Object & Relation Properties
Objects are placeholders corresponding to, for example, a country, market, industry, company, financial instrument, individual, or place. They are populated with data “about” the chosen object (e.g. for a country object such as Canada, there might be data for GDP growth per year or population size). Objects are represented as models (spheres, flags, factories, etc.) in the space that moves when animated.
Relations connect two objects as a line in the 3D space to indicate a relation between the two objects; maps relations between entities (correlation, covariance, foreign exchange rates, industry exports/imports, etc.). Data associated with the relations between objects can be assigned to these relations.
Objects and relations have similar appearance settings: lables, image, color, and shape. They are outlined in the next sections.
Copying Relations
1. Copying relations deposits endpoints of copied relation(s) along with the relation if endpoints are not already present.
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Copy relation(s) from one space into another using one of the following methods:
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| The relation plus both endpoints are pasted into new space (unless the endpoints already exist—then only the relation will be pasted) |
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2. Copy Relation Endpoints to copy endpoints of the selected relation.
The result is two endpoints (objects) without the relation: |
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Expand Relations
Expand Relations to show or relations on an object.
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Right click on object and select Expand Relations. |
A panel appears showing all attached relations to that object. Select relations and drag into destination space/scene. |
Now relations and endpoints are in the destination space. |
