Need help with charting

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Jerome Ranch

Need help with charting

Legg inn av Jerome Ranch » 10 jul 2007 02:41:15

I have a large family tree that, when the family gathers for reunions,
we gather around to update it.

It is large enough now that it is becoming impractical to keep it on
hard copy, so I've put parts of it into Family Tree Maker and Legacy.

I've been very disappointed with the printing capability of these
programs. I have a plotter at work, so I could print them to very
large size for our reunion. But these programs expect the chart to
begin with a single person. I don't want to do that..I don't want to
print it through the perspective of one person. There are many folks
in attendence and I want to print the WHOLE chart, without the
perspective of ancestry derived from one specific person. That way we
can all look at it at once and have a blast discussing our history.

Is there a printing program that will do this??


Additionally, the way that FTM draws the relationships between
generations is odd. Sontimes the descendant line is derived from the
male, sometimes from the female. And the female should always be on
the left side of a union, in FTM it varies from left to right at
random.

I'm not a happy camper.

Can you help?

Thanks
Jerry

Sherlock Holmes

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Sherlock Holmes » 10 jul 2007 06:04:21

Jerome Ranch wrote:
I have a large family tree that, when the family gathers for reunions,
we gather around to update it.

It is large enough now that it is becoming impractical to keep it on
hard copy, so I've put parts of it into Family Tree Maker and Legacy.

I've been very disappointed with the printing capability of these
programs. I have a plotter at work, so I could print them to very
large size for our reunion. But these programs expect the chart to
begin with a single person. I don't want to do that..I don't want to
print it through the perspective of one person. There are many folks
in attendence and I want to print the WHOLE chart, without the
perspective of ancestry derived from one specific person. That way we
can all look at it at once and have a blast discussing our history.

Is there a printing program that will do this??


Additionally, the way that FTM draws the relationships between
generations is odd. Sontimes the descendant line is derived from the
male, sometimes from the female. And the female should always be on
the left side of a union, in FTM it varies from left to right at
random.

I'm not a happy camper.

Can you help?

Thanks
Jerry
Hi Jerry,

If you have not looked at Brothers Keeper then may be this Genealogical
program my be of use to you.
Brothers Keeper used to be able to do drop charts, not sure if current
version will do this but may be worth a look at.

Hope this may be of some help.
David

Jonny

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Jonny » 10 jul 2007 06:25:32

Hi,
It is not possible to clearly show ALL relatives in large structures running
up and down on a paper with only two dimensions. The FamilyTreeFactory has a
treeview "Descendants of great-grandparents" of a primary person. That is
three generations back to the four great-grandparents couples and then all
descendants of these couples. Another method is to put together several
trees on one paper. Take a look at http://www.familytreefactory.com. May be it's
helpful.

Jonny

Lesley Robertson

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Lesley Robertson » 10 jul 2007 08:43:01

"Jerome Ranch" <ranchjp@mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:leo5931tlush54qbt2d6omg04klrucj4s1@4ax.com...
I have a large family tree that, when the family gathers for reunions,
we gather around to update it.

It is large enough now that it is becoming impractical to keep it on
hard copy, so I've put parts of it into Family Tree Maker and Legacy.

I've been very disappointed with the printing capability of these
programs. I have a plotter at work, so I could print them to very
large size for our reunion. But these programs expect the chart to
begin with a single person. I don't want to do that..I don't want to
print it through the perspective of one person. There are many folks
in attendence and I want to print the WHOLE chart, without the
perspective of ancestry derived from one specific person. That way we
can all look at it at once and have a blast discussing our history.

Is there a printing program that will do this??


Which version of FTM do you have? The modern versions have the possibility
of doing an "everyone in the database" tree, which is one of the reasons I
use it.
It does give priority to getting things onto the page, rather than to
arrangements - mind you, I've never seen this idea that the female should
always be on the left (indeed, I prefer them on the right if I have a
choice). I normally tell FTM to show males in rectangles and females in
lonzenges which makes things clear.
Lesley Robertson

Hugh Watkins

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Hugh Watkins » 10 jul 2007 10:29:44

Lesley Robertson wrote:

"Jerome Ranch" <ranchjp@mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:leo5931tlush54qbt2d6omg04klrucj4s1@4ax.com...

