# Show and Tell **URL:** https://forum.graphviz.org/c/show-and-tell/6.md?page=1 [Latest](https://forum.graphviz.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.graphviz.org/categories.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Graphvidian - Obsidian plugin integrating Graphviz](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/graphvidian-obsidian-plugin-integrating-graphviz/1051)
**Author:** [@Ooker](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/Ooker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2022, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/graphvidian-obsidian-plugin-integrating-graphviz/1051 "2022-02-19T08:44:51Z")
I wish I can make a graph with Obsidian because Graphviz alone (even with VSCode) doesn’t have: Linking suggestion Auto update links A place to provide more details of a node As a result, I made myself an Obsidian plu… --- ## [Graphviz Templates](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/graphviz-templates/169)
**Author:** [@eyssette](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/eyssette)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/graphviz-templates/169 "2022-02-18T13:13:10Z")
Dear Graphviz community ! I’m happy to share some templates i designed for Graphviz, that i use a lot, as a philosophy teacher. I have 4 templates for the moment : (i) a sort of mind map, (ii) a (rather complex) templa… --- ## [GitHub adding support for Mermaid diagrams](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/github-adding-support-for-mermaid-diagrams/998)
**Author:** [@mark](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/mark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2022, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/github-adding-support-for-mermaid-diagrams/998 "2022-01-20T09:11:56Z")
GitHub will be baking in support for Mermaid diagrams into their Markdown variant rendered for README.md etc. Always interesting to keep up with what the competition’s doing ;-). Mermaid is a JS library easily embedda… --- ## [Getting layers to work with SVG](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/getting-layers-to-work-with-svg/107)
**Author:** [@steveroush](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/steveroush)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/getting-layers-to-work-with-svg/107 "2020-05-22T13:48:16Z")
At a high level, layers allows you to define a set of graphs where node and edge positioning stays constant but individual nodes and edges may not be visible in any graph within the set. (whew, the Graphviz documentatio… --- ## [Graphviz spotted on TV](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/graphviz-spotted-on-tv/827)
**Author:** [@mark](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/mark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/graphviz-spotted-on-tv/827 "2021-09-12T09:03:07Z")
I spotted a Graphviz diagram on Netflix’s “Explained: Chess” TV today, during a segment on AlphaZero machine learning chess. We’ve made the bigtime now! :slight\_smile: --- ## [Organizational chart](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/organizational-chart/733)
**Author:** [@edserra](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/edserra)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/organizational-chart/733 "2021-08-08T01:28:38Z")
organization chart sample, diagraph dot layout an example with hidden horizontal lines to distribute the organization chart so that it does not move and hidden points for anchoring and distribute it in parallel strict… --- ## [Another stupid Graphviz trick - geographic graphs](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/another-stupid-graphviz-trick-geographic-graphs/256)
**Author:** [@steveroush](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/steveroush)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/another-stupid-graphviz-trick-geographic-graphs/256 "2021-05-28T14:34:38Z")
For fun, I experimented with positioning nodes based on geography (latitude & longitude). GPS systems are ubiquitous so finding coordinates of cities was pretty easy. Converting latitude & longitude into X-Y coordinate… --- ## [Graphviz is getting some (more) love](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/graphviz-is-getting-some-more-love/630)
**Author:** [@steveroush](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/steveroush)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/graphviz-is-getting-some-more-love/630 "2021-04-25T17:27:16Z")
Here is a thread on twitter that really impresses me: https://twitter.com/thingskatedid/status/1386077306381242371 --- ## [Graph Galaxy - A Visual Editor for Graphviz](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/graph-galaxy-a-visual-editor-for-graphviz/529)
