Is it possible to create a dependency graph using the architecture explorer?

Question

VS2010 has got an option in the Architecture menu called "Create dependency graph".

It works great except it seems to be all or nothing - all solution items end up in that graph and its very slow for our large solution.

I want to create a dependency graph by class, whose root is only a single class that I specify.

Is it possible to create a query (DGQL) in the architecture explorer that emulates the "Create dependency graph" but where I can specify the root class?

Answer 1

Maybe you can use the flexibility of the tool NDepend to generate the exact graph you need. NDepend comes with a dependency graph coupled with a dependency matrix. You can try NDepend straight on your code thanks to a Free Trial Edition. See screenshoots extracted from this blog post: Interactive Code Dependencies Graph