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  1. Multi-Threading.

    Do you have any plans to support Multi-Threading? I have some not so complicated networks that are running and using %100.00 usage on a macbook pro 2012 and it is just insanely slow. I searched the f…

    NodeBox 3 Noboru Garcia From the old forum

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  2. NodeBox Import error unable to find module random (line 2 of pyvector.py)

    Hi everybody, on a clean download of NodeBox, every time I add a new polygon to my network, NodeBox application returns an error: unable to import random for the file pyvector.py at line 2 : from ran…

    NodeBox 3 martin From the old forum

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  3. Isometric Pictograms

    I did this quickly just for fun to show a basic technique. The idea is that you can use NodeBox to slice up a single SVG file of isometric objects and use those objects to build a pictogram. The atta…

    Show your Work john From the old forum

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  4. Calling Nodebox functions from a library Module

    I am sure this is an easy question. I have built many Nodebox 1 utilities that I want to put in a library module. The routines that just use raw Python mathematics work just fine, but any with Nodebo…

    NodeBox 1 Kevin Karney From the old forum

    1 reply

    by Frederik

  5. PatterNodes - Parametric patterns for Mac OS X

    Hello, If you're interested in working with parametric patterns for graphic applications, you might be interested in PatterNodes (that I just released yesterday). While it doesn't offer the same full…

    General Discussion Lars Gafvert From the old forum

    2 replies

    by Lars

  6. Drag Interactions?

    NodeBox is paradoxical. The design-time UI has rich interactivity; you can zoom and pan in both the view and network panes to your heart's content. But it is difficult to interact in the same way wit…

    NodeBox 3 john From the old forum

    3 replies

    by Frederik

  7. The Format Number Template

    One of the biggest hurdles I've encountered in learning Nodebox is the paucity of documentation. The node reference offers little more than a bare list of ports. Thank goodness for the tutorials and…

    NodeBox 3 john From the old forum

    3 replies

    by Frederik

  8. snap node

    hæ— is it possible to modify the snap node or access the grid it uses, to change it ?

    NodeBox 3 flame From the old forum

    5 replies

    by Frederik

  9. fit rect to bound of imported svg

    hæ— I feel like I'm having a bit of a brain fart over this. I'm trying to make a rect fit to the bounds of an imported sag, how would I accomplish this ?

    NodeBox 3 flame From the old forum

    3 replies

    by Frederik

  10. node functionality

    hæ— I was wondering if there were plans for usability for nodes such as muting/disabling a node and being able to connect a node between other existing connections without manually reconnecting— unle…

    NodeBox 3 flame From the old forum

    6 replies

    by Frederik

  11. Sending OSC

    Sorry to bring this up again, but can you provide an example for the sendosc node? Will the "arguments" become OSC messages? I know you said it's finicky and experimental but it would be INCREDIBLY G…

    NodeBox 3 wurmston From the old forum

    1 reply

    by Frederik

  12. Data Duplication

    I am experiencing a very weird issue. I am relatively new to Nodebox 3, but I am have got a pretty good grip I think. When grouping nodes together to form a network, the data is being duplicated many…

    NodeBox 3 rory From the old forum

    3 replies

    by Frederik

  13. Nodebox 3.0.42 no longer exports movies

    I am running NodeBox on Mac Yosemite. Just upgraded to 3.0.42. Everything seemed fine until I tried exporting a movie (mp4). The export looked OK and ended without any error messages, but no file was…

    NodeBox 3 john From the old forum

    5 replies

    by john

  14. Extract Column Headers from a CSV file?

    I am visualizing CSV files. I can slice and dice the data but would also like to display and manipulate the column headers. For some projects I need to do generic lookups without having to hand-code…

    NodeBox 3 john From the old forum

    6 replies

    by Frederik

  15. Python code for built-in nodes

    I'm getting started writing my own nodes, and it would be super helpful to look at / edit / build upon the built-in nodes. Where are they stored? Thanks, Will Urmston BFA Graphic Design '16 Rhode Isl…

    NodeBox 3 wurmston From the old forum

    1 reply

    by Frederik

  16. Property Nodes?

    This is either a noob question or a feature request... I find myself creating lots of colorized rectangles with carefully calculated properties (height, width, position, fill color, etc.) that change…

