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New NodeBox forum
Dear community, It's been a long time coming, but our current Tender forum is getting long in the tooth. They also recently made some changes that blocked downloads of ZIP files, which is quite cruci…
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by Frederik
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Is there also a new Version for PC ?
When I launched Nodebox yesterday, a message box appeared stating that an update is available. As far as I know, this is only for Macs, so my question is: is there a new version for PC as well?
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by Frederik
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Coloring strokes with a raster graphics File
Hi John, As Nodebox Gradients "A long a Path" were made out of tiny shapes. "VexyLine" a kind of vector stroke effects app does that too. But using any raster graphic to color lines or Text. "Vexylin…
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Polygon beauty
Hi John, Another Nodebox design, colored in VectorStyler using a gradient along a path. I also tried it in Nodebox, but the result doesn’t look as good and crisp possibly because, in Nodebox, color g…
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by john
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BIG NEWS! Nodebox 3.1.0 for Apple Silicon Macs
Frederik De Bleser, the inventor of Nodebox, has just released Nodebox version 3.1.0 for Apple Silicon based Macs. If you are running on a PC or an ancient Intel-based Mac, you can ignore this and st…
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by Frederik
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Inspired by String Art
Every now and then, I come across projects that are ideal for NodeBox. I think this is one of them. While browsing the web, I stumbled upon an art form that piqued my interest and curiosity, as it se…
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by lastvector
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Three Simple UI Improvements
Frederik, In the last few months two Nodebox users approached me. Both are prominent Nodebox artists and one teaches Nodebox. They asked me to ask you for a few very simple UI improvements that would…
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by florisdejonge
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Concat_list. UPDATE!
NOTE: the node in the demo attached to this note contains a small bug. See next post. Nodebox provides a way of turning one string into many (makestrings) but no way of doing the reverse: concatenati…
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by john
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Intersect Circle 3.8
Just a quick note to say that I updated an old node from my library. Intrsctcircle finds the intersection(s) of a line and an ellipse. The updated version works exactly the same, except: - It's faste…
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KPZ Growth
Crystallization, coffee stains, accumulating snow on branches, the boundary of a spreading forest fire, and the edge of a growing colony of bacteria all display a universal growth pattern. This patte…
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NodeBox Repo + DeepWiki (Can other AI tools do this?)
I've indexed the NodeBox GitHub repo on several platforms just out of curiosity, but also, to help the community continue the discussion around NodeBox and AI (what is useful/what is not)... 1. DeepW…
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by indefiniteness
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Write_Table v2
SEE UPDATE BELOW for new node and module names... Almost 10 years ago I created a node called writetable that, when rendered, would write a CSV file: https://forum.nodebox.net/t/16827547/write-table-…
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by indefiniteness
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NodeBox was helpful for Guilloche Pattern Project
Hi For a kind of guilloche pattern for which I wanted to transfer different line thicknesses from one vector object group to another, NodeBox was very helpful for me. Even though I don't have a parti…
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by indefiniteness
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John - Questions: My Newest Project... Is NodeBox the Tool I Need???
John, I apologize I haven't been around for pretty much forever. The combination of having had multiple severe concussions (starting when I was only 6 months old) AND self-managing acute symptoms of…
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by indefiniteness
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Pixel_Waves Node
Last week a Nodebox user, Ari, asked how to make wavy line art. His example showed a photograph formed by sine waves that stretched out to render light pixels and scrunched up to render dark pixels.…
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by indefiniteness
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Graft Node
Graft as in plants, attaching a scion to a root. My new graft node attaches the subpath of a scion shape to the gap in a subpath of a root shape. I got the idea from looking at "French Curves", templ…
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Sanzo Colors v2
This is to announce an exciting upgrade to my very useful sanzocolors node. Sanzocolors is based on A Dictionary of Color Combinations published in the 1930s by Japanese artist Sanzo Wada. The origin…
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Video about Sanzo Wada
Hi John I stumble over this Video and remember you did a very nice Project collecting the Sanzo Colors in Nodebox. Thought this video might interest you , so i post it here. Here the Link: https://ww…
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by lastvector
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Mat_Invert Demo - Hampton Court Maze
Attached is a demo of my new matinvert node. It uses the new matrix data structure described here: https://forum.nodebox.net/t/10253218032/matrix-nodes This demo shows a diagram of the famous Hampton…
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Matrix Nodes
Attached are a DOZEN new nodes which all rely on a new Nodebox data type: matrix. A matrix is an ordinary Nodebox table with the following constraints: - The first column is named "row" and contains…
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Plotter Simulator
This is fun... I just came across a website that creates a realistic simulation of a plotter plotting any SVG you upload. Plotter noises and everything: https://killedbyapixel.github.io/VirtualPlotte…
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Sag Node
Another new node for my library: sag. Sag draws a catenary curve between two support points. Catenary curves can represent a sagging rope and have other interesting properties. A ball rolling down a…
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Google AI now understands Nodebox
Last year I tested Google's Gemini AI by asking it what Nodebox is. It muffed the answer, confusing it with other tech terms containing the word "Node" and hallucinating details. I tried it again ton…
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by john
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Pixel_Waves Node (Official Release)
Here is the official release of my pixelwaves node. See my earlier post for the evoluition of the node. Pixelwaves takes seven parameters: - Pixels. A group of pixels made from a single resampled pat…
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by john
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Odd behaviour on first item of list
I'm getting some odd behaviour that I've spent hours looking over and can't seem to resolve. I'm not sur eif it's a bug or whether it's just something I've done that is causing the problem. In a nuts…
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by john
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Occurrences Node
The occurrences node counts the number of occurrences of each distinct item in a list. It returns a table containing, for each distinct item, its count and percentage. It is possible to do this calcu…
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Wave Line art
Hi I am very new to this and I am still figuring out how to make this. I try to make fine wave line art like in the attached file. I imported a svg-file and I ungrouped it. I have tried multiple thin…
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by john
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Waveform v3.8
I have made some improvements to my waveform node. It now runs faster, can place waves along any baseline, fixes a subtle bug with sawtooth waves, and facilitates two forms of animation. Waveform now…
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Search function not working
Is the search function not working anymore?
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by john
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Cartan Node Library 3.6
Cartan Node Library 3.6 Attached is the latest rev of my Cartan Node Library. This file was built using over 627,000 nodes and over 778,000 connections, surely making it the largest Nodebox network o…
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by john