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Force-Directed Layout

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Last edited Sep 10, 2012

Created on Apr 27, 2012

This example shows a force-directed network graph where nodes appear incrementally, followed by their connecting links chaining into view one by one. Built with the D3 v2 `d3.layout.force`, it renders SVG circles and lines using data from the "miserables.json" character co-occurrence dataset. Each node fades in via `transition().delay()` and `attr("opacity")`; once visible, its links are queued and faded in sequentially through chained transitions triggered by the tick event.

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Force graph with node-link show up through chaining �� <a href="http://bl.ocks.org/2514183" title="view this gist via bl.ocks.org">?</a> <a href="http://bl.ocks.org/GerHobbelt" title="view a list of all my gists at bl.ocks.org">8</a>

Derived from gist 1125997 and gist 2511921, but now shows the nodes appear incrementally.

This variant also chains the display of the links one by one; links are only shown once their nodes are visible.

The alternative, which fades in all relevant links all at once for each node which shows up, see gist 2511921.

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