We are starting beta tests of Flowchart.NET 5.5. The new features are:

Export to SWF (Adobe Flash) format
SwfExporter creates SWF (Adobe Flash) images from the content of Diagram objects. In order to use this component, add a reference to the MindFusion.Diagramming.Export.Swf.dll assembly to your project. To create an SWF file from a diagram, create an SwfExporter instance and call its Export method, passing a Diagram object as parameter. At this time the diagram is exported as static image; interactivity is planned for next releases.

CascadeLayout algorithm
CascadeLayout places vertices on a virtual grid and arranges edges orthogonally, such that if the source graph is planar it is guaranteed that all edges will have no more than two bends and will not intersect.


TriangularLayout algorithm
TriangularLayout places vertices on a virtual grid, such that if the source graph is planar it is guaranteed that all edges will have a single segment and will not intersect. If the graph is not planar, the intersecting edges are optionally segmented and bended in order to improve readability.


HierarchicalLayout algorithm
HierarchicalLayout places vertices on predefined levels, such that if the source graph is level-planar it is guaranteed that all edges will have a single segment and will not intersect.


OrtogonalLayout improvements
OrtogonalLayout results have been greatly improved for nonplanar graphs.
If anyone is interested in trying the beta, please download this archive, which includes updated assemblies and help file: 

https://mindfusion.eu/_beta/fcnet55.zip