A second node window can be open on the MoI screen, along with the original.

For example, if customui is installed on Windows 7 :
1. Inside Moi3/ui/customui, make a copy of 99 NodeEdit.htm, and name it 98 NodeEdit2.htm.
2. Edit the 98 NodeEdit2.htm file, and change text 'nodeeditor/index.html', to 'nodeeditorTesting/index.html', and also change NodeEdit to NodeEdit2
3. Copy the contents of subdirectory nodeeditor to nodeeditorTesting. Modifications can be made to the files in the new nodeeditorTesting subdirectory.

The second node window could have different colors and different cursor.

- Brian

The old motor2.nod file does not load properly in version .85.
The lochinvar blue (medium blue color) wires, hex 339999 color, do not work. Is this a compatibility bug?
However, if the three Math nodes are cloned, and rewired, the modified motor2.nod file works fine.
The new wires are shadow green (medium aquamarine color), hex 99ccaa color.
The three old Math nodes, and the lochinvar blue wires may be deleted.

- Brian

There seem to be many different names for colors.
This website has some names for many colors:
http://chir.ag/projects/name-that-color/#99CCAA

Gold wires: CCAA00, Buddha Gold.
Pink wires: BB77AA, Bouquet. Orchid seems close.

- Brian

The epicycloidal reducer .3dm and nod file was previously given.
Similar to the motor nod file, the 4 math nodes had to be cloned and rewired.

Is there any reason not to activate the quartz node?

- Brian

Hello Brian,
thanks for your investigations and the updated node files.
Have a nice day
Karsten

Is there a recommended software for creating User Guides or Manuals?
(Free versions preferred:-)
(I've googled for about a dozen...)

Which wiki software does MoI site use?
Is MediaWiki good?

- Brian

A simple Web page creator can be also sufficient! ;)

Two free ones
https://www.weebly.com very easy!
I have used it for this :
http://manuelgrobotovf.weebly.com/
http://zibifr.weebly.com/
http://profilbuilder2vf.weebly.com/
http://sketchupsubd.weebly.com/manuels.html
(etc...an half thousand...)

www.wix.com a little more elaborated but very easy also!
I have used it for this : http://schmoll8.wixsite.com/monolithfr

Thank you Pilou.
I'll have a look.
- Brian

Hey bemfarmer,
Use "docbook" as your search point.

Alot of times you can find docbook filters for whatever editor you already use. Like word, openoffice, notepad++.... (havent researched myself)

Hi Brian, the MoI wiki does use MediaWiki and it is good and familiar to a lot of people. It needs PHP and MySQL set up on the web server which are usually already set up on many hosting services.

- Michael

Thank you Burr, and Michael.
- Brian

https://github.com/lord/slate

https://community.algolia.com/docsearch/

FWIW, I like using Markdown for manuals because it can be rendered out as HTML and PDF + it's easy to read plainly. So, you end up separating the content from the display which is great as it will make migrating in the future easier.

IMO, the wikis aren't nearly as nice as they're pretty slow, and rarely render acceptable PDF output. Plus, there's always too much added functionality and content on how to use the wiki, and all other sorts of confusing information. Lastly, IMO, their design is just not so nice.

Here's an interesting little Jscript WIKI called MDWIKI which if you put on your server (or I put on my dropbox folder) can automatically convert an existing .md (markdown) file AS IT'S RUN, so you don't have to always do the .md -> HTML conversion each time you edit your .md file.

Check out this site I created using only .md and MDWIKI:
https://altuit.cloud/web/dbpub/markdown/MoiObjLibDontMove/mdwiki.html#!index.md
and here's the markdown:
https://altuit.cloud/web/dbpub/markdown/MoiObjLibDontMove/index.md

and here's another one with a different theme:

https://altuit.cloud/web/dbpub/markdown/LiveCodePublicDontMove/mdwiki.html#!altIconSplashBuilder.md

HTH.

Thank you chippwalters.
So that is what an .md file is.
I've just purchased MarkdownPad2Pro for $14.95, and installed Writage, for MS Word, and Pandoc.
I have not located "good" ms word templates, nor identified what fonts to use, for a "User Manual."
- Brian

Hi Brian,

Please check out http://StackEdit.io
It may be one of the best markdown tools out there. It also can render HTML (different templates) as well as PDF.

Thank you Chippwalters.

Stackedit looks powerful, but the install with yum, bower, npm, gulp, ... is very confusing, as I've never done such before.

- Brian

Hello Friends
another little example to share with you;

Karsten, I have loaded your Node ... congratulations
Just a question...
Can I put them in the Node editor with the original Max's Node
v.085?
Many thanks for your response
best
al

Hi speedy (AL2000),

What a fantastic job!

One further step to Jewelry Design in Moi!

Thanks,

- Marco (mkdm)

Hello Al,
I always try not to touch Max original code, only for some experiments. Nodes are normally additions, to purpose functionallity.
Have a nice day
Karsten

Hi Brian,

Not sure I understand. I just use it in the Chrome browser window. No need to download any app.