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General Discussion
Open conversation about NodeBox and generative design in general.
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New NodeBox forum
Dear community, It's been a long time coming, but our current Tender forum is getting long in the tooth. They also recently made some changes that blocked downloads of ZIP files, which is quite cruci…
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by Frederik
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Is there also a new Version for PC ?
When I launched Nodebox yesterday, a message box appeared stating that an update is available. As far as I know, this is only for Macs, so my question is: is there a new version for PC as well?
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by Frederik
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Coloring strokes with a raster graphics File
Hi John, As Nodebox Gradients "A long a Path" were made out of tiny shapes. "VexyLine" a kind of vector stroke effects app does that too. But using any raster graphic to color lines or Text. "Vexylin…
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BIG NEWS! Nodebox 3.1.0 for Apple Silicon Macs
Frederik De Bleser, the inventor of Nodebox, has just released Nodebox version 3.1.0 for Apple Silicon based Macs. If you are running on a PC or an ancient Intel-based Mac, you can ignore this and st…
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by Frederik
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Three Simple UI Improvements
Frederik, In the last few months two Nodebox users approached me. Both are prominent Nodebox artists and one teaches Nodebox. They asked me to ask you for a few very simple UI improvements that would…
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by florisdejonge
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NodeBox Repo + DeepWiki (Can other AI tools do this?)
I've indexed the NodeBox GitHub repo on several platforms just out of curiosity, but also, to help the community continue the discussion around NodeBox and AI (what is useful/what is not)... 1. DeepW…
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by indefiniteness
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John - Questions: My Newest Project... Is NodeBox the Tool I Need???
John, I apologize I haven't been around for pretty much forever. The combination of having had multiple severe concussions (starting when I was only 6 months old) AND self-managing acute symptoms of…
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by indefiniteness
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Video about Sanzo Wada
Hi John I stumble over this Video and remember you did a very nice Project collecting the Sanzo Colors in Nodebox. Thought this video might interest you , so i post it here. Here the Link: https://ww…
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by lastvector
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Plotter Simulator
This is fun... I just came across a website that creates a realistic simulation of a plotter plotting any SVG you upload. Plotter noises and everything: https://killedbyapixel.github.io/VirtualPlotte…
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Google AI now understands Nodebox
Last year I tested Google's Gemini AI by asking it what Nodebox is. It muffed the answer, confusing it with other tech terms containing the word "Node" and hallucinating details. I tried it again ton…
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by john
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Search function not working
Is the search function not working anymore?
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by john
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How to add a menu port to a subnetwork
People occasionally ask how I make the menus in the subnetworks I publish in my library. This is not well-documented, so I thought I'd explain it again in a separate post that might be easier to find…
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by florisdejonge
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High Precision math in Nodebox
Hello all and John. I have a question about precision. I am doing math with some big numbers and I have been using mpmath in Python to make this work in Python scripts, but I wonder if I can use this…
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by john
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AI - Voronoi cells
Hi all, Here's are some first attempts on making a Voronoi diagram/tessellation subnode with the use of Claude. After some preliminary tests - 1 and 2 in the file - I gave it this prompt: Can you imp…
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by john
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AI - Circle Packing
EDIT: i split this comment in 2 parts Hi John, Thanks for starting this topic. I went ahead and tried to make a packing script. The results can be found in the attachments. It still has its quirks, s…
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by john
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I'm creating a nodes based developing system
I'm creating a web-based application that allows users to create and run visual programming workflows using a node-based interface. This took inspiration of Blender Geometry nodes, Nodebox and Node-r…
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by shuantsu
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NodeBox and AI
I'd like to start a wide-ranging discussion about the intersection of Nodebox and AI (Artificial Intelligence). A few years ago someone suggested using ChatGPT to write NodeBox documentation. I tried…
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by john
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TUTORIAL - List Matching and Node Ranges
NodeBox has two features that largely control how it works: list matching and port ranges. Both features are subtle and can be confusing. But to master NodeBox you really have to understand both feat…
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by john
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Adding to Examples
Just an FYI... Nodebox has a feature under the file menu called Examples. This allows you to open a dialog, navigate to one of dozens of different Nodebox demos, and open any one of them. You can the…
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Color Theory: Another Color Space - OKLCH
I just came across this well-written link for our color theory reference library: https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/oklch-in-css-why-quit-rgb-hsl OKLCH is kinda like OKLAB but with polar chroma/hue…
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Public Domain Playing Cards
From time to time I think about creating playing cards in Nodebox. It would be fairly easy to do, EXCEPT for the face cards, which are rather complex. There should be a way not to reinvent this wheel…
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by Dan
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The Unreasonable Power of Wiggling Just a Little
Nodebox is a pure vector program. But, sooner or later, in order to be visible on a computer screen, those vectors will be rendered into pixels. And sometimes, for certain rare and perverse curves, s…
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by john
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Broken path to code library
I've run into an odd issue with NodeBox files with dependencies not opening. I have a number of NodeBox projects which use Perlin noise built in Clojure. When I try to open them I receive an error wi…
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by lastvector
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Easy way for pattern creation, Tutorial
So, the promised little Tutorial ist finish. I using a really old trick. Which is easy to do in an vector graphics program which offers clones or symbols. It's one of the easiest way to create intere…
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by lastvector
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Question about the "NULL" Node
John You may have overlooked it, I wrote a question about a "NULL" Node in one of your Nodebox tree, here is my question: you used this "NULL" node in your Nodebox tree, could you explain why you use…
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by john
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How can I delete an attached image from a post?
Hi John I want to delete the image attached to this post of mine and replace it with a smaller one. It's a bit too big for my liking. https://forum.nodebox.net/t/5252647822/teaser-for-a-little-tutori…
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by lastvector
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Tutorials?
Any Tutorial recommendations to begin with Nodebox? Thank you!
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by Mario
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SVG File processing Problem
Hi John I'm stuck with a nodebox tree that I created. A while ago I found a little circle packing program. It lets you convert a bitmap into a vector graphic based on a circle packing algorithm and s…
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by lastvector
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Pattern exploration - a unsual way
A while ago I came across this beautiful video from yukikawae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj2L07KwL-c I found this so interesting that I thought about how to recreate the first Pattern in Nodebox…
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by lastvector
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Color Theory: Floris Plotter Blending
Just a quick note. Over at Instagram, Floris posted a recent plot that caught my eye: a Rorschach of red blobs and blue blobs (filled with Hilbert Curves) that overlapped in various places forming pu…
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by john