Grouping namespaces in NDepend graphs

Question

I've got a project with a base namespaces for shared interfaces and enums etc. This is divided into Base.Parameters, Base.Models and Base.Results, plus a few types just in Base.

Now, when I draw the dependency graph, it looks excessively cluttered because the base-component can potentially get 4 edges from all of the other components.

Is there a way to group the namespaces so instead of the mentioned four, I'd just have a single Base.*? I'm guessing I can use the .ParentNamespace property in CQL somehow, but I can't figure out how.

Any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

NDepend understands the concept of namespace group, but this concept is not queryable for now. Hence, the simplest way to obtain a graph with namespaces group, is to first visualize the namespace groups on the Dependency Matrix (by expanding the assemblies) and then export the Matrix's Code Elements to Graph, as shown in the pic below:

Enhancing namespaces groups and assemblies groups is something we'd like to propose in the future.