= Converting Django models into Graphviz DOT files =

Inspired by [http://www.hackdiary.com/archives/000093.html this nice hack by Matt Biddulph], this is a Python script that generates a Graphviz DOT file for quick visualizations of Django model definitions. 

== Source code ==

[http://unicoders.org/code/django/trunk/utils/modelviz.py View online] or [http://code.unicoders.org/django/trunk/utils/modelviz.py download from Subversion repository] (you could also set it as a svn:external on your repository to keep up to date with the latest revisons.)

== Examples ==

=== [http://www.mincer.it/ MC Minerali Ceramici] ===

{{{
#!html
<p style="text-align: center;">
<img src="http://code.djangoproject.com/attachment/wiki/DjangoGraphviz/mincer-modelviz-0.6.png?format=raw" alt="mincer example" />
</p>
}}}

== Command ==

Once you use this python script to generate the dot file ({{{app.dot}}}), ensure you have {{{dot}}} installed (part of Graphviz), and issue:
{{{
dot app.dot -Tpng -o app.png
}}}

== Other References ==

You might also be interested in [http://www.exit66.com/diagram.zip this Django app by Andrew Barilla ] from which I borrowed some ideas, that displays the graphviz results directly from the web.

== Feedback ==
Django Trunk GenericRelation->
{{{
try:
   from django.db.models.fields.generic import GenericRelation
except ImportError:
   from django.contrib.contenttypes.generic import GenericRelation
}}}
Please direct all feedback to [http://cavedoni.com/ Antonio Cavedoni].