Convert data to diagrams with yEd

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© Lead Image © Galina Peshkova, 123RF.com

© Lead Image © Galina Peshkova, 123RF.com

Article from Issue 176/2015
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Build complex data structures into simple but illuminating diagrams using the yEd graph editor.

Diagrams and images liven up dry talks and lectures, but some find it difficult to design drawings and graphs with popular office suites. The yEd graph editor [1] makes this process much easier and faster.

Getting Started

The yEd installer is actually a shell script Because the script itself ensures that the required run-time environment is in place, the system has no additional dependencies. To install the program, pop up a terminal window, change to the directory with the script, and type the command

$ bash yEd-3.14.1_64-bit_setup.sh

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