
-    res.set_input("octaves", val(int(detail.value->asA<float>())));
-  }
   res.set_input("lacunarity", lacunarity);
   return res;
 }