##Extended Design Structure Matrix (XDSM) ###python and Tex code of generation utitlity

Requirement:

• Python 2.7.X
• newest TexLive or other latex suite (need Xetex-relevant pacakges)

Feature(Compared with original version):

1. add input-ouput node generation()
2. add chain line support(addChain method)
3. Chinese support based on Xetex, (using XDSMCJK)

Detals can be refered from the source code and example file.

Any question contact:

greatcwmine AT gmail DOT com

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This code is a modified version from

http://mdolab.engin.umich.edu/content/xdsm-overview

licensed by:

The XDSM LaTeX source and generator files are provided as-is and free of charge. Users are free to download, modify, and redistribute the software as they please, provided this notice remains.

If you use the XDSM format for research, we ask that you cite the following journal publication in your work:

A. B. Lambe and J. R. R. A. Martins, “Extensions to the Design Structure Matrix for the Description of Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis, and Optimization Processes”, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, vol. 46, no. 2, p. 273-284, 2012.

Thank A. B. Lambe, J. R. R. A. Martins for developing and sharing