How to force node position (x and y) in graphviz
You can use pos attribute (https://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/attrs.html#d:pos), e.g.: xxx [ label = xxx pos = “0,0!” ] yyy [ label = yyy pos = “10,10!” ] You will also have to specify neato or fdp layout engine, so that dot command-line would be (for fdp): dot -Kfdp -n -Tpng -o sample.png sample.dot