2 Application windowThe application window is dedicated to operations that are not specific to a graph. It is composed of two parts, the first one is a menu bar and the second one is a tool bar.2.1 Menu barThe application window menu bar is composed of two sub-menu. The first one enables to load graph in gml format, to create a new graph, to import a graph using an import plug-in, and to quit the application. The second one gives access to the help of Tulip. Six import module are currently available,2.2 Tools barThe tool bar enables to attach opperation to the mouse. The current available operations are : | ![]() |
3.2 3D graph view sub-winbowThe 3D graph view sub-window is the window where the graph is displayed. It can display graph in two or three dimensions and enables to apply the mouse operation selected in the tool bar by directly clicking on the drawing of the graph. If the user let the mouse during few seconds on a nodes a pop-up window displays informations about it. When the drawed graph is huge, the displaying is splitted in parts, so Tulip only draw thousand nodes and edges each times. This enables to navigate in real time in the graph even if the graphics hardware is slow. The strahler mode is a special way to select the nodes and edges that will be displayed first.3.2.1 Navigation toolBarThe navigation tool bar is a part of the view window, it enables to rotate, to translate the graph, and to zoom in our to zoom out the graph. To use the this tool bar you must click on the associated button and keep the mouse button press. By moving the mouse you will apply the orpeartion progressively. | ![]() |
3.3 Property editor sub-windowThis window enables to display properties of nodes and edges as array. It is composed of three part, the first one is a list of all local and inherited properties of a graph. An inherited properties is a property wich belongs to a graph upper in the hierarchy of graph. The second part displays all the values of all nodes in text format using spreed sheets. It is possible to display only the values of selected elements by using the filter option. The user can modify directly a value by clicking on the value in the array. It is possible to set all the nodes or edges value with the setAllNodesValue and SetAllEdgesValue buttons. If the user is in filter mode, this to button will only affect the selected values. | ![]() |
3.5 Cluster Tree sub-windowThe cluster tree window displays the hierarchy of graph, the user can change the current view of the graph by clicking directly on the cluster tree. By clicking the right button mouse it is possible to: Remove a cluster, Remove a cluster and all its descendant, Rename a cluster, Move up a cluster in the hierarchy, Clone a cluster, Make a subgraph clone of a cluster. | ![]() |
3.6 3D view set up windowThe 3D view setup window enables to configure the rendering of the graph. The available option are the following: | ![]() |