// translate the layout panel down and across so that it is not hard up
// against the side of the splitPane box.
MutableTransformer modelTransformer = vv.getRenderContext().getMultiLayerTransformer().getTransformer(
Layer.LAYOUT);
modelTransformer.translate(25, 25);
// setup the transformers for the visualisation
e_eft = new EdgeFontTransformer<Object, Font>();
e_elt = new EdgeLabelTransformer<Object, String>(vv);
e_ept = new EdgePaintTransformer<Object, Paint>(new Color(40, 40, 40), Color.black, vv);