Aesthetic layout of wiring diagrams

C. Ernstbrunner, J. Pichler. Aesthetic layout of wiring diagrams. volume 7352, pages 80-94, 7, 2012.

Autoren
  • Christian Ernstbrunner
  • Josef Pichler
Editoren
  • P. T. Cox
  • B. Plimmer
  • P. Rodgers
BuchDiagrammatic Representation and Inference - Proc. DIAGRAMS 2012
TypIn Konferenzband
VerlagSpringer
Band7352
ISSN0302-9743
Monat7
Jahr2012
Seiten80-94
Abstract

A wiring diagram plays an important role in electrical machine design. The layout of a wiring diagram must facilitate a designer’s understanding of the schematic as well as the real electrical machine. Even though wiring diagrams are undirected graphs, standard algorithms and libraries for graph drawing are not sufficient to achieve adequate diagrams that preserve the structure and further characteristics of the real machine.We argue that specialized algorithms are required to achieve adequate and aesthetic diagrams without compromising the characteristics of an electrical machine. In this paper, we describe a new algorithm for positioning diagram elements and a customized algorithm for connector routing for aesthetic wiring diagrams.