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  1. Recent NodeBox Movies

    I've gotten out of the habit of posting my NodeBox animations in this forum. Frankly, I was discouraged because almost no one ever commented on them. Since the forum software doesn't even have a "lik…

    Show your Work john From the old forum

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    by john

  2. Augmented Reality Street Art using NodeBox

    I recently tried a fun augmented reality experiment using NodeBox and a service for artists called Artivive: https://artivive.com You can try it for free with three pieces. You simply upload a still…

    Show your Work john From the old forum

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  3. Contours without a Custom Node

    Even after all these years I am still learning new tricks from other users on the forum. One of the things not built-in to NodeBox is a node which can extract individual contours from a multi-contour…

    Show your Work john From the old forum

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  4. I cant start nodebox (java error)

    I cant start nodebox that my professor coded. it says "Error: Device not found". and... java.lang.NullPointerException: Library device not found. at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull(…

    NodeBox 3 Yi From the old forum

    1 reply

    by john

  5. phyllotaxy grid

    Hi, does anyone on the forum perhaps know how to make a phyllotaxy grid in Nodebox? Similar to this: https://www.google.com/search?q=phyllotaxy+grid. I've attached a direction of a solution I was try…

    NodeBox 3 florisdejonge From the old forum

    3 replies

    by john

  6. How does Shoebot 1 decide to render a single image or run an animation ?

    How does Nodebox 1 decide whether a bot is an animation or a still image. In our Shoebot, I think we toggle on whether there is a "draw" function, but I've seen other info that it might be calling sp…

    NodeBox 1 Stuart Axon From the old forum

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    by karstenwo

  7. [ANN] Nodebox 1 (forked) / Library (forked) update

    I have updated my forks of Nodebox 1 and the Library. Latest changes in NodeBox: 1. size(0,0) sets size to main screen size. 1. self contained, Python 2.7.13 and PyObjc 3.2a1 1. new example code "Esc…

    NodeBox 1 karsten From the old forum

    5 replies

    by Stuart

  8. I'm beginner to NodeBox 3

    Hello, I'm beginner to NodeBox 3 on Mac OSX 10.11.6.How can I started to programming in NodeBox 3? Can iIhelp myself with a manual or book about NodeBox 3? Thank you. Bye, Christian

    NodeBox 3 christian_k From the old forum

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    by christian_k

  9. Windows 10 installation issues: "Class nodebox/client/Application not found." and "Failed to launch JVM."

    Hello! I'm trying to install Node Box 3 Version 3.0.51 for Windows on my computer (Windows 10) but I'm getting the following error. First it says: "Class nodebox/client/Application not found." And th…

    NodeBox 3 andrecq From the old forum

    8 replies

    by Eli

  10. Door with Awning - Restored

    For some reason my original post about this and most of the conversation thread that came after were deleted. I am reattaching the drawing and the animation. If anyone wants to see the NodeBox code t…

    Show your Work john From the old forum

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  11. Using NodeBox to Make Working Circuitry

    I made this NodeBox animation to answer a question on Quora about seven segment displays. But it's not merely a depiction of a circuit or a simulation of a circuit. It is an actual working circuit th…

    Show your Work john From the old forum

    2 replies

    by john

  12. NodeBox Running Fine in Catalina

    For Mac users of NodeBox 3. There was some concern about whether NodeBox would run under Apple's latest Mac OS, Catalina. Catalina does not support 32 bit apps, so many older apps will not work with…

    General Discussion john From the old forum

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    by john

  13. Catalina Movie: Door with Awning

    Ha - IMHO kind of an unexpected transition at the beginning, but I love the final image, it's very pretty! (Also the awning pseudo-3d effect is great as well)

    Show your Work gotankersley From the old forum

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    by john

  14. Generating different positions

    Sorry if the subject has already been treated, I didn't see it on the forum It's been a while that I haven't used Nodebox (try to get my knowledge back but not easy) : I would like to generate differ…

