Thanks for the replies

primorge - The only node-related Wacro I see in Poser 6 (6.0.3.140) is 'Remove Detached Nodes', so I downloaded the one you suggested - it seems to do the trick (although I need to play more): and it's easier than editing the PP2!

bagginsbill - If node renaming works, albeit unofficially, I'm happy. Meaningful node names are essential for what I'm tying to do - a shader for three material layers on one surface with mask images defining the extent of top and middle layers. With the default names I'm lost! Parameter names I can live with (which is lucky, since it seems I have no choice!).

By the way - is there any sort of rule-of-thumb regarding the number of nodes in a shader, or do you just keep adding them till your computer crashes? I'm reckoning on using maybe 10 of the Poser Surface inputs with about 8-12 nodes driving each  input: so around 100 nodes in all, which sounds a heck of a lot to me!

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