I have a large family tree that, when the family gathers for reunions,
we gather around to update it.

It is large enough now that it is becoming impractical to keep it on
hard copy, so I've put parts of it into Family Tree Maker and Legacy.

I've been very disappointed with the printing capability of these
programs. I have a plotter at work, so I could print them to very
large size for our reunion. But these programs expect the chart to
begin with a single person. I don't want to do that..I don't want to
print it through the perspective of one person. There are many folks
in attendence and I want to print the WHOLE chart, without the
perspective of ancestry derived from one specific person. That way we
can all look at it at once and have a blast discussing our history.

Is there a printing program that will do this??



Which version of FTM do you have? The modern versions have the possibility
of doing an "everyone in the database" tree, which is one of the reasons I
use it.
It does give priority to getting things onto the page, rather than to
arrangements - mind you, I've never seen this idea that the female should
always be on the left (indeed, I prefer them on the right if I have a
choice). I normally tell FTM to show males in rectangles and females in
lonzenges which makes things clear.
Lesley Robertson

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Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Lesley Robertson » 10 jul 2007 11:17:41

"Hugh Watkins" <hugh.watkins@gmail.com> wrote in message
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not the Beta of 2008 build 17

Hughh W



If they've removed the features I use, I won't be buying it.

Haven't got time for the beta until the weekend.
Lesley Robertson

Jerome Ranch

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Jerome Ranch » 10 jul 2007 12:48:21

Lesley

I'm "using" FTM16.

In genetics (thats my mindset) females are always on the left..that's
just the convention in genetic nomenclature.

Where is the "everyone in the databases" choice?

The only choices I see are antecedant charts and descendant charts. In
both cases one has to choose a proband, so to speak.


Maybe you can help me in this chart, made from the All-in-one Chart
(but it still asks for a starting point)


http://www.jerrysbigworld.com/testpedigree.jpg



I want the females to be circles and the males rectangles (common
genetic nomenclature) FTM doesn't give me much choice to change the
shape of the box (under Format>Box,lines..). By lozenge do you mean
hexagon? I don't have hexagons as a choice in my FTM 16.

See in one generation, the descendant line extends from the female
(ex. Anna Swtiawa), yet in other generations it extends from the
male side (ex.Frank Ranch). Why is this?? In my mind (again genetic
nomenclature) this descendant line ought to extend from the doublet
line comnecting the mating pair, not from an individual.

Thanks

Jerry




"Jerome Ranch" <ranchjp@mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:leo5931tlush54qbt2d6omg04klrucj4s1@4ax.com...
I have a large family tree that, when the family gathers for reunions,
we gather around to update it.

It is large enough now that it is becoming impractical to keep it on
hard copy, so I've put parts of it into Family Tree Maker and Legacy.

I've been very disappointed with the printing capability of these
programs. I have a plotter at work, so I could print them to very
large size for our reunion. But these programs expect the chart to
begin with a single person. I don't want to do that..I don't want to
print it through the perspective of one person. There are many folks
in attendence and I want to print the WHOLE chart, without the
perspective of ancestry derived from one specific person. That way we
can all look at it at once and have a blast discussing our history.

Is there a printing program that will do this??


Which version of FTM do you have? The modern versions have the possibility
of doing an "everyone in the database" tree, which is one of the reasons I
use it.
It does give priority to getting things onto the page, rather than to
arrangements - mind you, I've never seen this idea that the female should
always be on the left (indeed, I prefer them on the right if I have a
choice). I normally tell FTM to show males in rectangles and females in
lonzenges which makes things clear.
Lesley Robertson

Lesley Robertson

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Lesley Robertson » 10 jul 2007 12:56:22

"Jerome Ranch" <ranchjp@mchsi.com> wrote in message
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Where is the "everyone in the databases" choice?

The only choices I see are antecedant charts and descendant charts. In
both cases one has to choose a proband, so to speak.

