NDesiredDistanceForce Class

The NDesiredDistanceForce is a force, which couples an attraction force (edge force), and a repulsion force (vertex force). The two forces balance each other when the distance between connected vertices is equal to the specified desired distance.

Object Model

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Class NDesiredDistanceForce 
   Inherits NForce
   Implements Nevron.Nov.Dom.INDomDeepEquals, Nevron.Nov.Dom.INDomDeeplyCloneable, Nevron.Nov.INDeeplyCloneable

'Usage
 
Dim instance As NDesiredDistanceForce

public class NDesiredDistanceForce : NForce, Nevron.Nov.Dom.INDomDeepEquals, Nevron.Nov.Dom.INDomDeeplyCloneable, Nevron.Nov.INDeeplyCloneable

Remarks

The attraction force magnitute is computed by the following formula:

AttractionCoefficient * Math.Pow(distance, 2) / Math.Pow(DesiredDistance, 2)

The repulsion force magnitute is computed by the following formula:

RepulsionCoefficient * Math.Pow(DesiredDistance, 2) / Math.Pow(distance, 2)

Provided that the RepulsionCoefficient and AttractionCoefficient are equal, the two forces balance each other at DesiredDistance.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Nevron.Nov.Dom.NNode
      Nevron.Nov.Dom.NDocumentNode
         Nevron.Nov.Dom.NAttribute
            Nevron.Nov.Layout.NLayoutComponent
               Nevron.Nov.Diagram.Layout.NForce
                  Nevron.Nov.Diagram.Layout.NDesiredDistanceForce

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

NDesiredDistanceForce Members
Nevron.Nov.Diagram.Layout Namespace