At the Vectorworks Design Summit (April 2015), they announced that Vectorworks 2016 would include a new visual scripting language. This new scripting language is called Marionette. This is what Wikipedia says about visual scripting languages in general: In computing, a visual programming language (VPL) is any programming language that lets…
Marionette is amazing the way that it allows you to create objects so quickly. Of course, you will have to learn a new skill (Marionette) but it is not as hard to learn as scripting. Marionette is capable of manking huge objects, but I think that for most of us,…
Vectorworks 2016 includs a new visual scripting language called Marionette. Marionette works by connecting nodes together with wires. The data flows from left to right, from one node to the next down the wire. Each node does something simple and then passes its output to the next node. To create…
It’s all about the Maths. When you are creating your Marionette networks, you have to remember that it is all about the maths. I’m not that good at maths, but if you want to create objects and move them, or create objects that follow a formula, you will have to practice…
When you are dealing with a node in Marionette you have to supply an input. The node then does something to the input and the result is the output. If this node is part of a network, then the output will be carried to the next node. So you could…
We started the session by looking at some renderings that were recently done by one of the users. Then we looked at some of the new features in Vectorworks 2016, subdivision modelling and marionette.
The basic concept of marionette is the concept that it is a network of nodes which do something and wires which carry the information. Each node requires an input. The node then carries out some instruction, and then outputs the result. Join us for a webinar on this: http://www.novedge.com/webinar/174
Vectorworks 2016 has a new concept called Marionette. Marionette has been described as a visual scripting language. So let me explain that. What this means is that you have the ability to create a script using a visual system. In simple terms, you would start by creating something, then…