Improving Python NetworkX graph layout

Question

I am having some problems in visualizing the graphs created with python-networkx, I want to able to reduce clutter and regulate the distance between the nodes (I have also t

Answer 1

You have a lot of data in your graph, so it is going to be hard to remove clutter.

I suggest you to use any standard layout. You said that you used spring_layout. I suggest you to try it again but this time using the weight attribute when adding the edges.

For example:

import networkx as nx

G = nx.Graph();
G.add_node('A')
G.add_node('B')
G.add_node('C')
G.add_node('D')
G.add_edge('A','B',weight=1)
G.add_edge('C','B',weight=1)
G.add_edge('B','D',weight=30)

pos = nx.spring_layout(G,scale=2)

nx.draw(G,pos,font_size=8)
plt.show()

Additionally you can use the parameter scale to increase the global distance between the nodes.