MindFusion.Diagramming for WPF features the latest generation WPF graphical presentation tools provided by the .NET platform. As a result the programming process has become easier and quicker, the final diagrams are more attractive and lively.

MindFusion.Diagramming for WPF Uses include:

• workflow processes
• object hierarchies and relationships
• graphs and networks
• entity-relationship / database charts
• IVR systems
• industrial automation processes,
• genealogy trees
• algorithms and flowcharts
• organizational schemes
• XML documents
• classification hierarchies

MindFusion.Diagramming for WPF Main Features:

User Interaction

• Several user interaction modes
• Node modification constraints
• Scrolling and zooming
• Panning
• Automatic scrolling while dragging objects with the mouse
• Alignment to grid
• Multiple selection
• Tool-tips
• Docking points can be defined for nodes
• Mouse button mapping
• Undo/Redo support
• Copy and paste to/from Windows clipboard

Programming

• Programmatic access to the diagram objects and selections
• Numerous properties for customizing appearance and behavior
• Numerous utility methods
• Path finding and cycle detection
• Rich event set

Store and retrieve diagrams into/from

• Files on disk
• .NET streams
• ASCII strings
• XML documents

Output

• To the screen via Windows Presentation Foundation
• Printing and print preview
• To browser via the utility WebChart library
• Create bitmap images
• Create HTML image maps

Diagram Elements

• Use any WPF UIElement as a diagram node
• Control hosts allow using .NET controls as diagram nodes
• 87 predefined node shapes
• Tables with unlimited number of rows and columns
• Merge of table cells
• Custom diagram item types
• Arrows can comprise multiple segments
• Arrow segments can be straight lines or curves
• Behavior
• Tables can be scrolled
• In-place text editing
• Ability to set selection handles behaviour
• Lock diagram elements
• Expand / collapse of object hierarchies
• Read-only mode supported
• Dynamic positioning of arrows relative to linked nodes

Appearance

• Various text alignment styles
• Text can be laid-out in polygonal areas
• Styled HTML-like text formatting
• Different styles for visual indication of a selected object
• Z-order
• Nodes can display images and text
• Customizable fonts and colors
• Rich choice of pen and brush styles
• Ability to define custom node shapes
• User-assigned mouse cursors
• Custom painting of nodes
• Shadows
• Arcs over link intersection points
• Transparent nodes
• Invisible nodes
• Shape libraries

Behavior

• Tables can be scrolled
• In-place text editing
• Ability to set selection handles behaviour
• Lock diagram elements
• Expand / collapse object hierarchies
• Read-only mode supported
• Dynamic positioning of arrows relative to linked nodes

Diagram Structure

• Link nodes to nodes
• Link table rows to table rows
• Link table rows to nodes
• Unconnected arrows

Hierarchical grouping

• Attaching nodes to other nodes
• Attaching nodes to arrow control points
• Attaching nodes to arrow segments

Diagram Item Types - A list with the major node and link types that are provided with the WPF diagram control:

• Node Shapes - The WPF diagram control features more than 100 predefined node shapes.
• Table Nodes - Table (grid) objects can hold unlimited number of columns and rows.
• TreeView Nodes - The TreeViewNode-s are used to display hierarchical data.
• FreeFormNodes - A FreeFormNode collects all points from users' mouse or touch input and displays them as node's outline.
• Container Nodes - Containers hold other Node-s and can be nested one within another, the containment hierarchy depth is unlimited
• Link Shapes - Links can have various arrowhead shapes and you can associate such shapes with links origins and segment centers.
• Visio Nodes - The VisioNode class can be used to present shapes from Visio stencils inside diagrams.
• Templated Nodes - The TemplatedNode class represents nodes whose appearance is set through Xaml data templates.
• DiagramNodeAdapter - DiagramNodeAdapter is an adapter class that enables using any UIElement-derived object as a diagram node.

Additional Controls - Components that bring more functionality to your WPF flowchart application:

• Overview Control - The Overview control provides a scaled-down view of a Diagram and allows scrolling and zooming with the mouse.
• Ruler Control - The Ruler control provides horizontal and vertical scales that helps users measure and align diagram items.
• Zoom Control - The Zoom control lets user change interactively the current zoom level and scroll position of the diagram.
• ShapeListBox - The ShapeListBox lets users drag-and-drop a Shape to the diagram's canvas to create a new ShapeNode.
• Magnifier - The Magnifier has customizable appearance and zoom factor and is triggered by a mouse action or key stroke.
• TabbedDiagramView - The diagram pages can be activated through the tabs in the tray located at one of the four sides.
• LayerListView - The LayerListView is a list box with Layer-s that hold diagram items. Layers can be hidden, active and unlimited in number.

