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title: "Set Shading Context"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/NET_MAXON_RENDER_NODE_SETSHADINGCONTEXT.html"
section_path: "The Node Editor > The individual Assets > Context > Set Shading Context"
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description: "This page describes the Set Shading Context node of the classic node materials in Cinema 4D. It writes modified parameters back into the shading context — …"
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# Set Shading Context

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page describes the **Set Shading Context node** of the classic node materials in **Cinema 4D**. It writes modified parameters back into the shading context — the counterpart to Get Shading Context for intervening in rendering.

Makes it possible to affect rendering and set parameters within a given Context. This Node is the opposite of

[Get Shading Context](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/NET_MAXON_PATTERN_NODE_UTILITY_SHADINGCONTEXT.html.md)-Nodes.