DATA VISUALISATION SYSTEMS
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1. A method in a computer of building a visual representation model for presenting plural forms of data from a data source to a user, comprising the steps of creating a first file of data (model file) representative of one or more physical attributes of one or more elements associated with one of a plurality of nodes in the visual representation, creating a second file of data (configuration file) representative of visual attributes of the one or more elements for each of the plurality of nodes in the visual representation and associating a variation in the visual appearance of the nodes in correlation with variation in the data from the data source which is associated with the nodes.
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A method in a computer of building a visual representation model for presenting plural forms of data from a data source to a user, comprising the steps of creating a first file of data (model file) representative of one or more physical attributes of one or more elements associated with one of a plurality of nodes in the visual representation, creating a second file of data (configuration file) representative of visual attributes of the one or more elements for each of the plurality of nodes in the visual representation and associating a variation in the visual appearance of the nodes in correlation with variation in the data from the data source which is associated with the nodes.
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- 1. A method in a computer of building a visual representation model for presenting plural forms of data from a data source to a user, comprising the steps of creating a first file of data (model file) representative of one or more physical attributes of one or more elements associated with one of a plurality of nodes in the visual representation, creating a second file of data (configuration file) representative of visual attributes of the one or more elements for each of the plurality of nodes in the visual representation and associating a variation in the visual appearance of the nodes in correlation with variation in the data from the data source which is associated with the nodes.
- 45. A user interface adapted in a computer system to enable ease of location of an node within a two dimensional representation on a display of a three dimensional space, comprising representation of planes of three orthogonal planes within the three dimensional space on the two dimensional display, a user input mechanism enabling the user to select one of the three orthogonal planes and to locate the object on that plane, the user subsequently being able to select one of the two other orthogonal planes and to move the object in the selected plane or a plane parallel with it.
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