I wrote a simple program that creates 4 boxes and connects with arrows.
After creating all boxes and arrows, I did this:

SpringLayout spring = new SpringLayout();
spring.setIterations(100);
spring.setMinimizeCrossings(true);
spring.arrange(diagram);

a) sometimes the arrows are connected to the center of the boxes, sometimes to the edges - it's inconsistent (changes every time I run the program). What can I do to allways attach them to the boxes?
b) I'm not sure SpringLayout is what I need the most. I need to join all boxes together to show a map of a network. This means - best distribution, minimal crossings. How cna I do that?

Thanks!

Thanks for the update about 1.2, I'm really waiting for it. Will it include the Overview feature?

About the arrows - they do not intersect and still this happens.
http://albums.tapuz.co.il/Albums/getImage.aspa=1248443&b=0&c=1248443200751518491...
Do you know why?

Oh, this is what you meant. I looked for intersection in the arrows and not in the boxes.
Isn't there a layout I can use that automatically does a do-not-intersect computation on the boxes?

Thanks!
Yoav

Ok. So I assume that if I set the NodeDistance parameter to be larger than the distance btween one center to another center - it won't happen.
Is this correct?

Meaning:
NodeDistance > sqrt((width)^2 + (height)^2)

I see.
Thanks!
Yoav

Thanks - I'll give it a try.
Does it include Overview?

I guess this happens because the control only checks the center coordinates and ignores the sizes. We will change this to use the distance between the node borders, and not the one between their centers. Could you post here the code that setups the boxes and the SpringLayout?

Thank you,
Stoyan

Thank you, it should be ready by tomorrow.

Stoyan