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1. 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…

   Darren Crabb From the old forum

   7 replies

   11 Oct 2023 by joe.s.clay

2. 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.…

   Rob van Wees From the old forum

   24 replies

   6 Sept 2023 by bbarrera

3. 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…

   Jussi Jokinen From the old forum

   2 replies

   7 Jul 2023 by Jussi

4. 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…

   0xamirreza From the old forum

   11 replies

   30 Jun 2023 by Eugene

5. 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…

   Jussi Jokinen From the old forum

   2 replies

   24 Jun 2023 by john

6. 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?

   ppape From the old forum

   4 replies

   7 May 2023 by john

7. 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…

   0zera From the old forum

   9 replies

   14 Apr 2023 by john

8. End Point is then Start Point and so on.

   EDIT: Just found the "CURVES!" post. I think this will get me unstuck. But if there is another way to go about the method below feel free to let me know! So I will leave the original here. Essentiall…

   indefiniteness From the old forum

   26 replies

   26 Mar 2023 by john

9. End Point is then Start Point and so on.

   So I've read most of what I thought would be the related documentation on the site and pretty thoroughly scanned over majority of the rest especially the node references (which by the way, only shows…

   indefiniteness From the old forum

   No replies yet

   11 Mar 2023

10. LFO?

    Hi y'all! I'd like to make a sort of lfo to output an oscillating (various wave) value within a range. In particular I would like to make a line that "scan" the whole canvas. How can I do that? Thank…

    Congarou From the old forum

    3 replies

    10 Mar 2023 by john

11. How to copy and paste nodes between files?

    I know that after using John's fantastic library it's possible to copy and paste nodes from one scene into another, but I've got some nodes in one of my files that I'd like to utilise in another file…

    Darren Crabb From the old forum

    2 replies

    2 Mar 2023 by Darren

12. New to Nodebox, tons of questions ! :)

    [English is not my first language] [I don't know if each question requires a thread] Hi, I'm Julien, designer, I discovered nodebox a few months ago after buying a plotter. I had followed tutorials t…

    julien From the old forum

    21 replies

    27 Feb 2023 by Pablo

13. How to iterate on a list of strings?

    Hello! Found out about nodebox recently. I'm loving it so far, but I'm having trouble with my first project and would like to ask for help: What I'm trying to do: Import a csv and based on the N entr…

    Sarah From the old forum

    1 reply

    13 Jan 2023 by john

14. how to import modules int custom python coded nodes

    I'm writing a custom python coded node that would need to import pygame (https://github.com/pygame/pygame). This would enable me to output midi notes to a synth. Is this at all possible? Thanks for a…

    xtensor From the old forum

    4 replies

    9 Jan 2023 by xtensor

15. Rounding corners

    Hi, I'm finding that the results from the round segments node are not always what I'm looking for. Attached are two screenshots of the pretty much the same shape, other made with Nodebox's rounding n…

    Jussi Jokinen From the old forum

    8 replies

    5 Nov 2022 by john

16. Moving a single point of a path

    Hi, In my recent project I needed to modify one point of a path (move one point of a rectangle). My solution was to create a node for just that – move a point of a given index and then reassemble the…

    Jussi Jokinen From the old forum

    2 replies

    24 Oct 2022 by Jussi

17. How can I calculate the angles for each point of a letter ?

    Hello ! I'm having a hard time solving this problem. How can i calculate the angle of the red arc (exactly like in the picture). I need to calculate it for each point of the letter (black dots on the…

    0zera From the old forum

    1 reply

    5 Oct 2022 by john

18. Separate time series from a list

    Hi, I just started with Nodebox (yesterday!) and got instantly hooked. Even though the logic is pretty new to me after coding visualisations with javascript. A lot of stuff is very easy to achieve bu…

    Jussi Jokinen From the old forum

    5 replies

    30 Sept 2022 by john

19. cannot create PyString with non-byte value

    Hello, I am a student who is learning node box in school class. I was copying the tutorial, but the phrase 'cannot create PyString with non-byte value' keeps popping up. I don't know where the hell i…

    03selee From the old forum

    4 replies

    17 Sept 2022 by john

20. troubleshooting frame node

    hi, love this software. i am having trouble rendering the animation tutorial. i believe i followed the directions correctly but at best the nodes wont animate at worst it crashes and a dialogue box w…

    Basil Francois From the old forum

    2 replies

    5 Aug 2022 by Basil

21. Images and creating my own node

    I am teaching a class about generative art, and I'd dearly like an image library. It appears to only function on Apple machines, so I am thinking about making my own. I am using Windows 10. 1. Is the…

    Jim Parker From the old forum

    3 replies

    2 Aug 2022 by john

22. some requests

    Hello, i enjoy a lot this nodebox, as i use puredata and illustrator a lot, it's not so different. i have some requests i note here , not knowing if it is the good place: - please bring back keyboard…

    pyfave From the old forum

    2 replies

    30 Jun 2022 by john

23. distinct points

    I'm trying to replicate a project i once saw that shows each of the possible combinations of the android lock screen.. (the swipe / dots one) I tried creating a 3x3 grid of points THEN pick 4 points…

    daren.r From the old forum

    2 replies

    16 Jun 2022 by john

24. disassemble grid

    hey, what´s the easiest way to disassemble a grid randomly into various squares and/or rectangles like shown in the picture? Im trying to find a solution but it seems pretty difficult to me. thanks i…

    tom From the old forum

    14 replies

    2 Jun 2022 by john

25. Points and curves

    Hi all, Recently I asked John this question: What is the best way to edit the handles of points? Meaning the red dots that function as control points. Nodebox numbers them seperately. But how would o…

    florisdejonge From the old forum

    2 replies

    24 May 2022 by florisdejonge

26. Audio input not showing

    Hello! I enabled Device Support in settings, rebooted, but I can't see "Audio input". I'm trying to animate shapes based on sound (external file or mic recording). Anyone can help? Thanks a lot!

    Alessio From the old forum

    14 replies

    3 May 2022 by john

27. microphone not working in macos 14. audio player does

    Hi, I’d like to add my laptop’s built in microphone to be used with some projects i run with nodebox. I can play an audio file and have it work, but can’t enable the microphone. I’ve seen that in see…

    Con La Palma From the old forum

    1 reply

    1 May 2022 by john

28. File management

    Hi all, This might be a somewhat mundane question, but I'd like to know what's the best way to reorder my Nodebox files and folders? I've got dozens of files in a folder structure which has grown qui…

    florisdejonge From the old forum

    4 replies

    16 Apr 2022 by florisdejonge

29. Typography

    Hello everyone, Recently, I was discussing the particulars of typography in Nodebox with John. Because letter spacing can’t be controlled with the textpath node I’ve experimented with stacking the le…

    florisdejonge From the old forum

    9 replies

    25 Feb 2022 by john

30. Menus displaying meta and keyboard commands not working

    Have fired up Nodebox again for the first time in a while... very happy to see there has been an update - thank you so much for your work. Unfortunately I have a problem. My menus are all showing 'me…

    Tim Holmes From the old forum

    8 replies

    18 Feb 2022 by er1k