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About anchoring and layout
Jan 22nd, 2009 at 12:42pm
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Hi,

I've been playing with the automatic layouts for a time and I've only got really awful designs, I guess I'm doing something weird with anchors and links type.

I have to create a lot of table nodes in the diagram, the tables are going to be linked between them like a database schema (is gonna be that indeed), similar to the ClassDiagram example but more complicated. I need to arrange the tables in a layout that avoid crossing links as much as possible; and doesn't matter where in the table the link is attached.

What would you recommend me?  I need build something similar to the "Database Diagram" in "Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express". (If you have the chance to give a look to this program, when you move a table, the anchors move automatically to the best fit position)

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Re: About anchoring and layout
Reply #1 - Jan 22nd, 2009 at 2:48pm
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Could you email a sample diagram of yours to support@mindfusion.eu?
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Reply #2 - Jan 22nd, 2009 at 4:24pm
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Sure.

I've sent a small solution.

Thanks and kind regards.
  
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Reply #3 - Jan 22nd, 2009 at 4:44pm
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One thing I forgot to say... the tables have to remain as close as possible.

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Reply #4 - Jan 28th, 2009 at 12:03pm
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Hi, any new on this?

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Reply #5 - Jan 28th, 2009 at 12:26pm
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Hi, our developer will check it soon.

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Reply #6 - Jan 28th, 2009 at 2:02pm
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thanks Smiley
  
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Reply #7 - Feb 2nd, 2009 at 8:42am
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If you like this layout:


get the latest build of the control here:
https://mindfusion.eu/_beta/wpfdiag211.zip

and use code like this:
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private void ArrangeDiagramTables()
{
	foreach (DiagramLink link in DataBaseDiagram.Links)
		link.Style = LinkStyle.Cascading;

	GridLayout layout = new GridLayout();
	layout.GridSize = 300;
	layout.Arrange(DataBaseDiagram);

	OrthogonalRouter router = new OrthogonalRouter();
	router.Arrange(DataBaseDiagram);

	DataBaseDiagram.ResizeToFitItems(10,true);
}


GridLayout is a bit random, so you might let your users apply it several times to get a configuration they like, or otherwise run more iterations to get better arrangement from the start.

If that's not good enough, email us some drawing showing how you imagine the tables should be arranged.

I hope that helps,
Stoyan
  
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Re: About anchoring and layout
Reply #8 - Feb 2nd, 2009 at 12:31pm
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Looks good, thanks very much. Sometimes needs a couple of iterations extra but is ok Cheesy

One thing... those assemblies are newer ?

For example the MindFusion.Diagramming.Wpf.dll is the 2.1.0.18545 and I already have the 2.1.0.20413.

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Reply #9 - Feb 2nd, 2009 at 12:41pm
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Ignore the build numbers. Seems the developer didn't compile them on our build system but on her own PC, so the compiler used a different version sequence.

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Reply #10 - Feb 2nd, 2009 at 1:14pm
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Thanks Stoyo.
  
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