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Prime numbers
Hi fellow Nodeboxers, Lately I've tried to use prime numbers. I got interested since it creates another possibility to create non-random patterns, other than a perlin noise or wave-function. Attached…
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by john
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Rounding corners
Hi, I'm finding that the results from the round segments node are not always what I'm looking for. Attached are two screenshots of the pretty much the same shape, other made with Nodebox's rounding n…
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by john
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Schematic representation of Paris avenues lengths
Hello, For my second project with Nodebox, I wanted to try to work with data. Paris city have a good collection of open datas, and I started by something simple = streets with their names and lengths…
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by john
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Moving a single point of a path
Hi, In my recent project I needed to modify one point of a path (move one point of a rectangle). My solution was to create a node for just that – move a point of a given index and then reassemble the…
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by Jussi
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Scale_True Node
Attached is the latest addition to my node library: scaletrue. I've been meaning to make this node for years. The Nodebox scale node has an annoying quirk: it resizes objects but does not resize thei…
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How can I calculate the angles for each point of a letter ?
Hello ! I'm having a hard time solving this problem. How can i calculate the angle of the red arc (exactly like in the picture). I need to calculate it for each point of the letter (black dots on the…
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by john
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Separate time series from a list
Hi, I just started with Nodebox (yesterday!) and got instantly hooked. Even though the logic is pretty new to me after coding visualisations with javascript. A lot of stuff is very easy to achieve bu…
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by john
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cannot create PyString with non-byte value
Hello, I am a student who is learning node box in school class. I was copying the tutorial, but the phrase 'cannot create PyString with non-byte value' keeps popping up. I don't know where the hell i…
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by john
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Gothic Arch Node
I made this node for a project I am working on and thought I'd share it. Gothicarch draws a classic Gothic arch shape based on an equilateral triangle. It takes the following parameters: - Inner Widt…
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by julien
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Procedural fighter planes
Hello, I tried Nodebox a little bit last week, and I tried to generate a bunch of fighter planes, to learn how to draw with nodes (fighter planes are angular and quite symmetric , so I thought that i…
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by joe.s.clay
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Text on Circle Node
A new Nodebox user, Julien, recently asked this: Centering the text path in the middle? Is it possible to center a text path, instead of just choosing the beginning or the end for alignment? This cou…
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by john
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troubleshooting frame node
hi, love this software. i am having trouble rendering the animation tutorial. i believe i followed the directions correctly but at best the nodes wont animate at worst it crashes and a dialogue box w…
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by Basil
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Images and creating my own node
I am teaching a class about generative art, and I'd dearly like an image library. It appears to only function on Apple machines, so I am thinking about making my own. I am using Windows 10. 1. Is the…
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by john
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Assigning certain colors to certain midi values
Hi all, I have recently discovered nodebox and already love it. I ve been reading a lot here and have tried things out but now I m stuck. I have downloaded the midi import example and I understand wh…
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by verkleinert
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Treemap
Treemaps are a great way to visualize relative proportions within a hierarchy. Most Treemap algorithms require recursion so are hard to do entirely within NodeBox. I implemented this version using a…
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by john
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Move_to Node
This happens often: I have a shape, not centered on the origin, and I want to move it to a particular location. To do this very simple thing I have to: - find the centroid of the shape - calculate th…
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by john
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some requests
Hello, i enjoy a lot this nodebox, as i use puredata and illustrator a lot, it's not so different. i have some requests i note here , not knowing if it is the good place: - please bring back keyboard…
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by john
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distinct points
I'm trying to replicate a project i once saw that shows each of the possible combinations of the android lock screen.. (the swipe / dots one) I tried creating a 3x3 grid of points THEN pick 4 points…
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by john
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Point IN Path Node
I use the standard pointonpath node all the time. It works great with closed paths. But it is quite annoying when used on open paths like a line, arc, or curve. If you set pointonpath's T value to 10…
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by john
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disassemble grid
hey, what´s the easiest way to disassemble a grid randomly into various squares and/or rectangles like shown in the picture? Im trying to find a solution but it seems pretty difficult to me. thanks i…
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by john
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FORUM BACK ONLINE
All, The Nodebox forum was offline for awhile yesterday, but is back now and able to receive new posts. Apologies to those unable to post yesterday. Frederik is looking into transferring the forum an…
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by john
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Points and curves
Hi all, Recently I asked John this question: What is the best way to edit the handles of points? Meaning the red dots that function as control points. Nodebox numbers them seperately. But how would o…
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by florisdejonge
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First attempts!
Hi yall! Just got started with nodebox today and was able to create this nice abstract piece! Hope you like it (:
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by john
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Audio input not showing
Hello! I enabled Device Support in settings, rebooted, but I can't see "Audio input". I'm trying to animate shapes based on sound (external file or mic recording). Anyone can help? Thanks a lot!
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by john
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microphone not working in macos 14. audio player does
Hi, I’d like to add my laptop’s built in microphone to be used with some projects i run with nodebox. I can play an audio file and have it work, but can’t enable the microphone. I’ve seen that in see…
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by john
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Lookup and Filter Data with native nodes
Hi, Sometimes I see some projects using the lookup and filter data nodes on the output of some other native Nodebox nodes such as using the lookup on the output of a point node to get the x of the po…
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by Guilherme
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Blend Color Node
Attached is a simple but handy little node: blendcolor. Blendcolor returns the solid color formed when a translucent foreground color is placed over a solid background color. The demo shows a Venn di…
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File management
Hi all, This might be a somewhat mundane question, but I'd like to know what's the best way to reorder my Nodebox files and folders? I've got dozens of files in a folder structure which has grown qui…
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by florisdejonge
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Fragments and Metaballs
Attached is a demo for a revised node, Fragments, and a new node, Metaballs. Fragments takes a list of overlapping shapes and returns the fragments arising from the spaces between those shapes. The c…
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3D Modelling
This thread is a branch from a discussion that started under the General Discussion "Why I Still Care About Nodebox". This first post is a recap of the initial conversation: Posted by willadams on Ja…
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by john