diff --git a/source/MaterialXGenShader/Nodes/HwViewDirectionNode.cpp b/source/MaterialXGenShader/Nodes/HwViewDirectionNode.cpp
index 819ac93029..9c92897be4 100644
--- a/source/MaterialXGenShader/Nodes/HwViewDirectionNode.cpp
+++ b/source/MaterialXGenShader/Nodes/HwViewDirectionNode.cpp
@@ -14,20 +14,31 @@ ShaderNodeImplPtr HwViewDirectionNode::create()
     return std::make_shared<HwViewDirectionNode>();
 }
 
-void HwViewDirectionNode::createVariables(const ShaderNode&, GenContext&, Shader& shader) const
+void HwViewDirectionNode::createVariables(const ShaderNode& node, GenContext&, Shader& shader) const
 {
     ShaderStage& vs = shader.getStage(Stage::VERTEX);
     ShaderStage& ps = shader.getStage(Stage::PIXEL);
 
     addStageInput(HW::VERTEX_INPUTS, Type::VECTOR3, HW::T_IN_POSITION, vs);
-    addStageConnector(HW::VERTEX_DATA, Type::VECTOR3, HW::T_POSITION_WORLD, vs, ps);
+
+    const ShaderInput* spaceInput = node.getInput(SPACE);
+    const int space = spaceInput ? spaceInput->getValue()->asA<int>() : OBJECT_SPACE;
+
     addStageUniform(HW::PRIVATE_UNIFORMS, Type::VECTOR3, HW::T_VIEW_POSITION, ps);
+    addStageConnector(HW::VERTEX_DATA, Type::VECTOR3, HW::T_POSITION_WORLD, vs, ps);
+    if (space == OBJECT_SPACE || space == MODEL_SPACE)
+    {
+        addStageUniform(HW::PRIVATE_UNIFORMS, Type::MATRIX44, HW::T_WORLD_INVERSE_TRANSPOSE_MATRIX, ps);
+    }
 }
 
 void HwViewDirectionNode::emitFunctionCall(const ShaderNode& node, GenContext& context, ShaderStage& stage) const
 {
     const HwShaderGenerator& shadergen = static_cast<const HwShaderGenerator&>(context.getShaderGenerator());
 
+    const ShaderInput* spaceInput = node.getInput(SPACE);
+    const int space = spaceInput ? spaceInput->getValue()->asA<int>() : OBJECT_SPACE;
+
     DEFINE_SHADER_STAGE(stage, Stage::VERTEX)
     {
         VariableBlock& vertexData = stage.getOutputBlock(HW::VERTEX_DATA);
@@ -44,10 +55,17 @@ void HwViewDirectionNode::emitFunctionCall(const ShaderNode& node, GenContext& c
     {
         VariableBlock& vertexData = stage.getInputBlock(HW::VERTEX_DATA);
         const string prefix = shadergen.getVertexDataPrefix(vertexData);
-        ShaderPort* position = vertexData[HW::T_POSITION_WORLD];
         shadergen.emitLineBegin(stage);
         shadergen.emitOutput(node.getOutput(), true, false, context, stage);
-        shadergen.emitString(" = normalize(" + prefix + position->getVariable() + " - " + HW::T_VIEW_POSITION + ")", stage);
+        ShaderPort* position = vertexData[HW::T_POSITION_WORLD];
+        if (space == WORLD_SPACE)
+        {
+            shadergen.emitString(" = normalize(" + prefix + position->getVariable() + " - " + HW::T_VIEW_POSITION + ")", stage);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            shadergen.emitString(" = normalize((" + HW::T_WORLD_INVERSE_TRANSPOSE_MATRIX + " * vec4(" + prefix + position->getVariable() + " - " + HW::T_VIEW_POSITION + ", 0.0)).xyz)", stage);
+        }
         shadergen.emitLineEnd(stage);
     }
 }
diff --git a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXCore/PyElement.cpp b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXCore/PyElement.cpp
index 6667201596..70959f50bb 100644
--- a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXCore/PyElement.cpp
+++ b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXCore/PyElement.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,15 @@ void bindPyElement(py::module& mod)
              py::arg("geom") = mx::EMPTY_STRING)
         .def("asString", &mx::Element::asString)
         .def("__str__", &mx::Element::asString)
+        .def_readonly_static("NAME_ATTRIBUTE", &mx::Element::NAME_ATTRIBUTE)
+        .def_readonly_static("FILE_PREFIX_ATTRIBUTE", &mx::Element::FILE_PREFIX_ATTRIBUTE)
+        .def_readonly_static("GEOM_PREFIX_ATTRIBUTE", &mx::Element::GEOM_PREFIX_ATTRIBUTE)
+        .def_readonly_static("COLOR_SPACE_ATTRIBUTE", &mx::Element::COLOR_SPACE_ATTRIBUTE)
+        .def_readonly_static("INHERIT_ATTRIBUTE", &mx::Element::INHERIT_ATTRIBUTE)
+        .def_readonly_static("NAMESPACE_ATTRIBUTE", &mx::Element::NAMESPACE_ATTRIBUTE)
+        .def_readonly_static("DOC_ATTRIBUTE", &mx::Element::DOC_ATTRIBUTE)
+        .def_readonly_static("XPOS_ATTRIBUTE", &mx::Element::XPOS_ATTRIBUTE)
+        .def_readonly_static("YPOS_ATTRIBUTE", &mx::Element::YPOS_ATTRIBUTE)
         BIND_ELEMENT_FUNC_INSTANCE(Collection)
         BIND_ELEMENT_FUNC_INSTANCE(Document)
         BIND_ELEMENT_FUNC_INSTANCE(GeomInfo)
diff --git a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXCore/PyModule.cpp b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXCore/PyModule.cpp
index e2e8a0080f..c22b7de841 100644
--- a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXCore/PyModule.cpp
+++ b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXCore/PyModule.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void bindPyVariant(py::module& mod);
 
