Dear all,
let me sketch the problem as best as I can;
I'm using yEd to represent a network of storage tanks. To get the most visual impact I had the idea to represent the occupance of the tanks by color filling the node representing the tank partially; so if the tank is more occupied, the color fill will fill the node more. So that's what I'm trying to achieve.
Now, I assume that single colored fills and even gradients are possible, but is there some way to achieve the partially color fill based on a supplied variable? (this is part one of the question)
Part two:
as a work-around i set the color fill of the node to transparent and supply a dummy node in the color that i want the partial fill to be and scale its height according to the supplied variable; then i place this dummy node behind the transparent node and I achieve the wanted effect. This works fine for rectangular nodes; however as this is a visual medium I want to use the nodes that look like actual cillindrical tanks. The proble; that arises here is that the curve of the dummy node changes as I scale the height (I take this is because of the scaling and flattening or stretching the node influences the curves). This has as a result that the curve of the dummy node is different than the curve of the original node and the work-around is not as visually pleasing as I'd want it. Is there a way to keep the curve the same as I scale the hight of the figures? (this is question 2)
I apologize in case there are language errors/ I just confused you / for posing a luxury problem. I would greatly appreciate confirmation that this is indeed not possible or helpful hints.
In any case, thank you for reading this long question!
