2.7. Block Diagram Family¶
blockdiag and its family generate diagram images from simple text files:
- Features
Supports many types of diagrams
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
The output image format at generating HTML docs is either default PNG or SVG as preferred for this document.
The output image format at generating PDF docs (through LaTeX) is either default PNG or PDF as preferred for this document. In case of PDF, the ReportLab library is required.