[instaviz-users] Just bought instaviz, quite unusable, need help

[Glen Low]

Laurent

On 19/07/2009, at 3:21 AM, Laurent Burgbacher wrote:

> OK, seems it works.
>
> You can also see a "bug" in the node placement: 19 and 20 should be  
> swapped so that the arrows 20 -> 16 and 19 -> 15 do not cross. But  
> there seem to be no control on node placement, is there?

There isn't any manual control on node placement. You will probably  
get less cross-over changing the Layout to hierarchical (dot) [1st  
option] and the Flow to left to right, see the screenshot:

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Alternatively if you've chosen the Layout to be spring model (neato)  
[2nd option], try cutting some of the links so it is more of a  
classical mind map. You can remove a link by selecting it in Edit  
mode, then shaking the device.

Instaviz is focussed on automated layout, because we don't always have  
the full attention to give to arrange a manual layout when working  
with a mobile device, unlike say with a desktop app like Graphviz,  
Omnigraffle or Visio. It's really for being able to quickly put  
together some ideas and maybe do a little finessing of the results.




Cheers, Glen Low


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