Tom Sawyer Visualization, Java Edition

When integrated into your application, Tom Sawyer Visualization enables users to view and interact with relationships in data.

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Release Notes

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Evaluation

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Features

Add immediate value to your application by incorporating these robust features:

Technology
  • Java 8, 11, and 12
  • 100% Pure Java components
  • Localizable
  • Compatible with Tom Sawyer Analysis
  • Unified service design for layout and analysis
  • Eclipse SWT integration support
Documentation
  • HTML format with content tabs
  • Global search capability
  • Practical, in-depth tutorials
  • Design, development, and deployment guides
  • Detailed API reference
Drawings
  • Graph-based data model
  • Batch processing APIs
  • Efficient iteration
  • Nodes with polygon shapes
  • Edges with routes
  • Nodes with connectors
  • Nested drawings
  • Attach properties to drawing elements
  • Event system
  • XML read and write
Graphics
  • AWT graphics
  • Bitmap and vector images
  • Data-driven graphics
  • Rule-driven graphics
  • Level-of-detail graphics
  • Scene-based graphics
  • Drawing backgrounds
  • Node borders, colors, images, and text
  • Edge line thickness, colors, and styles
  • Arrowhead styles
  • Connector graphics
  • HTML-formatted tooltips
  • Multi-line tooltips
  • Multi-line text fields
  • Web page linking
Display Components
  • Drawing canvas
  • Drawing overview
  • Drawing element property inspector
Rendering
  • Swing-based rendering
  • High-speed rendering
  • Double-buffered rendering
  • Minimum invalid region refresh
  • Fade transitions
  • Interpolated animation
Printing and Exporting
  • Print setup dialog
  • Print preview
  • Multipage print
  • Image export
User Interactions
  • Tools and commands
  • Hit testing
  • Automatic scroll
  • Standard selection
  • Marquee selection
  • Pan
  • Link navigation
  • Marquee zoom
  • Interactive zoom
  • Fit in canvas
  • Customizable context menus
  • Customizable cursors
Diagramming
  • Undo and redo
  • Add, delete, and move
  • Cut, copy, paste, and duplicate
  • Drag-and-drop
  • Manual edge routing
  • Ploughing
Complexity Management
  • Drill down
  • Drill up
  • Expand
  • Collapse
  • Nest
  • Fold
  • Hide
Layout
  • Scalable layout
  • High-speed layout
  • Circular layout
  • Hierarchical layout
  • Orthogonal layout
  • Symmetric layout
  • Multi-threaded layout
  • Global layout
  • Incremental layout
  • Nested layout
  • Partial nested layout
  • Constraint-based layout
  • Labeling
  • Routing
  • Drawing fitting
  • Layout progress
  • Layout cancel
  • Layout animation
  • Layout properties dialog
  • Layout constraints dialog
Labeling
  • Automatic labeling
  • Global labeling
  • Incremental labeling
  • Overlap-free orthogonal labeling
  • Rotated labeling
  • Symmetric rotated labeling with edge-length control

Tiering

Tom Sawyer Visualization is now available in tiered pricing categories. Tiering allows you to purchase individually priced sets of features and capabilities for your application. Over an application lifecycle, you may choose to expand the scope to include more features of Tom Sawyer Visualization. The tiered categories are packaged in two tracks: Batch and Interactive. Each track is designed to address the needs of a particular application scenario.

Batch

Features First Tier Second Tier Third Tier
Two layout styles ● ■ ■ ■
All layout styles ● ■ ■
Global layout ■ ■ ■
Incremental layout ■
Constraint-based layout ■
Rotated labeling ■
Edge routing ■ ■
Global labeling ■ ■ ■
Viewing tools group 1 ● ■ ■ ■
Viewing tools group 2 ● ■ ■
Editing tools group 1 ● ■ ■
Editing tools group 2 ● ■
Printing tools group 1 ● ■ ■ ■
Printing tools group 2 ● ■
Drill down ■ ■
Nesting ■
Hiding and folding ■
Image export ■ ■
Property viewing and editing ■ ■

● Customer chooses preferred layout styles at the time of purchase.

● See Definitions.

Interactive

Features First Tier Second Tier Third Tier
Two layout styles ● ■ ■
All layout styles ● ■
Global layout ■ ■
Incremental layout ■
Constraint-based layout ■
Rotated labeling ■
Edge routing ■ ■
Global labeling ■ ■ ■
Viewing tools group 1 ● ■ ■ ■
Viewing tools group 2 ● ■ ■
Editing tools group 1 ● ■ ■ ■
Editing tools group 2 ● ■ ■
Printing tools group 1 ● ■ ■ ■
Printing tools group 2 ● ■ ■
Drill down ■ ■
Nesting ■
Hiding and folding ■
Image export ■ ■
Property viewing and editing ■ ■

● Customer chooses preferred layout styles at the time of purchase.

● See Definitions.

Definitions

Layout Styles
  • Circular layout
  • Hierarchical layout
  • Orthogonal layout
  • Symmetric layout
  • Tree layout
Viewing Tools

Group 1

  • Select
  • Pan
  • Marquee zoom

Group 2

  • Interactive zoom
  • Link navigator
  • Overview window
Editing Tools

Group 1

  • Add tools
  • Delete tools
  • Move
  • Resize

Group 2

  • Cut
  • Copy
  • Paste
  • Duplicate
  • Transfer
  • Reconnect
Printing

Group 1

  • Single-page print
  • Print preview

Group 2

  • Multipage print

System Requirements

Operating System Architecture Java
Apple macOS 10.14 Intel Oracle Java 8, 11, and 12
OpenJDK 11 and 12
Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
 Intel-compatible Oracle Java 8, 11, and 12
OpenJDK 11 and 12
Oracle Linux 7.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12.2 		Intel-compatible Oracle Java 8, 11, and 12
OpenJDK 11 and 12
Oracle Solaris 10
Oracle Solaris 11 		SPARC
Intel 		Oracle Java 8, 11, and 12
OpenJDK 11 and 12

Client Environments

Tom Sawyer Visualization supports these web browsers: