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Area Node and Find Radius
Here is a handy little subnetwork node: Area. Just hook it to any polygon and it will return the area of that polygon using the elegant shoelace formula. Works even with very complex shapes. If your…
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Error message 'The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect'
I am new to nodebox so apologies in advance if this is a stupid question. I am going through the following step by step to try and create an ellipse shaped data visualisation similar to the 'earthqua…
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by john
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Nodebox Linguistics can't run with Jython because sgmllib is deprecated
I have downloaded the Nodebox English Linguistics from here: https://www.nodebox.net/code/index.php/Linguistics I am unable to load the library using Jython because Python 3 no longer has the sgmllib…
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Geocoding "null" error
Hey I am using the geocoding sample and modifying it to show more that one location from an imported csv, every other node above "make point" seems to work but "make point" gives me a "null" error. N…
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by john
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I have created a monster
I just finished a really beautiful visualization using NodeBox that I will soon be sharing. But I have a problem… This visualization has a large number of text paths - 904 paths with over 3.3 million…
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by john
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Who Likes Me?
My latest NodeBox project is a ginormous, information-packed poster tracking who likes me on Facebook. As discussed in the "I've Created a Monster" post in the NodeBox 3 thread, it was almost too big…
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by lucasnijs
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Capture animation in OSC setup
Ok, so I have started sending OSC from Bidule to Nodebox. It works as it should - apart from the fact, that NodeBox apparently isn't built for real time animation. It's a problem, because how can I t…
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by AB
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I can not post a comment on my own discussion.
A few days I can not add a comment for discussion (how swap columns and rows). After publication, the new comment simply disappears. Maybe I do not understand something.
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by rioch
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how swap columns and rows
Sometimes I need to swap the rows and columns in a table. In order to render the data visualization "on the other side" ) Tell me how to do this in Nodebox?
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by john
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How Fast is NodeBox? How Fast Could it Be?
A philosophical question... Comparing the performance of one language to another is tricky since it's always apples to oranges. Things easy in one language are hard in another. NodeBox does some thin…
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Issue / Feature request
Is there a way to get Nodebox to export pdf files with the textpaths remaining as editable, non-outlined text? This would be a very useful feature to have when doing production design work in infogra…
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by Frederik
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Odd Feature Request: Export CSV
This might seem an odd request to the inventors of NodeBox. But I wish that in addition to exporting SVG, PNG, and PDF, that I could also have the option to export CSV. Choosing this would simply exp…
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by john
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Balloons
Here is a whimsical little subnetwork node: balloons! Balloons takes seven parameters: - Boundary Shape. The area (e.g. rect or ellipse) in which the balloon centers will appear. - Amount. The number…
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by Frederik
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Help! How can I neutralize a BigDecimal?
Here is a bug that was hard to find: I was doing a json query of address locations using Google's Maps Geocoding API. I fed it a list of 400 city names and it failed on city 335. The latitude and lon…
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by john
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Subnetwork - size box
HI, I have a node with 10 inputs. Can I change the width of the node? Thanks!
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by john
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How can I strip carriage returns from a string?
Is there any way within NodeBox to strip carriage returns and line feeds out of a sting? I tried feeding \r and \n into a replace node but that didn't work. I suppose I could make a custom node to do…
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by john
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Problem with some field values not found in query.json
Frederik or whoever can help, I am using the queryjson node to read a JSON file with a number of fields: - time - id - name - type - message When I read them all at once using a query like "$.data" I…
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by Stefan
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Generative alphabet
Hi ! I just discover Nodebox community and system and follow some tutos. I have a project in mind but I don't know how to realize it with Nodebox. I try to generate an alphabet with new forms of lett…
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by Frederik
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need a kick-start for my thesis
Hi everyone, I'm totally new at NodeBox. I need to design a data visualization for my thesis. I've a lot of data (around 300k rows with about 12 columns). I started with D3.js but i found that the le…
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by Frederik
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NodeBox and Tablet.
Hi folks, 1st of all, congratulations, NodeBox seams a really cool software. 2nd, I just used a couple of times because I'm not getting to use it with my tablet (Wacom Cintiq 12wx). It is a pain to g…
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by Frederik
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Scrolling Speed Under Mac Sierra
I upgraded to Mac Sierra (OS 10.12) last night, and also updated my Java to 1.8.091-b14. So far NodeBox seems to be working just fine, except for one subtle problem... I use a MacBook Air at home and…
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by Frederik
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help!
im new at nodebox, but i need connecto option for audio, and the option "devices" is not on files, what can i do? thanks!
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by Frederik
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Nodebox 3 - slow performance
On my Macbook Pro (mid 2012, 2,7 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB RAM), Nodebox 3 is quite slow when you work with multiple shapes. Is this normal? It kind of ruins the fun when a small portion of complexity…
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by Frederik
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NodeBox Grid library - Node
Hey guys! Is this library available as a NODE in NodeBox 3? I can only "program" visually... https://www.nodebox.net/code/index.php/Gridcreate If not.. - Is it possible to create a Node from it? Has…
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by Frederik
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Outputing data to txt
hello, i am trying to make my first visualisation/animation :)) i have xml with data and everything is working nice, (only takes some time to figure out) and i am no programmer and i lack some animat…
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by john
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Euclid's Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
The design for this enchanting visual proof of the Pythagorean Theorem is taken from "Beautiful Geometry" by Eli Maor and Eugen Jost. They showed a still image of the proof for various possible trian…
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Shuffle layout of a Poster
Hey guys, Is it possible to make a program that "shuffles" between different layout possibilities of text/images blocks on a poster? The text/images themselves would be fixed, only positions would ch…
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by alexandre
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SVG import, with individual layers
Is it possible to import an SVG, and have layers in separate parts (not grouped)? So for ex, I could rotate a specific layer of the SVG, not the whole thing?
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by alexandre
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List Position
Is there any way to give items of a list a behaviour, that is dependent on the items position in a list in nodeBox3 ? What I would like to do is to move shapes in dependence of their list position to…
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by john
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How do I get multiple connections from a Subnetwork input port?
I've published a port "shape", and I need both the center point of the shape and the geometry. How do I accomplish this?
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by Frederik