Factory graph

Features

Draw a graph of recipes connected by the products consumed and produced
Automatic or manual layout of graph nodes
Highlight of connected recipes
Input of requested item or fluid
Automatic computation of a machine layout

How to start

To build a graph, it is necessary to select the recipes that are included in the graph.

Start 1

Enter graph mode (Alt K or top button)
Select recipe visibility All
Click on recipes to include
Select recipe visibility Selection
Click on product end point in recipe to display a list of recipe able to connect

Start 2

Select recipe visibility Selection
Click on button Add
Select a Search item for example
Select Path to build in action list
Click the Select all button

Start 3

In the nauvis surface, Control click on the graph button (top left). A selection tool is put on the cursor.
Select the part of the base to analyze

Start 4

Enter graph mode (Alt K or top button)
Select recipe visibility Selection
Click on button Add
Select a Item to build
Click on the combo box of one recipe, it adds the recipe to the selection
On the recipe object in the graph, click on the products of the recipe to add more connected recipes (red rectangle below).

Graph edition

On graph, Left click select or deselect a recipe (toggle)
On graph, Right click remove a recipe from a graph and get it at cursor. It can be put at another position on the graph. The key Delete has the same effect.
On graph, Control Left click edit the properties of a recipe especially for production
On graph, use the arrow Up, Down, Left, Right to move a recipe under the mouse cursor
The tools Deconstruction planner unselects the recipes
Blueprinting works as excepted especially to cut and paste part of the graph or save in blueprint book
In panels, Right click on a recipe open the recipe list panel

Production

Once the recipes are selected, the production panel (button Production) allows to define the expected output of product.
Click on a product to define the quantity of this product. A negative value means that the product in consumed by the recipes and not produced
(can be used to compute the end product quantity from the ingredients).

The matrix solver tries to compute the production/consumption of all products assuming that all intermediates products are consumed by the selected recipes.

If all works fine, a setup of machine is proposed.

If the matrix solver failed, it probably means that the constraint on intermediates products should be relaxed. Ctrl Click on some products to release the constraints (generally the products that are injected outside or are in excess, such as water or byproducts). The mods tries to propose some item/fluid but the choice are often not relevant. It is not easy to find the right products to unconstraint. In Space exploration, good choice is
"Thermofluid 25" and "Blank data card" for first level research.

Layers

A layer can be assigned to a recipe (Shift click on recipe on graph). A layer can be any signal. The current layer is choosen in the general settings.

If the visibility "setting" is selected, only layers selected in the general settings are displayed and present in the production panel. But the layers has no effect on the production computation (only display)