How can I combine two materials in Cycles?

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I was wondering if it is possible, using Cycles, to combine two materials.

For example, I have wood cubes which have a procedural wood material from Blendswap, but each of them needs a texture on it (a letter).

Actually, I duplicate my "wood" material and plug my texture on it. So I have 3 materials (wood-A, wood-B, wood-C) while the "wood" part of the material is always the same, only the texture is changing.

my actual material

Is there any way to make this easier to handle ? Like combining a "wood" material (identical for the three cubes) with a different texture for each of them ?

We need a lot more information (node setup?). Also this might be a duplicate — J Sargent, Jun 29 '15 at 11:55

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 29 '15 at 14:11

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That part you've labeled "wood" - group those nodes. Then you can drop the group into each material: 1, 2, 3. A group is a shared datablock, so changing its contents inside of one material changes it for all instances.

answered Jun 29 '15 at 14:11

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How can I combine two materials in Cycles?

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