.. _ThreeDGraphPanel:

3D Graph Panel
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The 3D Graph panel can be used to browse and explore assets and their relationships in a three dimensional space. This can sometimes be helpful to better understand the general layout of a graph or the neighborhood of specific nodes.

The panel starts at the currently selected asset. Clicking on a node will expand any incoming and outgoing relationships.

**Toolbar Features**

* **Click node to expand neighbors**
  this is the default mode.
* **Click node to make it the globally selected asset**
  alternatively, right-click on individual nodes to select them. The selected node will be shown with a larger node.
* **Expand one Level**
  opens the neighborhood of all not yet expanded nodes, by one level.
* **Fit to screen**
  zooms and pans to make the complete graph visible.
* **Fly to selected node**
  zooms and pans to the node representing the globally selected asset.
* **Reset to XY**
  clears the graph to keep the currently globally selected asset.

**Settings**

* **Select Relationship**
  opens a dialog where you can select which particular relationship to expand (only).
* **Show Arrow Heads**
  displays pointers on the edges to indicate the direction of relationships.
* **Show Edge Labels**
  displays the name of relationship properties on the edges.
* **Show Node Labels**
  displays the names of assets on the nodes.
* **Show Type Links**
  expanding a node usually does *not* follow **rdf:type** relationships.
  This is because the graph would otherwise quickly become too full and cross meta-levels.
  Activate this setting here in case you want to see them.

**See Also**

* :ref:`BatchActions_HighlightIn3DGraph`
* :ref:`EDGDiagramPanel`
* :ref:`GraphExplorerPanel`

**Further Reading on TopBraid**

* :ref:`introduction`