Force Directed Layout in NetBeans
I just came up with the idea of reproducing the GraphView demo I saw in prefuse by using the Netbeans Visual Library API. The GraphView demo uses a Force Directed Layout algorithm to dinamically position the nodes on the screen. It’s really fast and cool. Download prefuse and experiment with it by yourself. I wanted to achieve something similiar with the Visual Library and I succeed up to a point. The force based layout algorithm that I implemented is much simpler that the used in prefuse, so there is no spring-like movement. It looks way cooler with springs. It just uses repulsion between nodes and attraction between connected nodes. ...