Cannot add elment graph as a layer for painting

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So I created a simple material using the Element Graph function. My outputs are a base color, Roughness and Metalness.

When trying to use this new material into the Layering interface, I get the following error:

ERROR: Cannot drop object='(Element 'Dirt' ae83f5f5-86f2-42ca-ada1-3f9ec6ee1d69)' in current layer graph (Reason: incompatible object)
ERROR: Cannot drop object='(Element 'Dirt' ae83f5f5-86f2-42ca-ada1-3f9ec6ee1d69)' in current layer graph (Reason: Only layer graphs or graphs with an image output can be added to the layer stack)

Screenshot added to show the current output of my material (it is outputting images!)

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Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Welcome to the community @FrancisJ!

By default layering applies a filter over which nodes can be used in the layering to hide clutter. The list is currently hardcoded but can be configured in a future update, it’s already available internally.

I think the solution here is to change the category of your Graph from “Default” to “Patterns” or “Materials”

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That worked! Thanks :smiley:

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That’s awesome! We’re already working on disabling the filters for user content!