aiSee 2.2.01 review
DownloadLooking for state-of-the-art graph layout software? Need a graph browser which supports 15 layout algorithms, recursive graph nesting and easy printing? Well, look no more — you've found it.
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Looking for state-of-the-art graph layout software? Need a graph browser which supports 15 layout algorithms, recursive graph nesting and easy printing?
Well, look no more — you've found it.
When working with any kind of complex relational data, visualization provides for much better and faster understanding. Back in 1991, aiSee was developed to visualize the internal data structures typically found in compilers. Today it is widely used in many different areas:
• Genealogy (family trees, evolution diagrams, pedigrees)
• Business management (organization charts)
• Software development (call graphs, control flow graphs)
• Hardware design (circuit diagrams, finite state diagrams)
• Database management (entity relationship diagrams)
• Informatics (algorithm visualization)
• Web design (sitemaps, P2P networks)
aiSee reads a textual, easy-to-read and easy-to-learn graph specification and automatically calculates a customizable graph layout. This layout is then displayed, and can be interactively explored, printed and exported to various graphic formats.
aiSee has been optimized to handle huge graphs automatically generated by applications. It is available for Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X.
Here are some key features of "aiSee":
Excellent readability of calculated layouts:
Nodes are placed in a hierarchy of layers
Nodes are positioned without overlapping
Crossing of lines (edges) is reduced/avoided
Edges are kept short and straight
ast layout calculation for huge graphs
15 basic layout algorithms, including
Force-directed layout
Depth-first-search layout
Specialized algorithm for layout of trees
Zooming of graphs and easy navigation
Easy printing of graphs on multiple pages
Export of graphs to BMP, colored PostScript, SVG, PNG and HTML
Graph nesting and advanced graph hierarchy operations like
Folding, unfolding, wrapping and clustering of complete subgraphs
Folding of user-defined graph regions
Excluding subgraphs or graph regions
Hiding of edges
Cartesian and polar fish-eye views
Animation of series of graphs and smooth transitions
Multi-line edge labels
Easy handling of huge graphs with as many as 1,, nodes and 1,500, edges
Commands, hyperlinks, JavaScript functionality, and up to three additional information windows can be associated with each node and each subgraph
Nodes can be represented by user-defined bitmap icons
The input format GDL (graph description language) provides for very natural textual graph representation, and is also easy to learn.
Limitations:
30-day trial version of aiSee.
Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.2.3
X11 for Mac OS X.
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