aiSee - Graph Visualization
Quick Guide - Unix Version 2.00
- Accessing the Main Menu
- Click in the graph window using the middle or
right mouse button, keeping the button depressed.
- Move pointer over the ``=>'' arrow to access the submenus.
- Release mouse button to invoke the operation selected (shown
in inverse video mode).
- Note:
aiSee offers a number of complex selection procedures (e.g.
for selecting sets of subgraphs). The user is guided through these
procedures by instructions in the message window.
- Navigating through Graphs
- Move graphs: Click in the graph window
using the left mouse button and drag. The graph
is moved after the mouse button is released.
- Scroll, Pick Position,
Center Node..., or Follow Edge of the
main menu.
- Scroll through graphs using the cursor keys
(up, down, left, right).
- Use the scrollbars for fine-positioning.
- Using the panner window:
- Open the panner window via panner
in the Scroll menu.
- Move the dashed rectangle around in the panner window to browse through the graph.
- Strike p: the mouse pointer turns into a +.
Now you can do either of the following:
- Changing the focus: Click in the graph window
using any mouse button to shift the focus to the upper
right corner of the window (in normal view) or
to set the focus (in fish eye-view).
- Rubberbanding: Press the left mouse button and hold it down.
Now drag the mouse pointer across a portion of the graph to
zoom it to window size.
- Strike n to open the Center Node dialog box.
- Strike e to initiate Follow Edge navigation.
- Scaling the Graph
- Use the right scrollbar to scale graphs.
- Use the + key to magnify the graph to 150%.
- Use the - key to scale down the graph to 66%.
- Use the m key to set the scale factor so that the entire graph
fits in the graph window.
- Use the 0 key to set the scale factor to normal (100% absolute).
- Show Node Information
- Strike i, j, or k to select information field 1, 2, or 3
plus select the node to show the field (clicking inside the field
causes it to be rehidden).
- Grouping of Nodes and Edges
- See Folding submenu of the
main menu.
- Strike f to fold subgraphs into a summary node
(Fold Subgraph).
- Strike u to unfold/unbox a summary node (Unbox/Unfold).
- Strike x to unfold a summary node into a box
(Unfold into Box).
- Exiting aiSee
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