 PYBIND11_MODULE(PyMaterialXCore, mod)
 {
-    mod.doc() = "Module containing Python bindings for the MaterialXCore library";
+    mod.doc() = "Core MaterialX elements and graph traversal.";
 
     bindPyElement(mod);
     bindPyTraversal(mod);
diff --git a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXFormat/PyModule.cpp b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXFormat/PyModule.cpp
index 3965f48753..469ec43590 100644
--- a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXFormat/PyModule.cpp
+++ b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXFormat/PyModule.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ void bindPyUtil(py::module& mod);
 
 PYBIND11_MODULE(PyMaterialXFormat, mod)
 {
-    mod.doc() = "Module containing Python bindings for the MaterialXFormat library";
+    mod.doc() = "Cross-platform support for document serialization and file utilities.";
 
     // PyMaterialXFormat depends on types defined in PyMaterialXCore
     PYMATERIALX_IMPORT_MODULE(PyMaterialXCore);
diff --git a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenGlsl/PyModule.cpp b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenGlsl/PyModule.cpp
index 9ab46e514d..448e1f4321 100644
--- a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenGlsl/PyModule.cpp
+++ b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenGlsl/PyModule.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ void bindPyVkShaderGenerator(py::module& mod);
 
 PYBIND11_MODULE(PyMaterialXGenGlsl, mod)
 {
-    mod.doc() = "Module containing Python bindings for the MaterialXGenGlsl library";
+    mod.doc() = "Shader generation using the OpenGL Shading Language.";
 
     // PyMaterialXGenGlsl depends on types defined in PyMaterialXGenShader
     PYMATERIALX_IMPORT_MODULE(PyMaterialXGenShader);
diff --git a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenMdl/PyModule.cpp b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenMdl/PyModule.cpp
index a34b28a729..f656f9a395 100644
--- a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenMdl/PyModule.cpp
+++ b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenMdl/PyModule.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ void bindPyMdlShaderGenerator(py::module& mod);
 
 PYBIND11_MODULE(PyMaterialXGenMdl, mod)
 {
-    mod.doc() = "Module containing Python bindings for the MaterialXGenMdl library";
+    mod.doc() = "Shader generation using the Material Definition Language.";
 
     // PyMaterialXGenMdl depends on types defined in PyMaterialXGenShader
     PYMATERIALX_IMPORT_MODULE(PyMaterialXGenShader);
diff --git a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenMsl/PyModule.cpp b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenMsl/PyModule.cpp
index b3dcdb10a8..454f04c9ee 100644
--- a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenMsl/PyModule.cpp
+++ b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenMsl/PyModule.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ void bindPyMslResourceBindingContext(py::module &mod);
 
 PYBIND11_MODULE(PyMaterialXGenMsl, mod)
 {
-    mod.doc() = "Module containing Python bindings for the MaterialXGenMsl library";
+    mod.doc() = "Shader generation using the Metal Shading Language.";
 
