Graphviz study note - Powerful graph visualization software to create kind of diagrams

Powerful graph visualization software

1.          Define digraph gr { graph []; }

2.          Define Graph / Node / Edge attributions [fontname, fontsize, style, color, shape, fillcolor, width, height, …]

3.          Define Node / Edge [font, style, color, shape, fillcolor, label, (html table tag), width, …]

4.          Define Subgraphs and Clusters {label, bgcolor, …}

5.          Define Node / Edge relation [dir, color, style, :n|ne|se|…, …]

6.          Relation condition {rank, ordering, …}

7.          Output format

If want to create Sequential Diagram, Mscgen tool may be another good choice.

Reference:

l   http://ppt.cc/gen.php

l   http://blog.derjohng.com/2008/08/01/graphviz-%E7%AD%86%E8%A8%98/

l   http://www.cnblogs.com/sld666666/archive/2010/06/25/1765510.html

l   http://code.google.com/p/wephi/

l   http://home.pcisys.net/~tbc/hacks/sample01.htm

l   http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6364672/drawing-sequence-diagrams-with-graphviz

l   http://www.mcternan.me.uk/mscgen/