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Topology Views 675

Figure 21-13. Topology View–Balloon Tree Layout

You can specify several angle extents (extent for children of the root, extent for leaves (children

without children) and general extent for all other nodes), as well as sharing these extents between

children (regularly or according to the weight of every children's line of descent) Here are the

available

Balloon Tree Settings

in this layout:

Propagation

–Check to propagate. When selected, changes to any individual entity automates

recalculation of the positions of connected entities.

Root

–Displays the read-only root node. Click

Grab root

to make the next icon you select the root.

Method

–Select whether you want the Angle spacing

Regular,

Proportional,

and whether you

want Order

List, Angle,

Surface

with the pick lists.

Angle range

–Specify the range of angles from

Root, Leaves,

and

Others

for sub-nodes

Initial angle

–Specify the layout’s initial angle for subnodes of the root node.

Tier

This view displays tiers based on an algorithm that organizes interconnected nodes into a

hierarchical layout of vertices, minimizing the number of link crossings, creating straight short and

long lines for the links between nodes, making connected nodes appear together, and finally,

balancing the overall layout of edges.