Grouping of Nodes and Edges - Folding   

Graphs consist of nodes and edges. aiSee offers various ways of grouping nodes and edges. Grouping is done either statically, i.e. in the graph specification, or dynamically, i.e. interactively. A group of edges is a set of edges belonging to the same edge class. A group of nodes is a set of nodes that can be treated in a special way. A group of nodes can be

• folded into a summary node,
• shown in a box,
• shown as a cluster,
• wrapped, or
• represented exclusively.

A summary node is usually drawn in a special shape and/or background color so as to be recognized as a summary node. It represents all the nodes that are hidden by the folding operation. A summary node can be

• unfolded,
• unfolded into a box,
• unfolded and represented as a cluster, or
• unfolded and wrapped.

Groups of nodes can be either a

• subgraph,
• region specified by paths (path region) or
• region of neighboring nodes (neighbor region).

If not stated otherwise, the operations mentioned in this section are all located in the Folding menu of the menu line.  

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