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Graphviz: Open-source graph visualization software

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Re: Graphviz: Open-source graph visualization software

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I used Graphviz years ago to generate diagrams for NLP structures, and other visualizations. It was the only thing that could do what I needed. I ended up moving to Processing/P5 to create "spring physics" interactive graphs, then wrote my own eigenvector embedding visualization that could project into 3D space and had a moveable camera so you could fly around with WASD and mouse. Cool stuff! Graph visualization and 3d graphics was a fun rabbit hole

Re: Graphviz: Open-source graph visualization software

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Here are some cool things I've done recently with graphviz:

1. Draw "sketch" style graphs using https://sketchviz.com/new

2. Draw graphs of memory usage in golang programs (using pprof): https://graphviz.org/Gallery/directed/pprof.html

3. Embed graphviz into Sphinx docs (shameless self-promotion: https://docs.robusta.dev/master/catalog/triggers/index.html#...)

Re: Graphviz: Open-source graph visualization software

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post #4

Here are some cool things I've done recently with graphviz: 1. Draw "sketch" style graphs using https://sketchviz.com/new 2. Draw graphs of memory usage in golang programs (using pprof): https://graphviz.org/Gallery/directed/pprof.html 3. Embed graphviz into Sphinx docs (shameless self-promotion: https://docs.robusta.dev/master/catalog/triggers/index.html#... )

I like the output of Sketchviz. Do yo know if it is possible do make such output directly from desktop app?

Re: Graphviz: Open-source graph visualization software

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Here are some cool things I've done recently with graphviz: 1. Draw "sketch" style graphs using https://sketchviz.com/new 2. Draw graphs of memory usage in golang programs (using pprof): https://graphviz.org/Gallery/directed/pprof.html 3. Embed graphviz into Sphinx docs (shameless self-promotion: https://docs.robusta.dev/master/catalog/triggers/index.html#... )

My single biggest issue with Graphic is that the quality of Arrow end-points is very poor. They don't terminate cleanly at the destination. This is visible in the 2nd link you've posted.

I'm amazed that this hasn't been addressed. It's been there for years.

Makes the end products impracticable for distribution in a professional setting. It's Ok if you're the only consumer ... not great for other cases.

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