Nature of Code 1.5 Unit Vector — Blender Implementation

This series implements Nature of Code specifically using Blender's node-based approach.

Using a Blender plugin called Sverchok — a powerful node-based plugin. No Python code needed, just "connect the dots" like MaxMSP and TouchDesigner to implement program logic.

Previous sections:

This article implements NoC 1.5 in Blender — Unit Vector (Normalize).

Nature of Code section URL: https://thecodingtrain.com/learning/nature-of-code/1.5-unit-vector.html

pad009-shfm

NoC 1.5 p5.js original pad009-p5

MaxMSP Jitter version pad009-max

NoC 1.5, Blender version (this article) non-004

Plugin download: https://github.com/nortikin/sverchok

Plugin documentation: https://sverchok.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html

Full creation process video:

(Source code is included in the video — just pause to see it.)

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1m54y1C7Bc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze2COEuRJEw&list=PLc29R_yef6kEwEDbzPEK5R8vyIgQxKKzu&index=4

Tips

Open the source file and run the Python script;
Set the rotation center (Line start point) position, defaults to (0, 0);
Press "F3", search for "Simple Modal View3D Operator" and press Enter;
The orthogonally transformed Line follows the mouse.

The full creation process is included in the video. Combined with the mouse-following article, follow along patiently to implement it.

References

Nature of Code section URL: https://thecodingtrain.com/learning/nature-of-code/1.5-unit-vector.html
Blender Python script for mouse-following effect
Mouse-following reference: https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/150267/how-to-move-object-while-tracking-to-mouse-cursor-with-a-modal-operator

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