**Author:** [@graphgalaxy](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/graphgalaxy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/graph-galaxy-a-visual-editor-for-graphviz/529 "2021-02-26T17:47:16Z")
Hi, I am the developer of Graph Galaxy. This is a show and tell. I’d like to share some thoughts and stories about it. A few years ago, I started to use Graphviz to create some graphs. Sometimes I spent significant ti… --- ## [Bison switching to .gv Graphviz output](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/bison-switching-to-gv-graphviz-output/274)
**Author:** [@smattr](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/smattr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/bison-switching-to-gv-graphviz-output/274 "2020-07-25T20:44:17Z")
Bison 3.7 was recently released, with the accompanying release notes containing this snippet: In conformance with the recommendations of the Graphviz team, in the next version Bison the option --graph will generate a … --- ## [Just for fun - when things go bad](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/just-for-fun-when-things-go-bad/255)
**Author:** [@steveroush](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/steveroush)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/just-for-fun-when-things-go-bad/255 "2020-07-15T14:01:50Z")
I was looking through files, looking for edge issues and came across the attached, unfortunately, I can’t figure out how I made such a mess, a “normal” dot run produces a nicer result. --- ## [D3-graphviz monitoring a smart home zigbee network](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/d3-graphviz-monitoring-a-smart-home-zigbee-network/180)
**Author:** [@wassfila](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/wassfila)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/d3-graphviz-monitoring-a-smart-home-zigbee-network/180 "2020-06-11T09:55:04Z")
As part of a raspberry pi smart home github repository, the zigbee/graph\_view directory has a self contained web app to monitor a zigbee network Projects github repo Used dependencies The link between the two i… --- ## [Fun and Fostering Fiddling at the Forum #2: 3D animation of fdp’s randomness](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/fun-and-fostering-fiddling-at-the-forum-2-3d-animation-of-fdp-s-randomness/131)
**Author:** [@magjac](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/magjac)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/fun-and-fostering-fiddling-at-the-forum-2-3d-animation-of-fdp-s-randomness/131 "2020-06-09T20:57:01Z")
This is a spin-off from Fun and Fostering Fiddling at the Forum #1: Animation of engine selection - #2 by mark using the same data. I realized that some of the engines have a built-in randomness that gives you cool anima… --- ## [Graphviz import into graphysics for highlight and mutation](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/graphviz-import-into-graphysics-for-highlight-and-mutation/172)
**Author:** [@wassfila](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/wassfila)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/graphviz-import-into-graphysics-for-highlight-and-mutation/172 "2020-06-08T17:26:30Z")
I introduced recently in the post below a new graph rendering engine with nodes collision physics and fancy SVG filters, at that time it did not had much to do with Graphviz other than the wish list In this post, I’m … --- ## [Fun and Fostering Fiddling at the Forum #1: Animation of engine selection](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/fun-and-fostering-fiddling-at-the-forum-1-animation-of-engine-selection/128)
**Author:** [@magjac](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/magjac)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2020, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/fun-and-fostering-fiddling-at-the-forum-1-animation-of-engine-selection/128 "2020-05-28T11:35:05Z")
From time to time one starts to wonder what the difference between the layout engines really is. Here is an animation showing what they do for one and the same DOT source code consisting of 16 \* 16 nodes and three times … --- ## [Stupid Dot Tricks #2 - Making a video](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/stupid-dot-tricks-2-making-a-video/109)
**Author:** [@steveroush](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/steveroush)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/stupid-dot-tricks-2-making-a-video/109 "2020-05-20T18:11:04Z")
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17-NnnwejwcYTMSwQ\_oixUCfsn8FUZ2wi/view?usp=sharing Making a video from a collection of Graphviz output files is fiddly work. Many things can go wrong. I’ve found that using layers can h… --- ## [Stupid Dot tricks](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/stupid-dot-tricks/31)
**Author:** [@steveroush](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/steveroush)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/stupid-dot-tricks/31 "2020-04-14T18:54:25Z")
Experimenting with stylized diagrams, I created a gvpr program that would post process an enhanced dot program, adding row, column, and cellAdjust (the last tweaks the position within the cell). I use dot to establish a… [Previous page](https://forum.graphviz.org/c/show-and-tell/6.md)