2.7. Block Diagram Family¶

Todo

activate “Block Diagram Family” extensions.

blockdiag and its family generate diagram images from simple text files:

.. blockdiag::

   blockdiag {
       blockdiag -> generates -> "block-diagrams";
       blockdiag -> is -> "very easy!";

       blockdiag [color = "greenyellow"];
       "block-diagrams" [color = "pink"];
       "very easy!" [color = "orange"];
   }

Features

Supports many types of diagrams
- block diagram (w/ blockdiag)
- sequence diagram (w/ seqdiag)
- activity diagram (w/ actdiag)
- logical network diagram (w/ nwdiag)
- rack-structure diagram (w/ rackdiag)
- packet header diagram (w/ packetdiag)
Generates beautiful diagram images from simple text format (similar to Graphviz’s dot format)
Layouts diagram elements automatically
Embeds to many documentations; Sphinx, Trac, Redmine, and some Wikis

List of Diagrams