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Using more Designer features
Presents and gives examples of more advanced features of the JViews Diagrammer Designer (those features not presented in Getting started).
*Changing Layout Parameters
*Explains how to use the Styling Customizer for graph layout.
*Using the Graph Layout Wizard
*Explains how to select a graph layout in the wizard.
*Loading a different style sheet
*Explains how to change the style sheet associated with the diagram.
*Resetting a default value after a state change
*Explains how to handle values set by default that change because of a temporary state.
*Importing data from a flat file
*Explains how to import data from a text file and map it.
*Inserting an icon
*Explains how to load an image file and insert it into a node.
*Creating a user-defined data model
*Explains how to create a simple network model based on the in-memory data in the New Diagram Wizard.
*Adding decorations for alarm severities
*Explains how to configure nodes so that they dynamically reflect any change in their status.
*Adding a node to a diagram
*Explains how to insert a node on an existing link and then lay out the nodes again.
*Using subgraphs
*Explains how to create a group, which is a node that contains a subgraph of other nodes.
*Displaying different levels of detail
*Shows how to define three different levels of detail for displaying the nodes.
*Using background maps
*Describes how to load a background map into a diagram.
*Importing data from a database
*Explains how to load data from a database and map it.
*Using data model expressions
*Explains an advanced feature for inserting references to the data model or expressions in certain property values.
*Importing data from a JViews TGO data file
*Explains how to load data from a JViews TGO data file.
*Setting base text direction
*Describes how to set base text direction in a diagram.

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