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More export formats like CSV, GEXF, GML, etc

Open tst5381 opened this issue 5 years ago • 2 comments

I tend to use Arrows.app to build a graph quickly for its simplicity and ease of use. Sometimes I want more visualization so I want to import the graph into Gephi.

For now, I have to output my graph as JSON and covert it manually into some format Gephi will accept. If Arrows.app can do this for me that will be awesome!

tst5381 avatar Jan 06 '21 12:01 tst5381

Hi again @tst5381 ! This does sound useful. We'll bear this in mind for a future version. Out of interest, what kind of things do you do in Gephi? I usually associate Gephi with visualising much larger graphs than would be practical to draw with arrows.app. Is there a specific layout that you use there?

apcj avatar Jan 15 '21 19:01 apcj

Hi again @tst5381 ! This does sound useful. We'll bear this in mind for a future version. Out of interest, what kind of things do you do in Gephi? I usually associate Gephi with visualising much larger graphs than would be practical to draw with arrows.app. Is there a specific layout that you use there?

I use it to construct level data for my game. That's why I need to build the graph by hand. I wanted to import it into Gephi so it is easier to customize the visual as I work on it. But I just realized that if Arrow can support features like coloring nodes according to certain property values and defining properties templates, I might not even need Gephi at all.

I guess it is up to you to decide which direction to go. Both feeds my need anyway. Thanks again!

tst5381 avatar Jan 18 '21 16:01 tst5381