Measured connectionsModules sized from their text, named ports, orthogonal and straight routes, and graph layout.
Diagrams¶
Inklet draws diagrams from modules whose size is measured from their text, and from connections routed between named ports. Positions can depend on the measured size of other components, so a diagram keeps its spacing when a label changes. A diagram is placed in a document cell in the same way as a plot, so a methods schematic and its results can share one page, one preset and one set of panel letters.
Draw a diagram
Measured connectionsModules sized from their text, named ports, orthogonal and straight routes, and graph layout.
Component libraryScientific symbols arranged in stacks and grids and connected through named anchors.
A methods diagramA complete methods flow from the example scripts.
Routing and label placementWrapped module text, connector labels that avoid one another, and obstacle routing in larger diagrams.
Diagrams with plots
A diagram is a component like a plot, so both can be cells of the same document and share its preset.
Circuit beside twelve plotsPanel a of the dense figure page is a routed circuit diagram built with composition() and link().
Method diagram beside resultsA composition with named slots for a diagram, plots and a caption, reused with different content.
Diagram objects linked to measurementsDiagram objects keep their IDs when the plotted measurements are replaced.
Where to start¶
Read measured connections for composition(), modules, ports
and routes. fig.lint() includes rules for connectors: a link that crosses a
shape it was not routed to (LINK_CROSSES), two crossing links
(LINK_CROSSES_LINK), an arrow whose end misses its target (LINK_UNCLIPPED)
and a label drawn over its own link (LABEL_COVERS_SHAFT). See the
diagnostic codes.