Well, as with most questions…soon after I posted the I figured out the answer. I needed to add graph [overlap=false]; at the top of the file. Do it like this: graph g { overlap = false; node [shape=record,height=.1]; /* … */ }
“Sometimes the answer is ‘no’.” So, no. GraphViz lacks the notion of “named styles” seen in word processors like Microsoft Word and LibreOffice, and lacks the style “class” notion from HTML and CSS. Its formatting attributes are more primitive and, in many cases, must be explicitly stated. You can set some defaults, as in its … Read more
Leaving the rank empty or using rank=same are used far more often. These other four are usually only used in special circumstances. When used alone, min and source have the same function: putting all those nodes on the minimum rank (the top row of a TB graph). The difference between them is that min will … Read more
Two useful techniques for reproducing graph layouts are: Invisible nodes Rank constraints Here’s a quick try for the top nodes: digraph g{ ranksep=0.2; node[shape=box3d, width=2.3, height=0.6, fontname=”Arial”]; n1[label=”Incident Commander”]; n2[label=”Public Information\nOfficer”]; n3[label=”Liaison Officer”]; n4[label=”Safety Officer”]; n5[label=”Operations Section”]; n6[label=”Planning Section”]; n7[label=”Logistics Section”]; n8[label=”Finance/Admin. Section”]; node[shape=none, width=0, height=0, label=””]; edge[dir=none]; n1 -> p1 -> p2 -> p3; … Read more
Here’s the TL;DR version: To generate a 900 by 1500 pixel PNG image from the graph in foo.gv you can run: dot -Tpng -Gsize=9,15\! -Gdpi=100 -ofoo.png foo.gv to yield an image that is exactly 900 pixels wide or 1500 tall, but not necessarily both; and then: convert foo.png -gravity center -background white -extent 900×1500 final.png … Read more
You may use the newrank graph attribute (added in GraphViz 2.30) to activate the new ranking algorithm which allows defining rank=same for nodes which belong to clusters. Add the following line at the top: newrank=true; Add the following line after the cluster definitions: { rank=same; router1; router2; } Here’s the resulting graph:
If this was headlabel or taillabel, you could try setting labeldistance to zero to force the label to be drawn on the edge, but as I understand, you are referring to edge label (the one on the middle of the edge). Documentation quite clearly states that labeldistance only affects headlabel and taillabel labels, but you … Read more
Try the following: digraph simpsons { subgraph Generation0 { rank = same Abraham [shape = box, color = blue] Mona [shape = box, color = pink] AbrahamAndMona [shape = point] Abraham -> AbrahamAndMona [dir = none] AbrahamAndMona -> Mona [dir = none] Clancy [shape = box, color = blue] Jackeline [shape = box, color = … Read more
You could create an invisible constraint, to cause the red node to appear to the left of all other nodes. redNode -> leftmostNode [style=invis]; Before: After:
graphviz doesn’t support automatic line breaks. You have to put the \n in manually. you can set a width and a height to a node and define it as fixedsized – this will limit the size of the node and draw only as much text as fits into the node