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NodeBox 3
Questions & answers about our node-based tools.
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point confusion or bug
The copy node takes two floats for x and y scaling. To make proportional scaling easy, I've tried connecting a makepoint node to the copy node scaling input, with a single number node feeding both th…
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by chaynes56
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Hangs on startup
Often when I start NB by double-clicking a ndbx file (such as test.ndbx attached to my last post) it hangs after displaying the start-progress dialog. I then force-quit it, and try again, and it work…
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by john
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double-click time to short
With a fast double-click I'm initially able to create a new node. Over time, it seems to require a fast and faster double-click to work. If I save my project and restart NodeBox it's better for a whi…
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by chaynes56
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Exporting movies with audio
I was wondering if there a way to export a movie with audio. Since part of my animation depends on the audio data.
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by john
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Can't use polygon node without get an error
Hi everyone, I was giving a workshop and one of my students are getting a very strange error when he trying to use the polygon node. He commented that every time he tries to use the polygon node he r…
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by john
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Program Uses
With the NodeBox 3, can you really make a graph like the one that is at the top of the page? https://www.nodebox.net/node/documentation/using/data-visualization Or you can only make the outside circl…
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by john
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can't open a file
Hey, guys! I'm trying to open a file I started a while ago, and I I'm getting this error, does anyone knows how to solve it? I'm attaching the file itself in case anyone is able to open it Thanks :)
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by john
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cartesian products?
coming from a SQL background, im not sure what it's called.. is there an effective way to do a cartesian product of two lists? example: (x,y,z) , (1,2,3) becomes... x1, x2, x3 y1, y2, y3 z1, z2, z3 i…
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by daren.r
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Overlapping points
Hi, I am developing a infographic for a university research where some words are connected with others words. I want a random arrangement of those words. To do that I use a scatter node to give a lis…
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by john
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Reproducing Arrival logogram (pictural language) in NodeBox3
Good morning/evening, I hope you're all doing alright wherever you are. I just discovered Nodebox3 and it's amazing. I'm from the programing world and I really enjoy the node and visual based approac…
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by john
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I cant start nodebox (java error)
I cant start nodebox that my professor coded. it says "Error: Device not found". and... java.lang.NullPointerException: Library device not found. at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull(…
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by john
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phyllotaxy grid
Hi, does anyone on the forum perhaps know how to make a phyllotaxy grid in Nodebox? Similar to this: https://www.google.com/search?q=phyllotaxy+grid. I've attached a direction of a solution I was try…
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by john
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I'm beginner to NodeBox 3
Hello, I'm beginner to NodeBox 3 on Mac OSX 10.11.6.How can I started to programming in NodeBox 3? Can iIhelp myself with a manual or book about NodeBox 3? Thank you. Bye, Christian
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by christian_k
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Windows 10 installation issues: "Class nodebox/client/Application not found." and "Failed to launch JVM."
Hello! I'm trying to install Node Box 3 Version 3.0.51 for Windows on my computer (Windows 10) but I'm getting the following error. First it says: "Class nodebox/client/Application not found." And th…
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by Eli
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Generating different positions
Sorry if the subject has already been treated, I didn't see it on the forum It's been a while that I haven't used Nodebox (try to get my knowledge back but not easy) : I would like to generate differ…
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by DRun
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Comparing strings in two lists and
Hello, Hi there, I am super new here and am sorry if somebody already asked similar questions, but somehow I can't find anything yet. It should not be difficult, but I am stuck. I have two lists: a l…
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by john
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Generating different positions (issues in responding!)
Hello john! I don't understand, I'm trying, desperately, to respond since your first message but my answers don't appear!! I created an account but it didn't work too, I used another e-mail address b…
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by john
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ALERT! Nodebox cannot export movies under Catalina
Frederik, It appears that NodeBox can no longer export movies under Catalina (10.15.4). At least I can't. I upgraded to Catalina a few days ago. Before the upgrade everything was fine. Now, when I at…
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by john
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Table Nodes
UPDATE: I have improved some of the nodes covered in this post. See further down in this thread for my update posts with the improved nodes attached. These table nodes are now included in my Node Lib…
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by Alexander
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A very obscure bug that no one will ever care about
When generating square waves with the wave function, whenever the X value is set to zero mod period, the function will return the minimum value for the wave... UNLESS the X value is exactly equal to…
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by D
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Cos 90 degree (1.5708 radian) = 6.123233 ??
Hello! cos 90 degree should be 0, isn't it? The screencap and nodebox file is attached for reference. Thanks!
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by john
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Data viz help
Hello, I am attempting to make my first data visualization using Nodebox. The visualization is about the color of banknotes from different countries. In the attached csv I have included the country,…
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by 91.kremena.petrova
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assign color by lookup?
Hi - I am the definition of a total beginner so hopefully this isn't totally obvious, lol. I'm wondering if there's any way to assign colors based one value in a csv rather than having a bunch of col…
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by micaela
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Evaluating Unneeded Branches on Switch Node
Another long-standing issue for the record... If you feed multiple chains into the ports of a switch node, only one will be selected for work downstream. But all of them will be evaluated nonetheless…
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Revert to Default
A bug / feature request for the record... The "Revert to Default" buttons in node dialogs work only in a limited way for core nodes and not at all for subnetworks. For core nodes they will set a numb…
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Does anyone want my library of custom nodes?
Fellow NodeBoxers, I am assembling a library of custom nodes and handy subnetworks that has become my secret weapon. It helps me every day and also allows be to push the envelope, unleashing the hidd…
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by andy.treichler
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OSC tutorial
Hi there, I am trying to figure out oscreceive node. It gets the data I send with osculator. But the data sent to shapes creates errors like "argument type mismatch" oder a JavaClassCast Exception. I…
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by john
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CPU?
Hi! I wanted to ask you one thing. I have a Macbook 12. He is not the king of speed. As it generates a picture that has many elements, it starts to work much slower. Nodebox 3 is not a demanding prog…
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by john
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Dirt
Forgive me for asking a lot of questions but I'm totally excited when I discovered a nodebox. On a daily basis I deal with generative art, the more I am happy. I have a question for you, how to make…
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by Patryk
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Render Center
Hi, do you have any way for the project you made to fit in the rendering area? Not to do it manually
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by Patryk