Blender 2.92+ Animation Nodes v2.2 Addon FREE 2024 Download
A node based visual scripting system designed for motion graphics in Blender.
Much of the interface is located in the node editor while the rest of the interface exists in other regions like the 3D viewport.
Animation Nodes have its own node editor which you can select by clicking on the Dope Sheet icondope-sheet-iconin the tool bar. A new node tree can be added by clicking on the New button.
Node Menu
To add a new node, you can open the Node Menu by pressing Shift+A just like other node systems. The menu contains a group of submenus each of which contains a list of node categorized by their type. The menu includes all the nodes in Animation Nodes except for some passive nodes. Passive nodes are nodes that can only be added through the Search Menu which is covered in the next section.
Passive nodes are usually added automatically whenever needed, for instance, Parse Number node is automatically added when attempting to connect a text type to a number type:
Search Menu
The search menu can be opened by pressing Ctrl+A, it enables you to quickly find and insert nodes by their names. Some nodes have multiple names for faster access. Moreover, some nodes have the so called “search tags” which are option presets, for instance, searching for “Add, subtract, multiply, …” will add a math node and set it to the required type. The search menu can find any node in Animation Nodes even if it was passive.
Node Settings
Inside the Node
Options that users use often are drawn inside nodes, for example:
Math operation and distribution patterns are node options.
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