Output Formats
| Format | Command-line parameter | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BMP |
bmp
|
Windows Bitmap |
| CGImage |
cgimage
|
Apple Core Graphics |
| DOT |
canon
dot
gv
xdot
xdot1.2
xdot1.4
|
Graphviz Language |
| EPS |
eps
|
Encapsulated PostScript |
| EXR |
exr
|
OpenEXR |
| FIG |
fig
|
Xfig |
| GD/GD2 |
gd
gd2
|
LibGD |
| GIF |
gif
|
Graphics Interchange Format |
| GTK |
gtk
|
Formerly GTK+ / GIMP ToolKit |
| ICO |
ico
|
Windows Icon |
| Image Map: Client-side |
cmap
|
|
| Image Map: Server-side |
ismap
|
|
| Image Map: Server-side and client-side |
imap
cmapx
|
|
| Image Map: Server-side and client-side |
imap_np
cmapx_np
|
|
| JPEG |
jpg
jpeg
jpe
|
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| JPEG 2000 |
jp2
|
|
| JSON |
json
json0
dot_json
xdot_json
|
JavaScript Object Notation |
pdf
|
Portable Document Format |
|
| PIC |
pic
|
Brian Kernighan’s Diagram Language |
| PICT |
pct
pict
|
Apple PICT |
| Plain Text |
plain
plain-ext
|
Simple, line-based language |
| PNG |
png
|
Portable Network Graphics |
| POV-Ray |
pov
|
Persistence of Vision Raytracer (prototype) |
| PS |
ps
|
Adobe PostScript |
| PS/PDF |
ps2
|
Adobe PostScript for Portable Document Format |
| PSD |
psd
|
Photoshop |
| SGI |
sgi
|
Silicon Graphics Image |
| SVG |
svg
svgz
|
Scalable Vector Graphics |
| TGA |
tga
|
Truevision TARGA |
| TIFF |
tif
tiff
|
Tag Image File Format |
| Tk |
tk
|
Tcl/Tk |
| VML |
vml
vmlz
|
Vector Markup Language |
| VRML |
vrml
|
Virtual Reality Modeling Language |
| WBMP |
wbmp
|
Wireless Bitmap |
| WebP |
webp
|
WebP |
| X11 |
xlib
x11
|
X11 Window |
The output format is specified with the -Tlang
flag on the command line, where lang
is one of the parameters listed above.
The formats actually available in a given Graphviz system depend on
how the system was built and the presence of additional libraries.
To see what formats dot supports, run dot -T?.
See the description of the -T
flag for additional information.
Note that the internal coordinate system has the origin in the lower left corner. Thus, positions in the canon, dot, xdot, plain, and plain-ext formats need to be interpreted in this manner.
Image Formats
The image and shapefile attributes specify an image file to be included
as part of the final diagram. Not all image formats can be read. In addition,
even if read, not all image formats can necessarily be used in a given
output format.
The graph below shows what image formats can be used in which output formats, and the required plugins. On the left are the supported image formats. On the right are the supported output formats. In the middle are the plugins: image loaders, renderers, drivers, arranged by plugin library. This presents the most general case. A given installation may not provide one of the plugins, in which case, that transformation is not possible.
ID Output Note
In the formats: -Tcmap, -Tcmapx, -Tsvg, -Tvml, the output generates
id="node#" properties for nodes, id="edge#" properties for edges, and id="cluster#" properties for clusters, with the # replaced by an internally assigned integer. These strings can be provided instead by an externally provided id=xxx attribute on the object.
Normal \N \E \G substitutions are applied.
Externally provided id values are not used internally, and it is the user’s reponsibilty to ensure
that they are sufficiently unique for their intended downstream use.
Note, in particular, that \E is not a unique id for multiedges.