The NETDRAW Procedure

Functional Summary

The following tables outline the options available for the NETDRAW procedure classified by function. An alphabetical list of options is provided in the Dictionary of Options.

Table 7.1: Color Options

Description	Statement	Option
color of arcs	ACTNET	CARCS=
color of time axis	ACTNET	CAXIS=
fill color for critical nodes	ACTNET	CCNODEFILL=
color of critical arcs	ACTNET	CCRITARCS=
color of outline of critical nodes	ACTNET	CCRITOUT=
fill color for nodes	ACTNET	CNODEFILL=
color of outline of nodes	ACTNET	COUTLINE=
color of reference lines	ACTNET	CREF=
color of reference break lines	ACTNET	CREFBRK=
color of text	ACTNET	CTEXT=

Table 7.2: Data Set Specifications

Description	Statement	Option
Annotate data set	ACTNET	ANNOTATE=
Annotate data set	NETDRAW	ANNOTATE=
Activity data set	NETDRAW	DATA=
Network output data set	NETDRAW	OUT=

Table 7.3: Format Control Options

Description	Statement	Option
height of node in character cells	ACTNET	BOXHT=
width of node in character cells	ACTNET	BOXWIDTH=
duration variable	ACTNET	DURATION=
ID variables	ACTNET	ID=
suppress default ID variables	ACTNET	NODEFID
suppress ID variable labels	ACTNET	NOLABEL
upper limit on number of pages	ACTNET	PAGES=
indicate completed or in-progress activities	ACTNET	SHOWSTATUS
horizontal distance between nodes	ACTNET	XBETWEEN=
vertical distance between nodes	ACTNET	YBETWEEN=

Table 7.4: Full-Screen Options

Description	Statement	Option
reference break line character	ACTNET	BRKCHAR=
characters for node outlines and connections	ACTNET	FORMCHAR=
reference character	ACTNET	REFCHAR=

Table 7.5: Graphics Catalog Options

Description	Statement	Option
description for catalog entry	ACTNET	DESCRIPTION=
name for catalog entry	ACTNET	NAME=
name of graphics catalog	NETDRAW	GOUT=

Table 7.6: Graphics Display Options

Description	Statement	Option
length of arrowhead in character cells	ACTNET	ARROWHEAD=
center each ID variable within node	ACTNET	CENTERID
compress the diagram to a single page	ACTNET	COMPRESS
text font	ACTNET	FONT=
text height	ACTNET	HEIGHT=
horizontal margin in character cells	ACTNET	HMARGIN=
number of horizontal pages	ACTNET	HPAGES=
reference line style	ACTNET	LREF=
reference break line style	ACTNET	LREFBRK=
width of lines used for critical arcs	ACTNET	LWCRIT=
width of lines	ACTNET	LWIDTH=
width of outline for nodes	ACTNET	LWOUTLINE=
suppress filling of arrowheads	ACTNET	NOARROWFILL
suppress page number	ACTNET	NOPAGENUMBER
suppress vertical centering	ACTNET	NOVCENTER
number of nodes in horizontal direction	ACTNET	NXNODES=
number of nodes in vertical direction	ACTNET	NYNODES=
display page number at upper right corner	ACTNET	PAGENUMBER
pattern variable	ACTNET	PATTERN=
proportionally compress the diagram	ACTNET	PCOMPRESS
draw arcs with rectangular corners	ACTNET	RECTILINEAR
reverse the order of the pages	ACTNET	REVERSEY
rotate the network diagram	ACTNET	ROTATE
rotate text within node by 90 degrees	ACTNET	ROTATETEXT
separate arcs along distinct tracks	ACTNET	SEPARATEARCS
vertical margin in character cells	ACTNET	VMARGIN=
number of vertical pages	ACTNET	VPAGES=

Table 7.7: Layout Options

Description	Statement	Option
break cycles in cyclic networks	ACTNET	BREAKCYCLE
use dynamic programming algorithm to route arcs	ACTNET	DP
number of horizontal tracks between nodes	ACTNET	HTRACKS=
route arc along potential node positions	ACTNET	NODETRACK
do not use dynamic programming algorithm to route arcs	ACTNET	NONDP
block track along potential node positions	ACTNET	NONODETRACK
restrict scope of arc layout algorithm	ACTNET	RESTRICTSEARCH
use spanning tree layout	ACTNET	SPANNINGTREE
draw network as a tree, if possible	ACTNET	TREE
number of vertical tracks between nodes	ACTNET	VTRACKS=

Table 7.8: Line-Printer Options

Description	Statement	Option
reference break line character	ACTNET	BRKCHAR=
characters for node outlines and connections	ACTNET	FORMCHAR=
reference character	ACTNET	REFCHAR=

Table 7.9: Mode Options

Description	Statement	Option
invoke full-screen version	NETDRAW	FULLSCREEN
invoke graphics version	NETDRAW	GRAPHICS
invoke line-printer version	NETDRAW	LINEPRINTER
suppress display of diagram	NETDRAW	NODISPLAY

Table 7.10: Network Specifications

Description	Statement	Option
activity variable	ACTNET	ACTIVITY=
lag variables	ACTNET	LAG=
successor variables	ACTNET	SUCCESSOR=

Table 7.11: Time-Scale Options

Description	Statement	Option
align variable	ACTNET	ALIGN=
draw reference lines at every level	ACTNET	AUTOREF
frame network diagram and axis	ACTNET	FRAME
draw all vertical levels	ACTNET	LINEAR
maximum number of empty columns between tick marks	ACTNET	MAXNULLCOLUMN=
smallest interval per level	ACTNET	MININTERVAL=
number of levels per tick mark	ACTNET	NLEVELSPERCOLUMN=
suppress time axis on continuation pages	ACTNET	NOREPEATAXIS
omit the time axis	ACTNET	NOTIMEAXIS
stop procedure if align value is missing	ACTNET	QUITMISSINGALIGN
draw zigzag reference line at breaks	ACTNET	REFBREAK
show all breaks in time axis	ACTNET	SHOWBREAK
draw time-scaled diagram	ACTNET	TIMESCALE
use format of variable and not default	ACTNET	USEFORMAT

Table 7.12: Tree Options

Description	Statement	Option
center each node with respect to subtree	ACTNET	CENTERSUBTREE
order of the children of each node	ACTNET	CHILDORDER=
separate sons of a node for symmetry	ACTNET	SEPARATESONS
use spanning tree layout	ACTNET	SPANNINGTREE
draw network as a tree, if possible	ACTNET	TREE

Table 7.13: Web Options

Description	Statement	Option
image map output data set	NETDRAW	IMAGEMAP=
web reference variable	ACTNET	WEB=

Table 7.14: Zone Options

Description	Statement	Option
divide network into connected components	ACTNET	AUTOZONE
suppress zone labels	ACTNET	NOZONELABEL
zone variable	ACTNET	ZONE=
label zones	ACTNET	ZONELABEL
set missing pattern values using zone	ACTNET	ZONEPAT
leave extra space between zones	ACTNET	ZONESPACE