Hierarchy Based 3D Visualization of Large Software Structures

  • Authors:
  • Michael Balzer;Oliver Deussen

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Konstanz;University of Konstanz

  • Venue:
  • VIS '04 Proceedings of the conference on Visualization '04
  • 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 work presents a three-dimensional visualization technique that represents the static structure of object-oriented software using distributions of three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional plane. 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 relationships between the subsystems.