| [stem-dev] Update from Emily Nixon on Rectangles |
I am forwarding this material on behalf of Emily Nixon. From: Emily Nixon Hi all, I've successfully managed to import my pajek file that has ~73,000 nodes and 100,000s of edges! However, when I visualise/display the graph in STEM it has annoying rectangular boxes around each node. I know that this is what usually happens when you create your own nodes, but it's very annoying when I have so many of them (see example of a small area of my graph below, or attached):
I couldn't find anything in the wiki about how to change them (or what they are actually for) other than the following from http://wiki.eclipse.org/Visualizing_and_Editing_Graphs: "This allows you to create a new node at the location, where you have right-clicked. The polygon of a newly created node is a rectangle, whose side length has to be specified in a dialog". As I didn't create my graph in the graph editor, I can't even change the size of the rectangle to make it really small. So my questions are: (1) What is the purpose of the rectangles around the nodes in a graph? (2) How are you able to remove them/change their size or shape when you are importing a pajek graph? If I could change them, I would want to make them circles with a radius of 517 metres (the average size I am assuming for a farm). Best wishes, Emily Emily Nixon School of Biological Sciences |
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