igraph (version 0.6.5-2)

autocurve.edges: Optimal edge curvature when plotting graphs

Description

If graphs have multiple edges, then drawing them as straight lines does not show them when plotting the graphs; they will be on top of each other. One solution is to bend the edges, with diffenent curvature, so that all of them are visible.

Usage

autocurve.edges (graph, start = 0.5)

Arguments

graph

The input graph.

start

The curvature at the two extreme edges. All edges will have a curvature between -start and start, spaced equally.

Value

• A numeric vector, its length is the number of edges in the graph.

Details

autocurve.edges calculates the optimal edge.curved vector for plotting a graph with multiple edges, so that all edges are visible.

See Also

igraph.plotting for all plotting parameters, plot.igraph, tkplot and rglplot for plotting functions.

Examples

g <- graph( c(0,1,1,0,1,2,1,3,1,3,1,3,
              2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,0,1)+1 )

autocurve.edges(g)

set.seed(42)
plot(g)