VennMaker 2.0.3

Download full version of VennMaker.

For Linux, Mac OS X or Windows: Download VennMaker (zip archiv)

Installation:

Extract the downloaded zip file to your computer.
Open the VennMaker folder and start VennMaker: If you use Windows: execute vennmaker-windows.exe. If you use an other operation system: start vennmaker.jar (from the terminal or console: java -jar vennmaker.jar)

To start VennMaker, you need the current version of Java.

Tutorials and handbook: documents.

Source code: github

To cite VennMaker please use the following publication:

Gamper, M., Schönhuth, M., & Kronenwett, M. (2012). Bringing qualitative and quantitative data together: Collecting network data with the help of the software tool VennMaker. In Social networking and community behavior modeling: Qualitative and quantitative measures (pp. 193-213). IGI Global.

Support / Training / Programming

Book an online VennMaker workshop…

You can also hire Kronenwett & Adolphs to fix software bugs or to implement new functions in VennMaker: click here

Changelog

VennMaker …

VennMaker 2.0.1:

Bug fix:

Namegenerator: Number of max. allowed alteri: calculation changed
Nameinterpreter: radiobox table scrolling problem fixed
Config dialog: sector and circle attribute list contains an empty row: fixed
Filter in interview mode fixed
Small font size bug: VennMaker Menu font size can be changed in Free network drawing mode > menu: About > Set global font size

VennMaker 2.0.0:

Bug fix: Null pointer exceptions

VennMaker: Full version is now for free

VennMaker 1.5.9:

Bug fix:

CSV export: When a malformed attribute was used, then the export did not work.

VennMaker 1.5.8:

Bug fix:

Configuration: Relation visualization: Adding relational attribute values can cause an error
Configuration: Reopend config dialog: changed sector sizes will not displayed again

VennMaker 1.5.7:

Bug fix:

Configuration dialog: Sector attribute values could not be changed correctly

VennMaker 1.5.6:

Bug fix:

Template loading: Sometimes the relation color, thickness or pattern could not be loaded

VennMaker 1.5.5:

Bug fixing:

Configuration dialog: Sometimes the relation color, thickness or pattern could not be changed

VennMaker 1.5.4:

Bug fixing:

Configuration dialog: Null pointer exceptions fixed

VennMaker 1.5.3:

Bug fixing:

Interview mode: Ego questions: If long answer text were used, it happend that the text were not shown.

VennMaker 1.5.2:

Bug fixing:

Configuration: If the attribute values of an attributsymbol attribut was deleted, an error occurred sometimes.
VennMaker Hist Modul: Creating relations with the relation dialog produced an error message.

VennMaker 1.5.1:

Bug fixing:

Interview element: Some elements didn’t correctly display some characters (e.g. Hebrew, Arabic or Chinese)

VennMaker 1.5.0:

Bug fixing:

Relation group data export as csv matrix file: sometimes the matrix was defect
Config dialog: removing attributes caused sometime an error messages.

New features:

Add new functions with the help of modules
Example: add geographical maps and coordinates (latitude/longitude) via plugin

VennMaker 1.4.0:

Bug fixing:

Relation color adjustment problem fixed
Interview dialog: some display errors fixed
Adding existing actors in a cloned network map causing somtimes an error
Compute dialog: missing calculation of the frequency of actors per sector and concentric circles repaired.

New features:

Automatically adding actor to the related sector and concentric circle
Image export (jpg/png/svg) improved

VennMaker 1.3.6:

Bug fix:

Configuration dialog contains some bugs
Digital questionnaire contains some bugs

New features:

Save URLs in free answer attributes and open the URLs directly in the browser
Legend: single visual elements can be shown or hidden

VennMaker 1.3.5:

Bug fix:

Actor Pie: sometimes the attribute was wrong
Export: Proximity prestige: sometimes the results was wrong
Clone network dialog: cancel button did not function correctly
Interview element: relation: Some modifications did not function correctly
Sometimes VennMaker did not start
Filter: Some error occures depending on the filter setting
Sometimes the templates did not load correctly

New features:

Interview element: a global minium number of alteri can be defined
Interview element: a global maximum number of alteri can be defined
Interview element: switch to network and auto draw element: VennMaker automatically draw the network after automatically switching to the network map
Compute dialog: the frequency of all relational and categorical attribute values will be computed now
Error dialog: Contains a additional input field for writing additional error descriptions for the software developer
The network visualizing time increased
Two additional mouse cursor symbols: one for „draw actor“ and one for „draw relation“

VennMaker 1.3.2:

Bug fix:

Modifying the relational attribute values had no effect on the relation color, thickness or dashing
Creating network maps with the same names
Time measurment for the interview mode implemented

VennMaker 1.3.1:

Bug fix:

The switch between the questionnaire items did not work correctly.

VennMaker 1.3.0

New features: displaying relational attributes and values as line labeling or tool tip new questionnaire mode:
different types of name generators elements
different types of name interpreters elements
control the interview sequence with attribute filters
collecting relational data
different types of questionnaire elements for ego, alter, relations and meta elements
separate files for the configuration (template) and the interview data
all relations can be displayed and edited in a relation table
the network data can be exported as a pajek net file
the user can add notes to each network map
a new start dialog added
a new menu language added: French

VennMaker 1.2.8:

Bug fix:

Clicking on the windows close button caused sometimes a save error.

VennMaker 1.2.7:

Create new actors directly via the actor table
Perform Interview: Items will be display in full screen mode

Bug fix:

Perform Interview: directed relations will be displayed as arrows again
Perform Interview: name interpretator and matrix: free answer for each actor is now possible
Perform Interview: name interpretator and matrix: scroll function implemented

VennMaker 1.2.6:

Bug fix:

Import of actors caused an error

VennMaker 1.2.5:

Bug fix:

If in an interview sectors were used, then this caused an error.

VennMaker 1.2.4:

Bug fix:

Automatic saving at the end of an interview Import of actors with predefined attribute values
Backgroundimage will also be saved in the project

VennMaker 1.2.3

Bug fix:

cloning a network map with an active filter
Compute dialogue contains the correct sector names
Wrong direction of the concentric circle labels fixed
adding new relational attribute values is now possible
Interview configuration: the relation configuration is now loadable
symbol size: deleting attribute values is now possible
relation thickness and relation dashing: only the values of the selected attribute will be displayed
After cloning a network map, the attribute values can be changed via the sectors
New feature: the relation group can be renamed

VennMaker 1.2

Bug fix:

Increased compatibility with older venn-files
Configure-interview could not be performed correctly
Interview file could not be loaded
Move the network map-tab caused error
Mac version was not up to date
Changes in the configure dialogue were not accepted in part
The removal of all types of attributes led to an error
The removal of the default value sign led to an error
Sectors have been shown in legend, even if no attribute defined for this
Number of different relations are now exported to matrix file
Changes in symbol size were not always taken
New features: Chinese language support
Audio files can be exported
Preview of the relation thickness
Arrangement of attribute values with drag and drop
Attribute values can be displayed in the tooltip
Attribute values can be displayed to the actor name