[Uml-devel] [Bug 67059] Automatic layout of diagrams

[Andrew Sutton]

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------- Additional Comments From asutton at cs.kent.edu  2003-11-03 18:17 -------
Subject: Re: [Uml-devel]  New: Automatic layout of diagrams

> This is an extradifficult feature. The only product which makes good
> automatic layouts of diagrams is Rational Rose. However, I think this is a
> good challenge for an open-source product.

rose makes terrible layouts. there are tools that do significantly better. i 
think argo finally got a layout algorithm that does pretty well.

there was a paper published in softvis this year describing a really nice 
algorithm. i can't remember who wrote it, but it did generate nice pictures.
and in color too.

andy