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NodeBox 3
Questions & answers about our node-based tools.
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better random color generation
New-ish to Nodebox and trying to generate a random array of two colors. I've attached what I've come up with, but realize that there might (will) be more elegant answers to this. I've tried a few oth…
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by lucasnijs
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cornu & other libraries in NB3
Hi, I would use the cornu library frome nodeBox1 in NB3. Once I add the .py files in the "Code Libraries" panel, how to call in the node based interface? thanks, matteo
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by Frederik
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rotate along path
Hi, I would create a wire text made of triangles, where each one is rotated according to the direction of the path. Actually I used a text field+resample+polygon but how to tell nodebox to rotatet ea…
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by matteo
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How do I get two different geometries to display together?
I have two quad curve nodes, and I want their corresponding outputs to display together. Is it possible to do this? I've tried already the group node and the compound node, which didn't help. I also…
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by kenzenichinyokiai
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Red and blue curve points
Hello everybody! If I add, say, a Textpath node to Nodebox 3 and turn “Point Numbers” on in the Viewer pane, it shows blue and red dots along the text path. Could you please explain me the meaning an…
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by Frederik
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Example? Plotting on Map
Can you please post a simple example of plotting on a map? Thanks
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by Frederik
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HTTP Get
Hello guys, I am still new with nodebox, i just didnt know how to get the string or value from the http get node. ive tried lookup node but cant. Can anyone tell me how? Big Thanks!
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by Frederik
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Ui bug
Hi there again! the new version crashed like 3.0.31, while pressing right mouse button for context menu. java.lang.NullPointerException at nodebox.client.NetworkView$MouseHandler.mouseDragged(Unknown…
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by Frederik
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NodeBox 3.0.32 (Mac): Views zoom on move; new node missing scrollbar
1) For an indeterminate time after first startup only, moving the mouse cursor over either view pane will result in a zoom-in action. Subsequent application starts do not exhibit this behaviour. 2) '…
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by Frederik
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OSC Setup
Hello, I currently have TouchOSC communicating with Osculator — and I'm trying to send my Osculator signals to the NodeBox receiveosc node. Can you kindly show how to configure the OSC receiveosc nod…
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by Frederik
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stroke cap
Hello : ) Will it be possible to control stroke cap rounded in the future? or Can we achieve it through python script? Please let me know. Thank you. Cheers, Q
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by Frederik
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L-Systems
Hello. You’ve wrote: Creating L-systems in NodeBox – without using code – seems difficult. It's an interesting use case, however. We probably need to find some way to represent the L-system data so w…
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by combdn
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python import > how to create a point?
Hello, I tried to create a point using python but it did not work well. How should I do it? Please let me know. Thank you. Best, ky
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by Frederik
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import files with no header
Hi, First of all, congrats and thanks for sharing your tool. I'm trying to create some visualiztion from data and I wonder if there is a way to read files that don't have headers without loosing the…
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How to detect 'null' value in Nodebox?
Hello, I imported data using importcsv and I am trying to catch null value. Is there any node supporting that? Please let me know. Thank you.
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by Frederik
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vector gradients
How can I apply gradient colors on vector shapes? I was trying to write a node using the Colors lib (http://nodebox.net/code/index.php/Colors) but this led to exeption in the lib java.lang.RuntimeExc…
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by Stefan
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Hi. Grid Node isn't working as it's suppossed to when creating the pattern in the Exploring Nodes tutorial.
Hello. I'm using Nodebox 3.0.32. First I tried this in Windows and then in Ubuntu. I began the Exploring Nodes Tutorial (http://nodebox.net/node/documentation/tutorial/exploring.html), and I was't ab…
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by Stefan
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NodeBox unable to open a project
Hello! Every time I trying to open any .py project, I get this: java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not load C:\Program Files (x86)\NodeBox\examples\test.py at nodebox.client.NodeBoxDocument.load(Unkno…
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by Stefan
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count occurrences of entry in list
I was having an issue with counting the occurrences of an item in a list. eg list= 'cat,cat,dog,rabbit,dog,cat' and i want result 'cat 3,dog 2, rabbit 1. This is a very simplified example. What i act…
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count number of instances of a value?.. confused
sorry if this is a stupid question.. still getting use to nodebox3. I have a set of points (i'll call them hubs) - i joined them with lines. Then i thought while out walking, Each line is 2 points so…
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Edit string per character
Hi, first off i want to say keep up the great work. Iam starting to love nodebox. But there are some things i cant get my head around. I am sure i am doing this wrong.. Basicaly i want to use resampl…
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by Frederik
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curveVertex in Nodebox
Hello, Thank you for the new version of Nodebox3 :) I am really enjoying it. In Nodebox, there is 'quad curve', but it is difficult to get a result like 'curveVertex' in Processing. If you think that…
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Problem importing custom nodes.
Hey. I am on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, and when I try to import my own python node I get the following error: java.lang.NullPointerException at sun.awt.X11.GtkFileDialogPeer.setFileInternal(GtkFileDialogPeer…
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by Frederik
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these nodes do not work!
Hello Frederik, In the latest version of Nodebox3, I got errors when I tried to use 'queryjson', 'bufferpoints', 'mouseposition', 'receiveosc', 'sendosc', and 'httpget'. I didn't get an error when I…
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by Frederik
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what's wrong with zip-map?
Hi, I'm trying the "zipmap example" on page http://nodebox.net/node/documentation/using/data-visualization.html, and I can't get right data from zipmap like the sample image: There's nothing in my lo…
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by fly51fly
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very dummy question
Hello, I followed the instructions to install nodebox3 in ubuntu: sudo apt-get install git-core openjdk-6-jdk ant git clone git://github.com/nodebox/nodebox.git cd nodebox ant run but sorry , run wha…
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by Frederik
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Ubuntu 12.04 build failed
Hi, I tried to compile nodebox on my old Macbook, that is now running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, but after running ant run, I got these errors: @@@ [javac] warning: [options] bootstrap class path not set in c…
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by Frederik
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python error
After moving my work to another computer I get this error: java.lang.RuntimeException: unable to load /org/python/version.properties at org.python.Version.loadProperties(Version.java:91) at org.pytho…
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by Frederik
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escape character
I have a list of 95 items (words or pairs of words) out of which I would like to generate a random bingo-grid (5x5) - each bingo paper will be different. I've managed to do this by importing the text…
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documentation of nodebox3 object
is there any reference related to customized node projects? If we can see the reference and understand what objects there are, it would be a lot easier to make our own. Also, I tried to use the def i…
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by Frederik