3D Graph Panel

The 3D Graph panel can be used to browse and explore assets and their relationships in a three dimensional space. This can sometimes be helpful to better understand the general layout of a graph or the neighborhood of specific nodes.

The panel starts at the currently selected asset. Clicking on a node will expand any incoming and outgoing relationships.

Toolbar Features

  • Click node to expand neighbors this is the default mode.

  • Click node to make it the globally selected asset alternatively, right-click on individual nodes to select them. The selected node will be shown with a larger node.

  • Expand one Level opens the neighborhood of all not yet expanded nodes, by one level.

  • Fit to screen zooms and pans to make the complete graph visible.

  • Fly to selected node zooms and pans to the node representing the globally selected asset.

  • Reset to XY clears the graph to keep the currently globally selected asset.

Settings

  • Select Relationship opens a dialog where you can select which particular relationship to expand (only).

  • Show Arrow Heads displays pointers on the edges to indicate the direction of relationships.

  • Show Edge Labels displays the name of relationship properties on the edges.

  • Show Node Labels displays the names of assets on the nodes.

  • Show Type Links expanding a node usually does not follow rdf:type relationships. This is because the graph would otherwise quickly become too full and cross meta-levels. Activate this setting here in case you want to see them.

See Also

Further Reading on TopBraid