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Support Y-matrix shapes / 3-dimensional shapes

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  • December 13, 2024
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I'd like to see a shape that can be used to easily produce 3-dimensional matrices (also known as an Y-matrix or Y-shaped matrix), that can visualize data relationships between 3 different, but related properties. Below is an example of such a matrix

An example of an Y-matrix

It would be great if you can add these as empty shapes, and use the shape properties to add and remove additional rows / columns on the X, Y and Z axis. For each row / column a text label is added. Which shapes you add into the cells, will be up to the user.

I'm currently drawing these by hand with lines, which is a pain 😅

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Ambar D
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  • Ambar D
  • Lucid community team
  • December 13, 2024

Hi ​@morgnl, thank you for this idea! I can certainly understand how this would be helpful to your workflow. We’re very interested in your feedback and committed to continually improving our products. If you’re willing to share, we’d love to hear more details about your specific use case.

We encourage anyone else who’s interested in this to upvote this post and share any additional details about what you’d like to see in this experience within this thread.

For more information about how we manage feedback in this community, please take a look at this post:

 

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  • morgnl
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  • December 13, 2024

One use case that I use these kinds of diagrams for, is to provide clarity into the relationship between software components, product lines and teams. 

Software components are owned a single team (N-1 relationship)
Software components are used (or planned to be used) in multiple product lines (N-N relationship)
Product lines are being worked on by multiple teams (N-N relationship)

The Y-matrix allows me to shows these relations at the cells of the matrix. I use different shapes for planned use and current use. If ownership needs to move from one team to another, I use arrows to indicate this.

Below is an example of this. I've had to blur the contents due to security reasons.

 

Ambar D
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  • Ambar D
  • Lucid community team
  • December 16, 2024

Hi ​@morgnl, thank you so much for providing additional context and another example here! This type of feedback is incredibly important to us. We're always looking for how we can make our products more effective for you, and understanding your experience and needs is essential.

We encourage anyone else who’s interested in this to upvote this post!

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