Title :
A browsing interface for exploring constraints in visualization rules
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
We built a prototype tool for browsing constraint systems for the layout of graphical objects. It has two views: In one view, the tool visualizes a constraint system as a three-dimensional graph structure, which shows the overall structure of the constraint system. The viewer can change the layout to focus on the part of constraints. The other view shows the target diagram. It also animates the diagram to show degrees of freedom in the constraints for the diagram. The cartoon technique of deforming graphical objects is utilized to depict whether a graphical object has a degree of freedom or not.
Keywords :
computer animation; constraint handling; diagrams; graph theory; graphical user interfaces; program visualisation; browsing interface; constraint system browsing; diagram animation; graphical object deformation; graphical objects layout; three-dimensional graph structure; visualization rules; visualization tool; Animation; Data visualization; Layout; Mice; Programming profession; Three dimensional displays; Tree graphs;
Conference_Titel :
Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8225-0
DOI :
10.1109/HCC.2003.1260210
