Prevent overlapping records using graphviz and neato

Question

I am building a dot file to represent computer hardware and the physical connections to a network switch and displays. I have it looking ok when processed by the dot program but I think I really want it processed by neato to create a more "free form" picture as it starts to grom. Right now when I run my large file with neato, everything is overlapping. I am trying to figure out the syntax on where to define the `overlap` attribute. Below is a subset of my dot file. ``` graph g { node [shape=record,height=.1]; PC8[label="{{GigE1|GigE2}|{PC8}|{dvi1|dvi2|dvi3|dvi4}}"]; PC9[label="{{GigE1|GigE2}|{PC9}|{dvi1|dvi2|dvi3|dvi4}}"]; C1[label = "{{dvi1}|{C1}}"]; C2[label = "{{dvi1}|{C2}}"]; C3[label = "{{dvi1}|{C3}}"]; C4[label = "{{dvi1}|{C4}}"]; D1[label = "{{dvi1}|{D1}}"]; D2[label = "{{dvi1}|{D2}}"]; "PC8":dvi1 -- "C1":dvi1; "PC8":dvi…

Accepted Answer

Well, as with most questions...soon after I posted the I figured out the answer. I needed to add `graph [overlap=false];` at the top of the file.

Do it like this:

```
graph g {
    overlap = false;

node [shape=record,height=.1];
    /* ... */
}
```

Prevent overlapping records using graphviz and neato

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