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Surround Node
Attached is the demo for a very simple node: surround. Give surround a circle and it will return a ring of N circles, each the same size, and each tangent to the central circle and to each other. N c…
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Hilbert Curve
Dear John, Hilbert Curve is a candidate for your Node Library - I searched for 'Hilbert' at the NodeBox forum and did not find any returns. Also, going back to the "Tools vs. Gestures" email conversa…
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by Ramanraj
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Cartan Node Library 3.0
Attached is the latest upgrade to my node library! Version 3.0 includes 101 nodes. All nodes are free for use with no restrictions. To use: with your current project open use File/Open Recent to open…
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by john
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Poly_labels Node
Polylabels takes any closed polygon and draws it with interior angles labeled in blue and side lengths labeled in red. If you give it other shapes (simple lines, open paths, self-crossing paths, curv…
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Set_type Node
There are three types of points in NodeBox. Type 1 points are the normal points created by a point node and used to form the endpoints of lines and the corners of polygons. Bézier curves start with t…
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Gradual Change Node
Attached is a new node, gradual, which creates a list of numbers that gradually change. Although it seems to be a math-centric node, most of its uses are for visual effects: interesting curves or rea…
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Noob question lists and how to use the max node
Hi, I've just discovered Nodebox and I'm giving it a go. Having used geometry nodes in Blender a lot of the concepts feel familiar, and I'm having fun. However I'm struggling with a few points. The f…
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by joe.s.clay
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De Young Museum: Under The City
I am proud to share that my short Nodebox film, Under The City, was selected for the prestigious De Young Open, and is now open to the public through Jan 7, 2024, at the De Young Museum in San Franci…
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by Frederik
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Trying to create a Sankey diagram
Hi all, I am trying to create a Sankey diagram, showing the flow of items between categories. I got as far as the attached image The left ("from") and right ("to") side items are sorted differently.…
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by bbarrera
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Quadtree Node
Today's node allows you to create a quadtree. A quadtree is a tree data structure in which each internal node has exactly four children. You can use this structure to locate and organize a set of poi…
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by john
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Mesh Node
Attached is the demo for another new node: mesh. Mesh creates a list of line segments connecting a set of neighboring points. It takes four parameters: - Points or shapes. A list of points and/or sha…
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by john
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Scatter Bias Node
Attached is a new node: scatterbias. UPDATE - improved version attached in subsequent note. The standard scatter node is the simplest way of introducing randomness into patterns. It scatters a given…
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by john
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Ramp Nodes
Attached is a demo with two new nodes: makeramp and applyramp. Makeramp makes it easier to create a curve you can use as a ramp in animations to control the way a value changes over time. The value m…
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by john
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timeline rough (very rough)
This is my first try at making a timeline with visualization. You move the points in the vertical direction to change the value at a specific time. I would like: - Longer timeline - zoom and scroll -…
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by john
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The Black Lavender Square Mosaic
I have been slowly (since 2005 at the latest!) developing artistic programs that draw squares packed with a gap into a vertical dimension. I found early on that you can scale the squares to fit any i…
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by john
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How to get the type of an item
Hi! A wall I've been banging my head against: I'd like to make a table cell node that renders a simple cell with certain dimensions and content. I'd like to make it accept both paths and strings as c…
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by Jussi
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NodeBox with JS ( D3.JS or P5.JS ) For FxHash
Hi dear community, as a new member of nodebox family i have a newbi question i tried to find my answer on the internet but i couldnt find it, so i decide to ask it here,i know its a newbi question bu…
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by Eugene
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form generation
Hello John! I m trying to generate rounded forms similar to pebbles, but I dont uderstand how make it so. I only get something that looks like a polygon. Which node can helps me to make them looks li…
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by john
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adding new nodes to the scheme
Hi John! I have an idea to create an animation of a chaotic swarm of mosquitoes using a program. I managed to make the circuit partially. I am not an advanced user and have no idea how to add additio…
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by john
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Occlusion
Hi (John), I was wondering if Occlusion node should or shouldn't work in this attached case? There's only paths as input into Occlusion node, but it doesn't seem to work. Maybe I'm missing smth. Or i…
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by john
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Occlusion node + Iso paper
Hi all, Just wanted to share something that I made with John's excellent Iso paper node + occlusion node. The end result was plotted with a DIY plotter on yellow cardboard. I painted the backgrounds…
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by john
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Nodebox Live beta tester
Hi! I would like to use Nodebox Live for some tests and experiments, it would be possible to become a beta tester? Thank you
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by john
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Do you ever use NodeBox just to muck with data tables?
I do. I'm sure this was not its intended use, but it turns out NodeBox is really handy for reading in CSV files, sorting them, filtering them, slicing and dicing them, and maybe saving out digested v…
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by indefiniteness
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UPDATE: still bad at social media.
or more correctly social media is bad for me. but on top of the head injuries i tend to forget to check my email even... for weeks sometimes. i have a few questions about nodebox still. tweaking my '…
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by john
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nodebox3 and MacOS Ventura 13.0 (22A8380)
I just tried to run Nodebox3 on Mac OS Ventura and didn't succeed. Is there anything I can do to get it running?
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by john
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Circle_Wave Node
NOTE: See below for an even better node: arcwave. A Nodebox user, edgeofinnerspace, asked how to wrap a sine wave around a circle. An excellent question! Nodebox doesn't have a node that will do this…
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by indefiniteness
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Cartan Library 3.2
Attached is the latest rev of my Cartan Node Library! Version 3.1 includes 120 nodes. All nodes are free for use with no restrictions. To use: with your current project open use File/Open Recent to o…
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by indefiniteness
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Using ChatGPT to Document NodeBox
In a recent discussion, kurtzwrk made an intriguing suggestion: use ChatGPT to write documentation for Nodebox. Edgeofinnerspace agreed, saying "this guy's got the right idea. ChatGPT could do that a…
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by indefiniteness
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How can I develop a generative shape system ?
Hello, I am a Belgian student in typography. I really fell in love with nodbox! I draw a lot of typography on grids. I would like to be able to generate some shapes on a grid. I'm very inspired by No…
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by john
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Improved Clip Node
Attached is the demo of a much improved, general purpose clip node. NOTE: SEE BELOW FOR AN EVEN BETTER VERSION THAT ALLOWS CLIPPING OUTSIDE. The clip node currently in my library doesn't work very we…
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by florisdejonge