**Update 2:** Hiding the edges within the same community for general, not-necessarily tri-partite, graphs: ClearAll[insideEdges] insideEdges[g_, c_]:=Select[EdgeList[g], Or @@ (Function[c, SubsetQ[c, {##}] ]/@c)& @@ #&] **Examples:** zkc = ExampleData[{"NetworkGraph", "ZacharyKarateClub"}]; CommunityGraphPlot[zkc, CommunityRegionStyle -> {LightRed, LightGreen, LightBlue}, EdgeStyle -> {Alternatives @@ insideEdges[zkc, FindGraphCommunities[zkc]] :> Opacity[0]}] [![enter image description here][1]][1] dsn= ExampleData[{"NetworkGraph", "DolphinSocialNetwork"}]; CommunityGraphPlot[dsn, CommunityRegionStyle -> 97, EdgeStyle -> {Alternatives @@ insideEdges[dsn, FindGraphCommunities[dsn]] :> Opacity[0]}] [![enter image description here][2]][2] **Update 1:** athreepartitegraph = CompleteGraph[{10, 7, 3}, GraphLayout -> {"MultipartiteEmbedding", "VertexPartition" -> {10, 7, 3}}, ImageSize -> 400, VertexLabels -> "Name", ImagePadding -> 20]; cgp = CommunityGraphPlot[athreepartitegraph, {Range[10], Range[11, 17], Range[18, 20]}, Method -> "Hierarchical"]; Row[{athreepartitegraph, cgp}] ![enter image description here][3] or CommunityGraphPlot[athreepartitegraph, {Range[10], Range[11, 17], Range[18, 20]}, Method -> "SpringElectrical"] ![enter image description here][4] to compare with alternative vertex layouts: Row[SetProperty[athreepartitegraph, GraphLayout -> #] & /@ {{"CircularEmbedding"}, {"CircularMultipartiteEmbedding", "VertexPartition" -> {10, 7, 3}}}] ![enter image description here][5] --------------- **Original post:** Maybe something like: g2 = ExampleData[{"NetworkGraph", "ZacharyKarateClub"}]; g2 = SetProperty[g2, {VertexLabels -> "Name", ImagePadding -> 20, ImageSize -> 400}]; fgp = FindGraphPartition[GraphComplement[g2], 3]; mpg = Graph[Flatten@fgp, EdgeList[g2], GraphLayout -> {"MultipartiteEmbedding", "VertexPartition" -> (Length /@ fgp)}, VertexLabels -> "Name", ImagePadding -> 20, ImageSize -> 400]; Row[{g2, mpg}] ![enter image description here][6] CommunityGraphPlot[g2, fgp, Method -> "Hierarchical"] ![enter image description here][7] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/LpBJS.png [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/avuio.png [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/xdThF.png [4]: https://i.sstatic.net/yNlcC.png [5]: https://i.sstatic.net/tVCOO.png [6]: https://i.sstatic.net/IrgNC.png [7]: https://i.sstatic.net/K2Q3D.png