Software landscapes: visualizing the structure of large software systems

Authors:
Michael Balzer;Andreas Noack;Oliver Deussen;Claus Lewerentz
Affiliations:
Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Konstanz, Germany;Software Systems Engineering Research Group, Technical University Cottbus, Germany;Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Konstanz, Germany;Software Systems Engineering Research Group, Technical University Cottbus, Germany
Venue:
VISSYM'04 Proceedings of the Sixth Joint Eurographics - IEEE TCVG conference on Visualization
Year:
2004

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Abstract

Modern object-oriented programs are hierarchical systems with many thousands of interrelated subsystems. Visualization helps developers to better comprehend these large and complex systems. This paper presents a three-dimensional visualization technique that represents the static structure of object-oriented programs using landscape-like distributions of three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional plane. The familiar landscape methaphor facilitates intuitive navigation and comprehension. The visual complexity is reduced by adjusting the transparency of object surfaces to the distance of the viewpoint. An approach called Hierarchical Net is proposed for a clear representation of the relationsships between the subsystems.