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NodeBox 3

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  1. Odd behaviour on first item of list

    I'm getting some odd behaviour that I've spent hours looking over and can't seem to resolve. I'm not sur eif it's a bug or whether it's just something I've done that is causing the problem. In a nuts…

    Darren Crabb From the old forum

    5 replies

    by john

  2. Wave Line art

    Hi I am very new to this and I am still figuring out how to make this. I try to make fine wave line art like in the attached file. I imported a svg-file and I ungrouped it. I have tried multiple thin…

    Ari From the old forum

    11 replies

    by john

  3. abstract self portrait

    I'm very new to nodebox and i just can't make my selfportrait work. It's an assignment for school and im truey struggeling with it. i have vectorized my image and ungrouped the shapes, and then i jus…

    Ela From the old forum

    1 reply

    by john

  4. Why am I getting this error when opening example projects?

    I'm getting java runtime-exception errors when attempting to open example projects from the web. I have made sure java is installed. Unfortunately, I don't know much about programming. Can someone he…

    grief_stew From the old forum

    2 replies

    by Frederik

  5. Curved Line Graphs in Nodebox 3

    Hi everyone, I’m new to NodeBox 3, and I’d like to create a line graph (with data points connected by a curve). I have a csv file that I'm importing but I am not sure how to put the correct coordinat…

    wavetree7 From the old forum

    12 replies

    by wavetree7

  6. Text leading (line spacing)

    Hello! I need to add line spacing to the text and I'm trying to do this by adding the lineHeight port to the textPath node metadata. However, I'm getting an error. I would be very grateful for your h…

    Alex From the old forum

    3 replies

    by john

  7. export to SVG on sequoia

    Hi, I don't know if this has ever happened to you. When I try to export, a pop-up appears to indicate the format, but the dialogue box to select the destination folder does not appear. Does this happ…

    matteo From the old forum

    13 replies

    by john

  8. DNA

    Experiment with sin function

    shuantsu From the old forum

    2 replies

    by shuantsu

  9. Isometric cube

    Simple 3d cube with lines on circle paths.

    shuantsu From the old forum

    5 replies

    by shuantsu

  10. How to make a grid of grids?

    Hey guys I have a shape made with connected ordered dots on a grid. Now I want to make a grid of this shape. But that is not working. Can anyone point me where I am missing?

    shuantsu From the old forum

    2 replies

    by shuantsu

  11. Seamless animation

    As discussed here I wanted to talk about seamless animation or loops. In preperation I listed some information regarding this from different places which can function a bit as a knowledge base on the…

    florisdejonge From the old forum

    21 replies

    by john

  12. Multi_diff_list

    Hi all, I find myself quite often making this network (or similar) again and again. It uses the difflist node from the Cartan library, but I want to compare an A, B, C, D list (and maybe more). Is th…

    florisdejonge From the old forum

    11 replies

    by florisdejonge

  13. interleaving lists

    I can't figure out how to do this. I'm not attaching anything because everything I have is completely wrong. The idea is somewhat simple: list A and list B output = A[1], B[1], A[2], B[2], A[3], B[3]…

    gabriel sim-laramee From the old forum

    5 replies

    by john

  14. urgent help needed for a knitting project

    hello hello, good people of nodebox! i'm a design student and i love this community. jpeg in the attach file will be enough for explaining my situation. my current skill set is not enough to generate…

    diov From the old forum

    5 replies

    by john

  15. cannot create PyString with non-byte value

    Hello, I am learning nodebox on a university course. The phrase 'cannot create PyString with non-byte value' keeps popping up. I don't know where it went wrong. I tried reinstalling the program, but…

    Ekaterina From the old forum

    2 replies

    by Frederik

  16. Creating a new line character

    Hey, I am using Nodebox for a while now and while the documentation is sparse this forum has been a valuable source for a deeper understanding and tipps and tricks. I think I can contribute on trick…

    tolifox From the old forum

    4 replies

    by john

  17. New to Nodebox! Advice creating these shapes?

    Hello! Hopefully this is the right place for this sort of post. I'm brand new to procedural art, being mostly an Illustrator guy for the last decade. I'm really attracted to Nodebox for its advanced…

    colt From the old forum

    5 replies

    by john

  18. Generative variables

    Subject: Creating Shape Variations Automatically in NodeBox Hello NodeBox Community, I hope you're all doing great! I'm exploring how to create automatic variations of a shape or symbol within NodeBo…

    LOUIS DOSSOU From the old forum

    6 replies

    by john

  19. An error occurred

    After I updated my Windows 11 system, NodeBox suddenly stopped opening. I tried to reinstall it but it still didn't work.

    Q3Q From the old forum

    1 reply

    by john

  20. SVG import issues

    hello. i import a svg,and i cant see any shapes,even though it shows shapes in other softwares. can someone help please? an example of how you set up work with svg would be much appreciated

    hamid From the old forum

    1 reply

    by john

  21. Removing paths to make ready for plotter

    Hi. First of all... thank you for an awesome tool. Coding is not my strong suit, so this visual node based tool is amazing, however I am still challenged by it. How would I go about removing all geom…

    t_alexander_s From the old forum

    4 replies

    by lastvector

  22. "gradient" fill

    i am trying to colorize circles in a grid with gradient based on three rgb colors - with those i have created a range of values. but so far i have only managed to colorize a grid with a consistent nu…

    tom From the old forum

    2 replies

    by tom

  23. Node copy and past problem windows 10

    Hi New nodebox lover here I'm using Nodebox 3.0.53 on Windows 10 and ran into a very annoying problem that I can't copy a node/node tree from one project to another project. I read somewhere in the f…

    lastvector From the old forum

    8 replies

    by john

  24. Conditionals in NodeBox

    Nodebox artist GabrielSimi posed the following question on his Instagram account: Nitty Gritty Conditional Programming. Paint with red or black if a number (sine function of frame number) is above or…

    john From the old forum

    2 replies

    by john

  25. importing cvs file quesiton

    Hello everyone, In new to nodeBox, and with the hope that I can get some visualization to complement the data, I'm getting from my Phd research. I'm probably going to be asking quite a few things, fo…

    bbarrera From the old forum

    12 replies

    by john

  26. Object Classes For Custom Python Functions

    Hello, Where can I get detailed information on how to properly form return types when using customer python nodes. For example, the following function doesn't recognize the Color() object constructor…

    kyllobrooks From the old forum

    5 replies

    by john

  27. import_svgl: rangel integer end argument expected, got float.

    I was following the Course of https://www.nodebox.net/blog/2013/01/29/kaleidoscope-tutorial.html, but I don't know how to deal with this error? I'm using a Mac computer. Traceback (most recent call l…

    hydecos From the old forum

    1 reply

    by john

  28. Color palette based on weather temperatures

    Hello. I'm very new to this (only 48 hours playing with Nodebox). I'm trying to create some Christmas garlands based on three Spanish locations' monthly maximum and minimum temperatures. (Previous cr…

    Debora Domingo-Calabuig From the old forum

    5 replies

    by john

  29. Problems with fonts in Windows

    I have two problems dealing with fonts in NodeBox 3 on Windows. 1. Some TTF fonts installed on my computer do not appear in the program. Is there any other specification I need to know besides the fo…

    Guilherme Vieira From the old forum

    4 replies

    by john

  30. Basic string replacement issue

    I'm trying to make a simple chart that shows my finances, and when I look at the CSV I have from the bank I noticed that a lot of the descriptions are different for effectively the same thing. As an…

    Darren Crabb From the old forum

    4 replies

    by john