I¡¯ve got another Netdraw weirdness. I¡¯m running UCInet 6.764 32 bit version on Windows. Within UCINet I¡¯m still using Netdraw 2.181 which is also the stand-along version in the Analytic Technologies folder.
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My last problem with Netdraw was arrows that I couldn¡¯t make disappear. We solved that problem by uninstalling the version of UCInet etc that I had and installing the current version. That was in February of this year¡ªand AFAIK my system
setup has not changed. I was able to use Netdraw and create great networks¡ªmoving nodes around as needed, adding attributes, etc.
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Now, two things are happening.
The .vna files are showing up labeled as Adobe Acrobat files when I look at them in my File Explorer¡ªwith no .vna extension. This is true of all vna files, apparently, and may have
something to do with Creative Cloud. I can still open the files with NetDraw, but that¡¯s where the next problem comes in.
A new network opened in Netdraw from a UCInet DL file works perfectly.
A Netdraw network saved as a ?vna file will open BUT you can¡¯t reliably or completely move nodes around¡ªold link lines are left behind. If I save the changed network as a new file
and reopen it, those traces are gone. But this is not a good thing¡ªand is new to me. And for what it¡¯s worth, the same thing happens with the vna files I successfully created earlier this year¡ªthat is link line traces left behind.
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Any thoughts are welcome¡ªI¡¯ve got a manuscript due in early November and all of my networks are currently only semi-manipulatable. I want more glorious graphics!!
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Kate McCain
Professor Emerita, Department of Information Science
