yEd

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yEd

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developer yWorks GmbH
Current  version 3.19.1.1
( November 6, 2019 )
operating system Platform independence
programming language Java
category Visualization program
License proprietary
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yEd [ waɪed ] is a free visualization program for creating and editing diagrams. It can be used for different types of diagrams, including graphs , network diagrams, UML diagrams, flow charts , BPMN diagrams, mind maps , organizational charts and entity relationship diagrams . yEd saves diagrams in the XML -based GraphML format, so it can be used as an editing program for generated diagrams.

yEd is developed and distributed by yWorks GmbH in Tübingen . The name " yEd " comes from the composition of the letter "y" with the abbreviation " Ed " for English "editor".

Range of functions

Like most visualization programs, yEd enables the user to draw diagrams with different drawing elements and connections from different palettes, as well as to use their own representations of graphic elements.

yEd can automatically arrange complex amounts of data according to various algorithms. These algorithms include, for example, a hierarchical layout (for hierarchical or almost hierarchical structures), an orthogonal layout (for networks such as UML class diagrams), an organic layout (especially suitable for entity relationship and UML diagrams), a tree layout ( for tree structures and tree-like structures), as well as a swimlane layout. The diagram elements can be grouped in any nesting depth. The large number of arrangement mechanisms sets yEd apart from the other visualization programs.

yEd makes it possible to import data from various formats and generate diagrams from them. These import formats include Microsoft Excel .xls for spreadsheet data , the GEDCOM format for genealogy data , as well as any XML formats via XSLT stylesheets - among other things, those for the Apache Ant script format for dependency information when building software, and OWL for the Description of ontologies .

Likewise yEd data export in different formats, among others in EMF , PNG , JPEG , GIF , BMP , PDF , EPS , SVG , SWF .

As of version 3.7, an interface with direct access to the IconFinder search engine enables any symbols to be imported into user-defined palettes.

Export examples

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.yworks.com .
  2. ↑ Lars Bremer: Take it easy . In: c't magazine . No. 14/2007 , June 25, 2007, p. 89-90 .
  3. ↑ Peter König: Writing, calculating, doing magic . In: c't magazine . No. 6/2009 , March 2, 2009, p. 139-140 .
  4. ↑ Previous Release Notes. Section yEd 3.7 - Changes Since 3.6.1.1 . Retrieved August 4, 2018 .