neo4j-labs / arrows.app

A graph drawing application
https://arrows.app
Apache License 2.0
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More export formats like CSV, GEXF, GML, etc #8

Open tst5381 opened 3 years ago

tst5381 commented 3 years ago

I tend to use Arrows.app to build a graph quickly for its simplicity and ease of use. Sometimes I want more visualization so I want to import the graph into Gephi.

For now, I have to output my graph as JSON and covert it manually into some format Gephi will accept. If Arrows.app can do this for me that will be awesome!

apcj commented 3 years ago

Hi again @tst5381 ! This does sound useful. We'll bear this in mind for a future version. Out of interest, what kind of things do you do in Gephi? I usually associate Gephi with visualising much larger graphs than would be practical to draw with arrows.app. Is there a specific layout that you use there?

tst5381 commented 3 years ago

Hi again @tst5381 ! This does sound useful. We'll bear this in mind for a future version. Out of interest, what kind of things do you do in Gephi? I usually associate Gephi with visualising much larger graphs than would be practical to draw with arrows.app. Is there a specific layout that you use there?

I use it to construct level data for my game. That's why I need to build the graph by hand. I wanted to import it into Gephi so it is easier to customize the visual as I work on it. But I just realized that if Arrow can support features like coloring nodes according to certain property values and defining properties templates, I might not even need Gephi at all.

I guess it is up to you to decide which direction to go. Both feeds my need anyway. Thanks again!