    NodeBox 3 john From the old forum

    3 replies

    by Stefan

  17. Animating Spawning Points from a center point in Nodebox3

    I'm stuck trying to do something that I would have imagined to be easy. It's quite possible that I've over complicated things for myself. I feel like I need something like a for loop to do this but I…

    NodeBox 3 kurtzwrk From the old forum

    10 replies

    by kurtzwrk

  18. Errors on startup after update

    as soon as I try to do anything: java.lang.NullPointerException at nodebox.handle.FourPointHandle.mousePressed(Unknown Source) at nodebox.client.Viewer.mousePressed(Unknown Source) at java.awt.AWTEve…

    NodeBox 3 Rodolfo Oliveira From the old forum

    4 replies

    by Frederik

  19. Mac distribution requires an older version of Java

    I had been using Nodebox 3 but since I updated my java version the program won't run. Are there any updates coming? Thanks!

    NodeBox 3 hermes_2507 From the old forum

    15 replies

    by Maxim

  20. OSX Lion

    Hi guys, I have looked for a while but didn't find anything; is there an executable for OSX Lion? Would be a shame if not. Thanks for any help, Max

    NodeBox 3 flodereisen From the old forum

    3 replies

    by Frederik

  21. Centroid Node Accuracy

    Hi there! I just noticed that for unknown reason the Centroid nodes aren't really accurate, I mean, the center point of the element is always offset and sometimes is very noticeable (images attached)…

    NodeBox 3 Alejandro León From the old forum

    3 replies

    by Frederik

  22. OSC support in nodebox 3

    Hi there, I was wondering wether it is possible to have OSC in nodebox 3, i've found some posts about support in nb2, but that's about it… Otherwise if not; is it possible to deal with this by import…

    NodeBox 3 steyaert.pieter From the old forum

    2 replies

    by steyaert.pieter

  23. Appmap example / Metal Words

    Hi, playing around with Nodebox for a few days and i keep running into an error I can't understand: If I increase the number of items to be arranged in the outer circle in either the Metallica exampl…

    NodeBox 3 sebastianahrens From the old forum

    1 reply

    by lievenmenschaert

  24. Toroidal Polyhedron code based on "Torus" by Mark Meyer

    Hello, I think the following Nodebox-Python rendering will be useful for people interested in Toroidal Polyhedra geometries. I manipulated the original "Torus" code by Mark Meyer (https://www.nodebox…

    Show your Work Dr. Ozan Yarman From the old forum

    3 replies

    by Dr.

  25. Nodebox - Perception_general_questions

    Hello everyone, I have couple questions about Perception GUI. What is the software used to build all those data tables, "zoom", "force" and other side bars? Was it PythonQt? Tkinter? or something esl…

    General Discussion Ivan From the old forum

    1 reply

    by Frederik

  26. Data connection / linking in a circle

    Hi there, I’m a bloody newbie so please forgive me for any silly questions, but after several hours I’m too desperat to keep trying on my own: I’m trying to set up a circle shape which links connecti…

    NodeBox 3 ravena From the old forum

    14 replies

    by ravena

  27. Image Import for NB3

    Hello : Recently discovered NodeBox and finding it very useful. I work in video compositing / motion graphics, highly interested to learn if importing images remains a planned feature? A thread (link…

    NodeBox 3 Nathan Stueve From the old forum

    6 replies

    by Rodolfo

  28. Nodebox. Java. Yosemite.

    What's the recommended way to get nodebox working on OSX Yosemite. Java 6 from Apple, Java 8 from Oracle.

    General Discussion Sean From the old forum

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  29. Bug generated when I choose 'Check for Updates'

    Hello, Thank you for making such a wonderful tool for expressive visual programming. I'm not really sure what's going on but I had to manually download the latest version and this error message still…

    NodeBox 3 Ala' From the old forum

    3 replies

    by Frederik

  30. Hacking nodebox on Windows with Eclipse Luna

    Hello, I am interested in hacking nodebox 3. This means that I intend to write code in Java to give nodebox enhanced functionality. I plan to do this using the Eclipse IDE (version LUNA). Can I have…

    NodeBox 3 craigugoretz5 From the old forum

    2 replies

    by craigugoretz5