The NETDRAW Procedure

Functional Summary

Table 9.1 outlines the options available for the NETDRAW procedure classified by function. An alphabetical list of options is provided in the Dictionary of Options.

Table 9.1: Functional Summary

Description	Statement	Option
Color Options
Specifies the color of arcs	ACTNET	CARCS=
Specifies the color of time axis	ACTNET	CAXIS=
Specifies the fill color for critical nodes	ACTNET	CCNODEFILL=
Specifies the color of critical arcs	ACTNET	CCRITARCS=
Specifies the outline color of critical nodes	ACTNET	CCRITOUT=
Specifies the fill color for nodes	ACTNET	CNODEFILL=
Specifies the outline color of nodes	ACTNET	COUTLINE=
Specifies the color of reference lines	ACTNET	CREF=
Specifies the color of reference break lines	ACTNET	CREFBRK=
Specifies the text color	ACTNET	CTEXT=
Data Set Specifications
Specifies the Annotate data set	ACTNET	ANNOTATE=
Specifies the Annotate data set	NETDRAW	ANNOTATE=
Specifies the Activity data set	NETDRAW	DATA=
Specifies the Network output data set	NETDRAW	OUT=
Format Control Options
Specifies the height of node in character cells	ACTNET	BOXHT=
Specifies the width of node in character cells	ACTNET	BOXWIDTH=
Specifies the DURATION variable	ACTNET	DURATION=
Specifies the ID variables	ACTNET	ID=
Suppresses default ID variables	ACTNET	NODEFID
Suppresses ID variable labels	ACTNET	NOLABEL
Specifies the upper limit on number of pages	ACTNET	PAGES=
Indicates completed or in-progress activities	ACTNET	SHOWSTATUS
Specifies the horizontal distance between nodes	ACTNET	XBETWEEN=
Specifies the vertical distance between nodes	ACTNET	YBETWEEN=
Full-Screen Options
Specifies the reference break line character	ACTNET	BRKCHAR=
Specifies the characters for node outlines and connections	ACTNET	FORMCHAR=
Specifies the reference character	ACTNET	REFCHAR=
Graphics Catalog Options
Specifies the description for the catalog entry	ACTNET	DESCRIPTION=
Specifies the name for the catalog entry	ACTNET	NAME=
Specifies the name of the graphics catalog	NETDRAW	GOUT=
Graphics Display Options
Specifies the length of arrowhead in character cells	ACTNET	ARROWHEAD=
Centers each ID variable within node	ACTNET	CENTERID
Compresses the diagram to a single page	ACTNET	COMPRESS
Specifies the text font	ACTNET	FONT=
Specifies the text height	ACTNET	HEIGHT=
Specifies the horizontal margin in character cells	ACTNET	HMARGIN=
Specifies the number of horizontal pages	ACTNET	HPAGES=
Specifies the reference line style	ACTNET	LREF=
Specifies the reference break line style	ACTNET	LREFBRK=
Specifies the width of lines used for critical arcs	ACTNET	LWCRIT=
Specifies the width of lines	ACTNET	LWIDTH=
Specifies the width of outline for nodes	ACTNET	LWOUTLINE=
Suppresses filling of arrowheads	ACTNET	NOARROWFILL
Suppresses page number	ACTNET	NOPAGENUMBER
Suppresses vertical centering	ACTNET	NOVCENTER
Specifies the number of nodes in horizontal direction	ACTNET	NXNODES=
Specifies the number of nodes in vertical direction	ACTNET	NYNODES=
Displays page number at upper right corner	ACTNET	PAGENUMBER
Specifies the PATTERN variable	ACTNET	PATTERN=
Proportionally compresses the diagram	ACTNET	PCOMPRESS
Draws arcs with rectangular corners	ACTNET	RECTILINEAR
Reverses the order of the y pages	ACTNET	REVERSEY
Rotates the network diagram	ACTNET	ROTATE
Rotates text within node by 90 degrees	ACTNET	ROTATETEXT
Draws arcs along distinct tracks	ACTNET	SEPARATEARCS
Specifies the vertical margin in character cells	ACTNET	VMARGIN=
Specifies the number of vertical pages	ACTNET	VPAGES=
Layout Options
Breaks cycles in cyclic networks	ACTNET	BREAKCYCLE
Uses dynamic programming algorithm to route arcs	ACTNET	DP
Specifies the number of horizontal tracks between nodes	ACTNET	HTRACKS=
Routes arcs along potential node positions	ACTNET	NODETRACK
Disables use of dynamic programming to route arcs	ACTNET	NONDP
Blocks track along potential node positions	ACTNET	NONODETRACK
Restricts scope of arc layout algorithm	ACTNET	RESTRICTSEARCH
Uses spanning tree layout	ACTNET	SPANNINGTREE
Draws network as a tree, if possible	ACTNET	TREE
Specifies the number of vertical tracks between nodes	ACTNET	VTRACKS=
Line-Printer Options
Specifies the reference break line character	ACTNET	BRKCHAR=
Specifies the characters for node outlines and connections	ACTNET	FORMCHAR=
Specifies the reference character	ACTNET	REFCHAR=
Mode Options
Invokes full-screen version	NETDRAW	FULLSCREEN
Invokes graphics version	NETDRAW	GRAPHICS
Invokes line-printer version	NETDRAW	LINEPRINTER
Suppresses display of diagram	NETDRAW	NODISPLAY
Network Specifications
Specifies the ACTIVITY variable	ACTNET	ACTIVITY=
Specifies the LAG variables	ACTNET	LAG=
Specifies the SUCCESSOR variables	ACTNET	SUCCESSOR=
Time-Scale Options
Specifies the ALIGN variable	ACTNET	ALIGN=
Draws reference lines at every level	ACTNET	AUTOREF
Draws a border around the network diagram and axes	ACTNET	FRAME
Draws all vertical levels	ACTNET	LINEAR
Specifies the maximum number of empty columns between tick marks	ACTNET	MAXNULLCOLUMN=
Specifies the smallest interval per level	ACTNET	MININTERVAL=
Specifies the number of levels per tick mark	ACTNET	NLEVELSPERCOLUMN=
Suppresses time axis on continuation pages	ACTNET	NOREPEATAXIS
Omits the time axis	ACTNET	NOTIMEAXIS
Stops procedure if align value is missing	ACTNET	QUITMISSINGALIGN
Draws zigzag reference line at breaks	ACTNET	REFBREAK
Shows all breaks in time axis	ACTNET	SHOWBREAK
Draws time-scaled diagram	ACTNET	TIMESCALE
Uses format of variable and not default	ACTNET	USEFORMAT
Tree Options
Centers each node with respect to subtree	ACTNET	CENTERSUBTREE
Specifies the order of the children of each node	ACTNET	CHILDORDER=
Separates the sons of a node for symmetry	ACTNET	SEPARATESONS
Uses spanning tree layout	ACTNET	SPANNINGTREE
Draws network as a tree, if possible	ACTNET	TREE
Web Options
Specifies the Image map output data set	NETDRAW	IMAGEMAP=
Specifies the HTML variable	ACTNET	WEB=
Zone Options
Divides network into connected components	ACTNET	AUTOZONE
Suppresses zone labels	ACTNET	NOZONELABEL
Specifies the ZONE variable	ACTNET	ZONE=
Labels zones	ACTNET	ZONELABEL
Sets missing pattern values using zone	ACTNET	ZONEPAT
Leaves extra space between zones	ACTNET	ZONESPACE