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NodeBox 3
Questions & answers about our node-based tools.
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Number formatting
Hi, can anyone kindly explain why after importing the CSV file, some numbers format changes in nodebox? The problem seems to relate to the 1000 separators, but when using separators it seems to cause…
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by suzie
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PC Shortcut Bug - How to Download 3.0.51
Freny (proceduraldisarray) writes: "I had a quick question related to NodeBox. I'm on version 3.0.52 using it on windows (10). This version has some wierd keyboard shortcuts. For eg. save is Meta+S.…
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Nodebox on macOS Monterey and M1with Rosetta
Nodebox appears to work fine on M1 Mac with Rosetta. Cartans Library works individually, but not when rendering the full chart using the combine node to render all the nodes.
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by john
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Scattering Ellipses Without Overlapping
Seohyo asks "Is it possible to make scattered ellipses without overlapping?" She provides an example with ellipses of different sizes. Attached is one way of doing this using the "ScatterEvenly" node…
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drawing individual triangles from a list of points?
Hello, I'm trying to draw irregular triangles along a freehand line by breaking the line into points and drawing a vertical line at every other point. Now i would like to have triangles drawn, the en…
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by ppape
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Amount of Vaccines assigned to Department by Lab - Circular Sankey Diagram
Hi everyone! I want to visualize the amount of vaccines assigned to each Department by Lab, I have the idea to visualize this information in a "double circular Sankey"(See Image). I have followed thi…
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by john
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Vaccine by State/Department
Hi everyone! In this visualization I represent the number of COVID-19 doses assigned to each "State"(Here we called them Department) within the Colombian territory. Something strange that happened to…
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by john
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cannot creat pystring with non-byte value
Hi, I'm a student learning nodebox in class. While following this tutorial a messege poped out and none of my node worked. "Cannot create PyString with non-byte balue" I attached my screenshot below.…
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by john
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Percentage to Color
Hi everyone! I'm working on a data visualization and I found myself stuck. I want to visualize the total number of vaccines received by the Colombian government and, I want to colorize the visualizat…
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by john
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NodeBox Java NoClassDefFoundError
When I ran the command "ant run" though the build is successful, I am getting the following error in run. run: [java] Jul 25, 2021 5:16:08 PM nodebox.Log info [java] INFO: Starting NodeBox [java] [ja…
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by john
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Control Position / Input Position
How do I send the position input the right values? I want to control for example only the x - axis of a position. When I connect a wave with the position input it usually controls x & y. Would like t…
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by john
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Movie Export not working in linux
Hi, I use nodebox 3 in my ubuntu 21.04 system. I meet issue when exporting my work to movie. I can see rendering process of each frames, but after it finish rendered I didn't see anything in my direc…
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by pyfave
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Update Instalation Instructions for Linux
Hello, I was having trouble running NodeBox on Zorin, after reading some posts around here I was able to install it. My problems were in the JDK suggested by the installation instructions that versio…
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by john
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Installation on Linux
Hello everyone! I am a complete beginner, and have worked with processing and p5.js till now, so really excited to get started with the nodebox paradigm. Currently, while trying to install nodebox3 o…
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by john
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On points
I am trying to make a subnetwork to connect points into paths when they are close to eachother given a certain maximum distance, without connecting the separate shapes. So far, I’ve tried two approac…
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by florisdejonge
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Newbie question : modify a copy
Something that I assume is possible and hopefully easy, but I can't quite figure it out. I'd like to make a complex object (multiple sub-nodes) then use Copy to duplicate it, and modify the copy in a…
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by Jared
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rounding errors on fonts
Hello, i have a problem exporting a huge pdf or svg with Amiri font and a tiny size of 2 points . i see "rounding" errors on the type especially on letter S . i think i have a workaround, scaling eve…
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by pyfave
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Big Sur Workarounds
I finally upgraded my Mac from Catalina to Big Sur today and immediately started to regret it. Lots of small annoyances all over the place, including a few with NodeBox 3 (Mac version of course). So…
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by john
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Some advice for a project
Hello all! I am working on a project where I need to create a surface map of a circuitry-like pattern around a cube. I'd like the lines of the circuits to seamlessly wrap around the surface of the cu…
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by john
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Set size font via string counter
Hello, I'm trying to set the size of the font of the node "text on path" (which basically create a text in a series of circle) based on the leght of the string taken by a list that I upload. My idea…
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by john
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Keyboard Shortcuts are Not Working in Windows
Keyboard Shortcuts showed in the menu are Not Working in Windows, and Space key shortcut for mouse pan didn't work properly too.
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by ahuman
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List - Pick from index in order row
Hello, I'm using nodebox to make some generative graphics. I'm stuck and can't resolve even if I know it's conceptually simple. I created a .csv with a series of Hex color values in the same column.…
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by Asgardesign
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Delete points
Hello, I am struggling with the use of the delete points node. When using patterns the delete points node is more useful compared to the compound path node - if you want to fill a shape with a patter…
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by sundar
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Option Drag Bug
Frederik, I hit this bug fifty times a day and it's driving me capital K Krazy! Pick any node and option-drag it to create a copy. The copy will now be selected. If you option-drag Rect1 you will see…
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by Frederik
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error-PyString
Hello. I re-installed the program about 9 times because of the error, but it won't be fixed. What should I do?
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by john
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Combine node null error
In the attached drawing, the quad curve is visible as the arc at far right, via combine1. I'd like this curve to be copied along with the log spiral, so introduced combine3 and tried to move the spir…
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by chaynes56
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Export movie not working
Hi I'm trying to export a movie but there is no saved movie file. I've tried several different formats and also tried rendering only 2 frames but nothing is working. Would greatly appreciate help on…
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by john
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How to make a list as one value
Hi, The first attachment is my first design for calcuating on 555 timer. But as you see, I did not finish the circuit diagram. To finish the diagram, I have to connect all the lines between the ndoes…
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by ahuman
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Output image preview
Hi, everyone, How about nodebox provide a output image preview feature? I mean make the node which outputs geometry drawing a preview of the geometry. It's good for debugging. And I hope the rendered…
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by john
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Why not provide a ref node
Hi, everyone, I use NodeBox to create circuit diagram just for fun. I usually create a subnetwork as a circuit component. If I want to place more than one component, I have to copy the subnetwork nod…
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by john