Automatic Layout Algorithms - Arrange any type of .NET diagram with the call of a single method:

• Process Layout - The SwimlaneLayout class places diagram nodes that represent activities on swim-lanes that represent resources.
• Anneal Layout - The AnnealLayout assigns costs to graph configurations and finding the minimum cost configuration.
• Topological Layout - The TopologicalLayout places nodes linearly and each node comes before all destination nodes of its outgoing links.
• Orthogonal Layout - The OrthogonalLayout draws each link as a chain of alternating horizontal and vertical segments.
• Layered Layout - The LayeredLayout arranges diagram nodes in distinct horizontal or vertical layers based on several criteria.
• Spring Layout 3D - An animated 3D version of the SpringLayout algorithm. You can rotate and pan the camera.
• Big Radial - The radial tree layout is a method of displaying a tree structure in a way that expands outwards, radially.
• Tree Layout - The TreeLayout combines several algorithms that arrange diagram nodes in tree-like hierarchies.
• Spring Layout - The SpringLayout simulates a physical system in which nodes repulse each other and links act as confining springs.
• One-way Layout - The OneWayLayout ensures that links enter nodes from the same direction and exit them from the opposite side.
• Clustered Layout - The EnableClusters property of SpringLayout makes diagrams laid out in distinct clusters as shown below.
• Circular Layout - CircularLayout distributes nodes evenly on the circumference of a circle at positions that have as few link crossing as possible.
• Composite Layout - CompositeLayout is a multi-level graph layout that combines several layout algorithms from the diagram library.
• Fractal Layout - The FractalLayout is a tree layout that places child nodes symmetrically around their parent node.
• Hierarchical Layout - The HierarchicalLayout places nodes on user-defined levels and all links have a single segment and do not intersect.
• Grid Layout - The GridLayout arranges diagram nodes in a grid, keeping connected nodes close together.
• TreeMap Layout - The TreeMapLayout class arranges hierarchical (tree-structured) data as a set of nested rectangles. Colors group items.
• Automatic Link Routing - The WPF diagram control includes various arrow routing options that rely on penalty values to calculate the cost of a route.

Importers and Exporters - MindFusion WPF diagram library lets you import and export flowcharts from/to a variety of sources:

• Visio 2003/2013 XML - The VisioImporter/ and VisioExporter classes handle .VDX / .VSDX files
• Bitmap Images - The CreateImage method lets you export .BMP, .PNG, JPG, .JPEG files.
• OpenOffice Draw - The DrawImporter class imports diagrams from .ODG files.
• Portable Document Format - The PdfExporter class exports the diagram to a .PDF file.
• Scalable Vector Graphics - Save your diagram with SvgExporter class into an .SVG class.
• Excel Open XML Format - The ExcelExporter class saves the diagram into an .XLSX file.
• Windows MetaFile - Export the diagram to .WMF with the WmfExporter class.

Diagram Types - Some of the flowchart types you can build with the WPF diagram control:

• Flowchart - A classic flowchart arranged with the Decision layout.
• Lane Diagram - The nodes in a Swim lane diagram are constrained to move only horizontally.
• Dialogue Chart - This diagram defines a dialogue that can be conducted by automated system.
• Hierarchy Chart - This diagram supports hierarchical grouping and collapsing/expanding subtrees.
• Chemical Synthesis - This diagram combines various text styling attributes.
• Classification Chart - The chart uses different arrowhead types and sizes as well expandable nodes.
• Genealogy Tree - Nodes hold images and custom painting is used to achieve the various visual effects.
• Database Entity-Relationship Diagram - Table nodes and perpendicular links are used to build this DB design chart.
• Network Chart - A diagram with Bezier links, image nodes and transparent nodes that hold text.
• Class Diagram - Each class is presented with its methods, properties and fields. Different API members are painted in different colors.
• Org Chart - Diagram nodes are styled through custom templates and support multiple images and text formats.
• Dir Tree - Use the diagram control to build a tree of all folders in a given directory and arrange them with the TreeLayout.
• Fishbone Diagram - This diagram is built by derived node classes that implement custom drawing and custom interaction handling.
• Molecule Viewer 3D - Use the DiagramView3D component to display a 3D model of the structural formula of a chemical compound.
• Sequence Diagram - This is an interactive flowchart that shows how objects operate with each another and in what order.
• Ternary Connections - When you draw a link an intermediate node is created under the mouse and three helper links.