I have FTM2005 but it was the same in earlier versions. Go to the charts

menu, the last choice on the list is "all in one". Go to options and check
whichever of the boxes you want.
Maybe you can help me in this chart, made from the All-in-one Chart
(but it still asks for a starting point)

Yes, but what you tell it doesn't matter as it'll show everyone, it's just
that whoever you choose is roughly central on the final tree, so pick
someone from the middle of your database. I usually ask for step families
and other unrelated trees, but not for the thick line on the primary
individual.
Lesley Robertson

Lesley Robertson

Jerome Ranch

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Jerome Ranch » 10 jul 2007 13:12:52

Lesley
Here's a page with standards for genetic pedigres (the kind of
nomenclature I prefer)

Jerry Ranch

http://www.bookrags.com/research/pedigree-gen-03/

Jerome Ranch

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Jerome Ranch » 10 jul 2007 13:16:22

Perhaps another way to phrase this query is.....is there a software
out there that will let me chart whole familys (and I mean everybody),
without regard to proband, using standard genetic pedigreee
nomenclature?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedigree_chart



Jerry

Lesley Robertson

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Lesley Robertson » 10 jul 2007 13:46:31

"Jerome Ranch" <ranchjp@mchsi.com> wrote in message
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Lesley
Here's a page with standards for genetic pedigres (the kind of
nomenclature I prefer)

Thank you, but I'm quite familiar with that type of thing.
I'm more pragmatic - I'd rather get the thing onto paper with a reasonable
layout.
Lesley Robertson

Donna in Texas

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Donna in Texas » 10 jul 2007 15:26:06

Jerry wrote:
is there a software
out there that will let me chart whole familys?

Would a descendant chart be helpful, assuming the people at the reunion
share a common ancestor?

Donna

Gjest

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Gjest » 10 jul 2007 16:31:28

Donna
Thats the problem. The brothers (Zieminski brosthers) came over
together from Poland, and then reunion includes family members that
are direct descendants and related by marriage as well

I may have to build a different descendant chart from each of the
brothers?

Jerry


On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:26:06 -0500, "Donna in Texas"
<donna316@tx.rr.com> wrote:

Jerry wrote:
is there a software
out there that will let me chart whole familys?

Would a descendant chart be helpful, assuming the people at the reunion
share a common ancestor?

Donna



Alida Spry

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Alida Spry » 10 jul 2007 16:45:47

Can't you just build the chart starting from the father of the two brothers?
Or am I missing something?


Alida


<jerry.ranch@pioneer.com> wrote in message
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Donna
Thats the problem. The brothers (Zieminski brosthers) came over
together from Poland, and then reunion includes family members that
are direct descendants and related by marriage as well

I may have to build a different descendant chart from each of the
brothers?

Jerry


On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:26:06 -0500, "Donna in Texas"
donna316@tx.rr.com> wrote:


Jerry wrote:
is there a software
out there that will let me chart whole familys?

Would a descendant chart be helpful, assuming the people at the reunion
share a common ancestor?

Donna




singhals

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av singhals » 10 jul 2007 16:58:47

Jerome Ranch wrote:

I have a large family tree that, when the family gathers for reunions,
we gather around to update it.

It is large enough now that it is becoming impractical to keep it on
hard copy, so I've put parts of it into Family Tree Maker and Legacy.

I've been very disappointed with the printing capability of these
programs. I have a plotter at work, so I could print them to very
large size for our reunion. But these programs expect the chart to
begin with a single person. I don't want to do that..I don't want to
print it through the perspective of one person. There are many folks
in attendence and I want to print the WHOLE chart, without the
perspective of ancestry derived from one specific person. That way we
can all look at it at once and have a blast discussing our history.

Is there a printing program that will do this??


Additionally, the way that FTM draws the relationships between
generations is odd. Sontimes the descendant line is derived from the
male, sometimes from the female. And the female should always be on
the left side of a union, in FTM it varies from left to right at
random.

I'm not a happy camper.

Can you help?

Thanks
Jerry

I'm picking up bits and pieces from later posts here --
stick with me.

1) who is on the left or the right depends (usually) on who
the descendant is; generally, descendants are listed here
and spouses to one side (which side depends on the
software). One program might follow the male lines first
and then go back and pick-up the females; one I know picks
up the females first; another will pick them up in
birth-order. Look at Legacy Family Tree or PAF (both free
downloads).

