Particle Nodes UI

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Hi, I posted a tiny rant about node-UI design considerations and how implicit layout constraints arise from node in/out placement here:

The Tyranny of Node-Graph orientation

I work in several different programs that use Nodes. Nodes are awesome. I love nodes. I spend so much time going back and forth between, blender, Notch and TouchDesigner that I’m even starting to not mix up my shortcuts. Me and Nodes are like this :crossed_fingers:My opinions on Nodes are hella-informed. Anyways, every now and then I find myself in a program like pd, houdini or nuke and, am delighted at being able to have vertical graph sections. In the case of something like Nuke, it’s even m…

It’s not exclusive to the particle nodes UI but, especially since there has been some struggle adapting the existing node-interface to meet the needs of the particle system here, it seems worthwhile re-evaluate some fundamental design conceits (ie: node graphs are always to be laid out left->right) and common causes of graph messiness (ie: the switchback/shoelace effect )