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Venn Diagram Plotter

This program will draw correctly proportioned and positioned Venn diagrams, supporting both 2-circle and 3-circle Venn diagrams (though the overlap regions of 3-circle Venn diagrams are not always to scale). A Venn diagram is a method of visualizing the amount of overlap between two (or three) lists of data, using circles to signify the size of each circle and positioning the circles such that the area of overlap represents the amount of list overlap.

The program includes a graphical user interface (GUI) where the user enters sizes and amount of overlap between the two (or three) lists (the overlap must be determined separately by the user). The resultant Venn diagrams are displayed, the colors can be customized, and the diagrams can be copied to the clipboard or saved to disk.

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Version v1.3.2935 Requirements Microsoft NET Framework 1.1
Date Updated January 14, 2008 File Size (Software Tool) 311 KB (ZIP)
Registration Required No File size (Source Code) 300 KB (ZIP)
Developers Kyle Littlefield; Matthew Monroe
Comments Now supports three-circle Venn diagrams
See also the complete Revision History


Venn Diagram Plotter Screenshots

2-circle Venn Diagram


Simple and easy to use Graphical User Interface for creating area-proportional Venn diagrams

 

3-circle Venn Diagram


Create three circle overlaps with the correct layout and proportions. Also computes the number of items in each overlap region of a 3-circle Venn diagram.


 

Acknowledgment

Venn diagrams created with this software may be included in publications without explicit acknowledgment to PNNL. However, if the software is extended or modified, then any subsequent publications that result from the use of this software should include this statement:

Portions of this research were supported by the W.R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory (a national scientific user facility sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research and located at PNNL). PNNL is operated by Battelle Memorial Institute for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-76RL0 1830.