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Two recommended features

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In the types of graphs I am creating, links can be 'explanations' they link a hypothesis to a conclusion. The arrowhead is at the conclusion node. Some of the links though should be bidirectional (arrowheads in both directions, for instance if two hypotheses contradict each other). I don't see a way to do that with your API

Also, some explanations link more than one hypothesis to evidence. For instance
hypothesis 1 might be - Living creatures have a high rate of population increase
hypothesis 2 might be - Food for living creatures has a low rate of increase
Conclusion might be - Living things are in a struggle for existence against each other.
In that case, it might be nice to have a big circle appear around the two nodes that work together to arrive at the conclusion, so if A and B together result in C, then A and B could be in an ellipse that contains both nodes.
Thanks.

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Start by reviewing the graph API entry point and the existing graph layout and viewing behavior. Define how bidirectional links and multi-node explanatory groups should be represented and rendered, then verify that both requested feature cases work without disrupting existing graphs.

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csharp
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computer-graphics
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