     // PyMaterialXGenMsl depends on types defined in PyMaterialXGenShader
     PYMATERIALX_IMPORT_MODULE(PyMaterialXGenShader);
diff --git a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenOsl/PyModule.cpp b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenOsl/PyModule.cpp
index 54d7d2439a..a503bacab5 100644
--- a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenOsl/PyModule.cpp
+++ b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenOsl/PyModule.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ void bindPyOslShaderGenerator(py::module& mod);
 
 PYBIND11_MODULE(PyMaterialXGenOsl, mod)
 {
-    mod.doc() = "Module containing Python bindings for the MaterialXGenOsl library";
+    mod.doc() = "Shader generation using Open Shading Language.";
 
     // PyMaterialXGenOsl depends on types defined in PyMaterialXGenShader
     PYMATERIALX_IMPORT_MODULE(PyMaterialXGenShader);
diff --git a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenShader/PyModule.cpp b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenShader/PyModule.cpp
index f3dc613bff..a3f9911f33 100644
--- a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenShader/PyModule.cpp
+++ b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXGenShader/PyModule.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ void bindPyUnitSystem(py::module& mod);
 
 PYBIND11_MODULE(PyMaterialXGenShader, mod)
 {
-    mod.doc() = "Module containing Python bindings for the MaterialXGenShader library";
+    mod.doc() = "Core shader generation support for MaterialX.";
 
     bindPyColorManagement(mod);
     bindPyShaderPort(mod);
diff --git a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXRender/PyModule.cpp b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXRender/PyModule.cpp
index bbf9688403..450b1dda69 100644
--- a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXRender/PyModule.cpp
+++ b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXRender/PyModule.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ void bindPyCgltfLoader(py::module& mod);
 
 PYBIND11_MODULE(PyMaterialXRender, mod)
 {
-    mod.doc() = "Module containing Python bindings for the MaterialXRender library";
+    mod.doc() = "Core rendering support for MaterialX.";
 
     // PyMaterialXRender depends on types defined in PyMaterialXCore
     PYMATERIALX_IMPORT_MODULE(PyMaterialXCore);
diff --git a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXRenderGlsl/PyModule.cpp b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXRenderGlsl/PyModule.cpp
index d0ef04158d..69f5b3d353 100644
--- a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXRenderGlsl/PyModule.cpp
+++ b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXRenderGlsl/PyModule.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ void bindPyTextureBaker(py::module& mod);
 
 PYBIND11_MODULE(PyMaterialXRenderGlsl, mod)
 {
-    mod.doc() = "Module containing Python bindings for the MaterialXRenderGlsl library";
+    mod.doc() = "Rendering support for the OpenGL Shading Language.";
 
     // PyMaterialXRenderGlsl depends on types defined in PyMaterialXRender
     PYMATERIALX_IMPORT_MODULE(PyMaterialXRender);
diff --git a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXRenderMsl/PyModule.mm b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXRenderMsl/PyModule.mm
index f4d0dbeaeb..63bd933591 100644
--- a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXRenderMsl/PyModule.mm
+++ b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXRenderMsl/PyModule.mm
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 PYBIND11_MODULE(PyMaterialXRenderMsl, mod)
 {
-    mod.doc() = "Module containing Python bindings for the MaterialXRenderMsl library";
+    mod.doc() = "Rendering support for the Metal Shading Language.";
 
     // PyMaterialXRenderMsl depends on types defined in PyMaterialXRender
     PYMATERIALX_IMPORT_MODULE(PyMaterialXRender);
diff --git a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXRenderOsl/PyModule.cpp b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXRenderOsl/PyModule.cpp
index 4019d364ab..c013afef89 100644
--- a/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXRenderOsl/PyModule.cpp
+++ b/source/PyMaterialX/PyMaterialXRenderOsl/PyModule.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ void bindPyOslRenderer(py::module& mod);
 
 PYBIND11_MODULE(PyMaterialXRenderOsl, mod)
 {
-    mod.doc() = "Module containing Python bindings for the MaterialXRenderOsl library";
+    mod.doc() = "Rendering support for Open Shading Language.";
 
     // PyMaterialXRenderOsl depends on types defined in PyMaterialXRender
     PYMATERIALX_IMPORT_MODULE(PyMaterialXRender);