Newbie Tutorial: Align rects according to their height.

I'm just starting out with nodebox 3. I played with vvvv and pure / gem before so I'm a bit familiar with the concepts of nodebased programming. Still it's different from my everyday material as a webdeveloper. Simple things like aligning rectangles according to their height must be done different.

I made a little example and attached it. Very important was the Running Total node, which added the numbers I needed for the y position and gave a list back according to this pattern:

Index y
0 = 0
1 = 0 + 1
2 = 0 + 1 + 2
3 = 0 + 1 + 2 + 3
…

A very handy node with a very unforeseen outcome.

--> ndbx file

The running total node is indeed quite important for networks where the position of one element depends on the positioning of all the previous elements.

This looks like a good example to put on the running total node reference page. I would love to include it there, if that's OK with you.

Kind regards,

Frederik

Hi Frederik

If you think it is, it's very ok with me.

I honestly think nodebox 3 should get some more publicity. I excels and shines in some very important areas. And it's fun.

Thanks!