Examples
Checkout our example content here, you'll find .nxt graphs demonstrating these same topics.
If you're not quite sure how nxt fits into your workflow checkout our workflow and transition map here. Over there we explain nxt from different vantage points to help illuminate how nxt can work for you.
Tutorials
Introduction to tokens
01 Making and executing a node. Hello world.
- Make a node
- Add code
- Setup a token
- Use the output log
02 Adding and using attributes and tokens in code
- Naming
- Attribute types
- More on substitution
Execution and Inheritance
03 Making and executing a series of nodes
- Executing nodes in sequence
- Pathing to nodes and attributes
- Execution options
04 Inheriting within a stack
- Stacks execution
- Inheritance within stacks
- Parent / unparent nodes
- Changing attribute display
Additional notes on execution, history, build view
- Start points
- Break points
- Build view
- History view
05 Using attributes from other nodes
- Linking to other attrs
- Pathing to other attrs
Instances
06 Node instances
- Instances
- Instance path
- Local vs instanced attributes
- Instances of instances
More on attributes
07 Notes on renaming
- NXT doesn't rename anything automatically
- But it will recomp based on name
08 Attribute overloading and reverting
- Resolution order
- Node, parent, instance
09 Writing data to attributes from code
- Using
self.attr - Usign raw, resolved, cached view
Layers
10 Layering and compositing
- Adding layers
- Layer display state
- Active layer
- Executing part of a layer
- Adding new attrs and overrides on a layer
Contexts
Sub-graphs
- Referencing builtin layers
- Calling sub-graphs
- Getting and using returns from sub-graphs
Remote graphs
Coming soon...
Example Graph Walkthroughs
Still pending
mGear
The Rigging Buddies Podcast
Time stamps can be found in the video description on YouTube.
Download Ball Rig Example
Download "Roller Girl" by Sergi Caballer