3D Force-Directed Graph

A web component to represent a graph data structure in a 3-dimensional space using a force-directed iterative layout. Uses ThreeJS/WebGL for 3D rendering and either d3-force-3d or ngraph for the underlying physics engine.

See also the 2D canvas version, VR version and AR version.

And check out the React bindings.

Examples

• Basic (source)
• Asynchronous load (source)
• Larger graph (~4k elements) (source)
• Directional arrows (source)
• Directional moving particles (source)
• Curved lines and self links (source)
• Auto-colored nodes/links (source)
• Text as nodes (source)
• Images as nodes (source)
• HTML in nodes (source)
• Custom node geometries (source)
• Gradient Links (source)
• Text in Links (source)
• Orbit controls (source)
• Fly controls (source)
• Camera automatic orbitting (source)
• Click to focus on node (source)
• Click to expand/collapse nodes (source)
• Fix nodes after dragging (source)
• Fit graph to canvas (source)
• Highlight nodes/links (source)
• Multiple Node Selection (source)
• Dynamic data changes (source)
• Node collision detection (source)
• Manipulate link force distance (source)
• Emit link particles on demand (source)
• Force-directed tree (DAG mode) (source)
• yarn.lock dependency graph (DAG mode) (source)
• Add external objects to scene (source)
• Bloom Post-Processing Effect (source)
• Pause / Resume animation (source)

Quick start

import ForceGraph3D from '3d-force-graph';

or using a script tag

<script src="//unpkg.com/3d-force-graph"></script>

then

const myGraph = ForceGraph3D();
myGraph(<myDOMElement>)
  .graphData(<myData>);

API reference

Initialisation

ForceGraph3d({ configOptions })(<domElement>)

Data input

Container layout

Node styling

Link styling

Render control

Force engine configuration

Interaction

Utility

Input JSON syntax

{
    "nodes": [
        {
          "id": "id1",
          "name": "name1",
          "val": 1
        },
        {
          "id": "id2",
          "name": "name2",
          "val": 10
        },
        ...
    ],
    "links": [
        {
            "source": "id1",
            "target": "id2"
        },
        ...
    ]
}

Giving Back

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