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NodeBox 3
Questions & answers about our node-based tools.
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Animated Lambda Calculus Diagrams In NodeBox 3?
Hello there! I just heard about this amazing (actually amazing) thing called lambda calculus. It's basically the tiniest, most versatile programming language... But it's textual notation can be scary…
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by Nunud
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What Does "Render Root" Do?
Frederik, What does the "Render Root" checkbox in the viewer pane do? John
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by john
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SVG Import Bug
Frederik, NodeBox has problems importing SVGs with partial opacity and/or a stroke width of 1. Attached is a demo file and screenshot. I create two boxes with 1-stroke outlines, one solid red, the ot…
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by Frederik
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Filtering math nodes?
Does anyone know if it's possible to filter the results of a math node using the filter node? I've seen there are undocumented properties to look up (https://forum.nodebox.net/t/14772154/property-nod…
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by rougeux
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Feature Request: Shape Labels
Frederik, Feature request: - Add a "label" property to shapes (paths) - Give us a "setlabel" node to set it - Add option to the Sort shapes node to sort by label When I draw a bunch of shapes in Node…
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by D
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Cascading Error Dialogs
Hi Frederik, I've been having this recurring problem with NodeBox for the last few months (so maybe since 3.48). I'm not sure exactly what triggers it, but it happens with all different kind of netwo…
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by john
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Stuck on Pattern Example.
Hello, I am new to NodeBox and I'm going through the basic tutorials. I got through the first 2 just fine and then got stuck on Pattern Example (https://www.nodebox.net/node/documentation/tutorial/ex…
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by john
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Radial Line Chart
Hi there! I've been trying to make data visualization for a set of annual weather data, specifically build a radial line chart. I tried to start from a radial bar chart first and connect the end poin…
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by Sue
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Trying to create colored stacked bars
Hi, I am trying to create stacked bars, i.e. bars with parts of different height in different color. In the attached file there are columns for r,g,b to use for colorization, and an "area" column to…
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by Yannis
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httpget set a header
I am new to Nodebox and after having some success importing csv files I have moved to just connecting to my data source via the httpget node. However my data source requires that I send a header and…
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by rolabarr
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Trying to color individual bulbs in a bubble chart / scatterplot
I'm trying to have the bubbles on a bubblechart chorispond to different values in my data, like so: https://goo.gl/images/snxSp3 but I can't figure out how to get the different values into the indivi…
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by john
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Feature Request: True Ungrouping
Hello brave NodeBox team, Not sure you're still taking feature requests, but... I just noticed that ungroup always does a total ungrouping down to all constituent parts, ignoring any subgroups. I had…
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by john
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List paragraph
Hello, I'm very new to Nodebox and I've ran into some issues. I have a .csv with a list of words that I want to display as a paragraph. I'm not sure how to do this. I've tried using a stack but I don…
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by lobstor
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Vexing behavior with latest NodeBox 3.0.50
Frederik, I like the node connection improvements you introduced with 3.0.50 - MUCH easier to connect nodes now. But I have discovered one unfortunate side-effect. It is now extremely easy to acciden…
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by john
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How to import images
I notice that the image() function is missing in version 3 and the Core Image library is only available for OS X. So how do you import bitmaps in Windows?
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by john
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releasing subnetwork
Hi, I'm new to NodeBox, and i cannot find an easy way to release a subnetwork (ungrouping). Any suggestions? Wolfgang
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by john
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spline editor
Hi, Is there a spline editor (ie pen tool in illustrator) in nodebox 3? I found a plugin for nodebox 1 but not for 3. Thanks!
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by alex
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pattern within an organic shape
Hello! I want to do a pattern within a shape. And the closer the pattern comes to the border of the shape it is supposed to become smaller. The shape is not is organic. I have come so far yet. Is the…
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by john
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Movie Bug
Frederik, I came across this odd NodeBox bug the other day. If you set your document size to 700 wide by 525 tall (or apparently any width at 525 tall) and try to save a movie, the movie will fail to…
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by john
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Audio visualisation ?
Hello, Can i find a audio visualisation example with Nodebox3 ? I try to do some movie clip for my electronic sounds, and i think that Nodebox will help me ;) thks.
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by lucasnijs
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Device support error
I just install NodeBox 3 on my new Windows 10 computer. When I try to open old Nb file with OSC feature or I try to activate the device support in the prefernce, I have an error message (see the imag…
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by DidierD
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Resizing shapes within a grid
Hi! I want to animate (resize) the shapes separately within my grid. I tried to animate the shapes by using the 'sample" node so far, which generates a random number but I want to input my own data.(…
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by john
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convert a path into a list
Hello, is there any possibility to convert a textpath into a list of points without using resample? I tried it with the lookup node, but the data seems to stay in a path like data structure. I would…
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by john
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A VERY Obscure and Harmless Bug
Frederik, Attached are two simple networks: redraw good and redraw bad. Both are almost identical. Both work just fine. But here is something strange: if you open redraw bad in a text editor and look…
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Error when doing tutorial
I am trying to do the nodebox animation tutorial and I am getting this error when I try to connect nodes. Is there a way to fix it? I have been closing and reclosing and it is permanent. If I make a…
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by Frederik
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NodeBox version 3.0.50
I've just released NodeBox 3.0.50. It contains two new nodes (all suggested by John Cartan): The importtext node imports a plain text file, split by lines. The maketable node creates a new table out…
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by john
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Larger connection targets
This is a feature I ported over from NodeBox Live: when creating a new connection, you can now use the entire height of the node to drop the connection, instead of just the ports. This hopefully avoi…
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by Frederik
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How do I pass points to and from a custom node?
Frederik, I have just made a custom node that finds a convex hull. Given a set of points it returns the subset of outer points which "wrap" all the interior points inside the simplest possible closed…
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by Frederik
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How to Subtotal?
Hi all, Is there a way to get subtotals out of a list? I have (in the Sankey test) a list of cities with attached numbers of court cases. I want to subtotal those by city. Is there a way to do that?…
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by Rob
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switch node with more inputs
hello everyone. i'm making a random face generator using Switch nodes to choose from a few svg face parts. it works great, but i want to have more face parts in the mix. when i create a Switch node,…
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by pete