nkview.md

NkView

NkView is an open source, python Qt tool for viewing .nk files. At the moment the tool supports PySide2 and PySide6.

Using NkView

Once you have installed nkview, you can launch from the command line:

nkview

You can also specify a file to open.

nkview -o test_scenes/nested_group.nk

Contents

• Overview
  • Outliner
    • Zoom in / out
  • Node Graph
    • Pan And Zoom
    • Frame Selected
• Open Nk File
  • Open File
  • Open Recent

Overview

Outliner

The Outliner shows a hierarchical list of all objects in the scene in outline form.

Zoom in / out

Press the Ctrl key while scrolling to zoom in / out in the outliner.

Node Graph

The Node Graph presents a schematic of the nk dependency graph, displaying nodes and their connections

Pan And Zoom

• To pan with the mouse, press the middle mouse button and drag the mouse pointer over the graph.
• To zoom use the scroll wheel to zoom in / out.
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Frame Selected

Action	How to perform it
Fitting the selected nodes within the visible viewport.	To fit selected nodes in the Node Graph, press F Key.
Fitting the node tree within the visible viewport	To fit the entire node tree in the Node Graph, make sure no nodes are selected and c press F Key.

Groups

The Node Graph allows you to explore nodes inside gizmos and groups. To enter a group or gizmo doubleclick on the node you want to expand in the Node Graph or Outliner.

Open Nk File

Open from the shell

nkview -o path/to/file.nk

Open Recent