    NodeBox 3 DRun From the old forum

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    by DRun

  15. Comparing strings in two lists and

    Hello, Hi there, I am super new here and am sorry if somebody already asked similar questions, but somehow I can't find anything yet. It should not be difficult, but I am stuck. I have two lists: a l…

    NodeBox 3 Oselva From the old forum

    3 replies

    by john

  16. Generating different positions (issues in responding!)

    Hello john! I don't understand, I'm trying, desperately, to respond since your first message but my answers don't appear!! I created an account but it didn't work too, I used another e-mail address b…

    NodeBox 3 DRun From the old forum

    1 reply

    by john

  17. ALERT! Nodebox cannot export movies under Catalina

    Frederik, It appears that NodeBox can no longer export movies under Catalina (10.15.4). At least I can't. I upgraded to Catalina a few days ago. Before the upgrade everything was fine. Now, when I at…

    NodeBox 3 john From the old forum

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    by john

  18. Cartan Node Library 2.0

    UPDATE: See version 2.1 at bottom of this thread. I am proud to announce the release of version 2 of my Node Library. I made the following improvements: - All nodes now have the correct output settin…

    Show your Work john From the old forum

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    by D

  19. Table Nodes

    UPDATE: I have improved some of the nodes covered in this post. See further down in this thread for my update posts with the improved nodes attached. These table nodes are now included in my Node Lib…

    NodeBox 3 john From the old forum

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    by Alexander

  20. A very obscure bug that no one will ever care about

    When generating square waves with the wave function, whenever the X value is set to zero mod period, the function will return the minimum value for the wave... UNLESS the X value is exactly equal to…

    NodeBox 3 john From the old forum

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    by D

  21. Bounce

    Here, for your animation pleasure, is a bounce node! This node is somewhat hard to describe. You really have to use it to see how it works. Like the wave node it produces numbers that could be used t…

    Show your Work john From the old forum

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  22. Gears!

    Attached is a whimsical node which makes gears - actual gears which can be made to interlock and turn at appropriate speeds and directions. You can use this node to create a wide variety of gears by…

    Show your Work john From the old forum

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    by john

  23. Style Text Node

    Styletext provides something we normally take for granted but which until now has been all-but-impossible in Nodebox: paragraphs of styled text with some words in bold, some in italics, and even some…

    Show your Work john From the old forum

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  24. Arrange Node

    The arrange node is a cross between a grid node and a stack node. You can use it to arrange a group of differently-sized shapes into tidy rows or columns without as much wasted space. The node takes…

    Show your Work john From the old forum

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  25. Cos 90 degree (1.5708 radian) = 6.123233 ??

    Hello! cos 90 degree should be 0, isn't it? The screencap and nodebox file is attached for reference. Thanks!

    NodeBox 3 EL From the old forum

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    by john

  26. Data viz help

    Hello, I am attempting to make my first data visualization using Nodebox. The visualization is about the color of banknotes from different countries. In the attached csv I have included the country,…

    NodeBox 3 91.kremena.petrova From the old forum

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    by 91.kremena.petrova

  27. Installing on Linux

    I ran the commands to install on Linux and got all sorts of missing dependencies. After downloading and installing those manually I still get the same errors.

    General Discussion Marcus From the old forum

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    by Marcus

  28. assign color by lookup?

    Hi - I am the definition of a total beginner so hopefully this isn't totally obvious, lol. I'm wondering if there's any way to assign colors based one value in a csv rather than having a bunch of col…

    NodeBox 3 micaela From the old forum

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    by micaela

  29. Evaluating Unneeded Branches on Switch Node

    Another long-standing issue for the record... If you feed multiple chains into the ports of a switch node, only one will be selected for work downstream. But all of them will be evaluated nonetheless…

    NodeBox 3 john From the old forum

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  30. Revert to Default

    A bug / feature request for the record... The "Revert to Default" buttons in node dialogs work only in a limited way for core nodes and not at all for subnetworks. For core nodes they will set a numb…

    NodeBox 3 john From the old forum

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