Panels of Sverchok¶

Node Tree Panel¶

This panel allows to manage sverchok layouts as easy as you press buttons on an elevator.

Update¶

Update	description
all	Updates all trees of sverchok.
Update layout	Updates currently active layout

Layout manager¶

Box to quickly pick layout, switch between them with buttons instead of popup list. Also have settins:

Button	Function
B	bake this layout - will gather all layout’s viewer draw and viewer text to bake them. Bake only if bakeable button is active on node, else ignore.
Show layout	Controlls all OpenGL viewer of this layout. Viewer, Stethoscop and Viewer Indices
Animate layout	to animate the layout (or not) - may preserve you time.
Process layout	Automaticlly evaluate layout while editing, disable for large or complex layouts
Fake User	Sets fake user so layout isn’t deleted on save

Check for updates¶

Check for updates - finds if master branch on github has new version of sverchok. In future there will be releases, but now dangerouse update.

Upgrade Sverchok - upgrades Sverchok from github with new version - button appears only if ‘check for updates’ finds a new version.

3D Panel¶

With this panel your layout becomes addon itself. So, you making your life easy.

Scan for props¶

When layout is in, check for next nodes to embad them as properties:

float node
int node
object in node

Sorting them by label, that user defined in node tree panel or if no label, the name of the node is used.

Update all¶

Forces update of all layouts.

Clean¶

Button to remove sverchok layouts, that has not users (0)

hard clean - boolean flag to remove layouts even if it has users (1,2...), but not fake user (F). Fake user layout will be left.

Clean layouts - remove layouts. Button active only if no node tree windiw around. Better to make active layout nothing or fake user layout to prevent blender crash. Easyest way - activate your Faked user layout, on 3D press ctrl+UP and press button. than again ctrl+UP to go back. No wastes left after sverchok in scene.

Use with care.

Properties¶

Layouts by box. Every layout has buttons:

Button	Function
B	bake this layout - will gather all layout’s viewer draw and viewer text to bake them. Bake only if bakeable button is active on node, else ignore.
Show layout	show or hide all viewers - to draw or not to draw OpenGL in window, but bmesh viewer not handled for now.
Animate layout	to animate the layout (or not) - may preserve you time.
P	Process layout, allows safely manupilate monsterouse layouts.
F	Fake user of layout to preserve from removing with reloading file or with clean layouts button.

Properties has also gathered values:

floats and integers - digit itself, maximum and minimum vaues.

object in - button for object in node to collect selected objects.

Import Export Panel¶

location: N panel of any Sverchok Tree.

Import and export of the current state of a Sverchok Tree. This tool stores

Node state: location, hidden, frame parent

Node parameters: (internal state) like booleans, enum toggles and strings

connections and connection order (order is important for dynamic-socket nodes)

Export¶

feature	description
Zip	When toggled to on this will perform an extra zip operation when you press Export. The zip can sometimes be a lot smaller that the json. These files can also be read by the import feature.
Export	Export to file, opens file browser in blender to let you type the name of the file, Sverchok will auto append the .json or .zip file extention - trust it.

Import¶

feature	description
Layout name	name of layout to use, has a default but you might want to force a name
Import	import to new layout with name (described above). Can import directly from zip file if there is only one .json in the zip. Warning to the descerned reader, only import from zip if the source is trusted. If you are not sure, resist the urge and take the time to learn a little bit about what you are doing.

Warnings

Consider this whole IO feature experimental for the time being. You use it at your own risk and don’t be surprised if certain node trees won’t export or import (See bug reporting below). The concept of importing and exporting a node tree is not complicated, but the practical implementation of a working IO which supports dynamic nodes requires a bit of extra work behind the scenes. Certain nodes will not work yet, including (but not limited to) :

Node	Issue
Object In	the json currently doesn’t store geometry but an empty shell without object references instead
SN MK1	currently this auto imports by design, but perhaps some interruption of the import process will be implemented

Why make it if it’s so limited?

Primarily this is for sharing quick setups, for showing people how to achieve a general result. The decision to not include geometry in the Object In references may change, until then consider it a challenge to avoid it. The way to exchange large complex setups will always be the .blend, this loads faster and stores anything your Tree may reference.

While importing I see lots of messages in the console!

Relax, most of these warnings can be ignored, unless the Tree fails to import, then the last couple of lines of the warning will explain the failure.

Bug Reporting

By all means if you like using this feature, file issues in this thread. The best way to solve issues is to share with us a screenshot of the last few lines of the error if we need more then we will ask for a copy of the .blend.

Groups Panel¶

Crete a node group (Monad) from selection. It can have vectorized inputs, adding or removing sockets. Sverchok groups is a beta feature, use a your own risk and please report bugs. Also while it is in beta old node groups may break. Bug reports.