Automatically creating diagrams

[andykennelly]

I know I can easily import a list of elements using the CSV import function.

And I know I can even create links as part of the import if I use scripting. That would then position me to create diagrams with linked elements when subsequently I drag/drop the elements onto a diagram.

I'm now wondering if it's possible to automatically create those diagrams, e.g. for each folder created during the import a diagram is created with the relevant elements and their links - if this is technically possible, I'm seeing a very complex piece of scripting to make it happen!

Maybe the nearest I can get to this is to manually drag/drop and then use Diagram | Layout Diagram.

Any views? Is this somewhere anybody else has been?

[ken.norcross]

I have used scripts to at least create the diagram and add the items to the diagram. In my case I had many packages with a small number of items in each, so I at least wanted to automate that much.

I still had to manually go into each diagram and resize/relayout so the solution was not ideal.

[qwerty]

There's a LayoutDiagram method in the project interface. You might use that as a start.

q.

[ken.norcross]

There's a LayoutDiagram method in the project interface. You might use that as a start.

q.

Thanks for the pointer!