2) print it through the perspective of the Original
Progenitor, even if you have to FAKE one of those. I have a
tree tied to a Mr. NOT OURS who married Unknown. Any one I
know to be not-related to my main line is a NOT OURS and a
descendant of this couple.

3) there's a program around Geneotype, maybe? that does the
genetic tracking thingie; it used to be free, back in Win
3.1 days, but I think it cost under WIN9x.

4) or try the US Government chart (My Family Health, or
something similar), which can be d/l free from a nearly
invisible link on the page where you're invited to create an
on-line database.

HTH

Cheryl

Gjest

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Gjest » 10 jul 2007 17:07:11

No..you're thinking perfectly logically
I'm missing that..duh !
We don't know the name..but we don't have to for this use.
Jerry


On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:45:47 GMT, "Alida Spry" <a_spry@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Can't you just build the chart starting from the father of the two brothers?
Or am I missing something?


Alida


jerry.ranch@pioneer.com> wrote in message
news:sd9793p7m2bfg85tgk79b8c2cj5lhdd7o1@4ax.com...
Donna
Thats the problem. The brothers (Zieminski brosthers) came over
together from Poland, and then reunion includes family members that
are direct descendants and related by marriage as well

I may have to build a different descendant chart from each of the
brothers?

Jerry


On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:26:06 -0500, "Donna in Texas"
donna316@tx.rr.com> wrote:


Jerry wrote:
is there a software
out there that will let me chart whole familys?

Would a descendant chart be helpful, assuming the people at the reunion
share a common ancestor?

Donna





Henry Brownlee

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Henry Brownlee » 11 jul 2007 06:29:11

Start with (Unknown) or (Fnu) ZIEMINSKI. [Add him as the father of the
brothers, if you do not already have him in your database. Also add an
(Unknown) for the mother, if you do not know who she is either.]

--
Henry Brownlee
Houma, Louisiana

<jerry.ranch@pioneer.com> wrote in message
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No..you're thinking perfectly logically
I'm missing that..duh !
We don't know the name..but we don't have to for this use.
Jerry


On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:45:47 GMT, "Alida Spry" <a_spry@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Can't you just build the chart starting from the father of the two
brothers?
Or am I missing something?


Alida


jerry.ranch@pioneer.com> wrote in message
news:sd9793p7m2bfg85tgk79b8c2cj5lhdd7o1@4ax.com...
Donna
Thats the problem. The brothers (Zieminski brosthers) came over
together from Poland, and then reunion includes family members that
are direct descendants and related by marriage as well

I may have to build a different descendant chart from each of the
brothers?

Jerry


On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:26:06 -0500, "Donna in Texas"
donna316@tx.rr.com> wrote:


Jerry wrote:
is there a software
out there that will let me chart whole familys?

Would a descendant chart be helpful, assuming the people at the reunion
share a common ancestor?

Donna





CWatters

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av CWatters » 11 jul 2007 14:02:07

"Jerome Ranch" <ranchjp@mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:leo5931tlush54qbt2d6omg04klrucj4s1@4ax.com...
I have a large family tree that, when the family gathers for reunions,
we gather around to update it.

It is large enough now that it is becoming impractical to keep it on
hard copy, so I've put parts of it into Family Tree Maker and Legacy.

I've been very disappointed with the printing capability of these
programs. I have a plotter at work, so I could print them to very
large size for our reunion. But these programs expect the chart to
begin with a single person. I don't want to do that..I don't want to
print it through the perspective of one person. There are many folks
in attendence and I want to print the WHOLE chart,

Some programs can print a "tree of everyone" but I was disappointed by the
results last time I tried. I felt I could do much better so two or three
years ago I tried to find a program that would allow you to move the boxes
around after the tree had been created but without much luck. I did find one
program BUT it was very buggy. Also the moment you add someone to the tree
and redraw it you have to repeat all the manual changes all over again
argghh. That was taking me two or three hours each time.

The problem is similar to that faced by people who design printed circuit
boards for computers. They need to be able to add new components to an
existing design without having to redraw all the existing traces (wires) .

Graham Hadfield

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Graham Hadfield » 11 jul 2007 19:06:34

As you have seen, the closest you can get to your requirements with FTM
is the All In One chart. Some other programs can generate similar charts
but all share the factor that, in order to do so, it isn't practical to
take account of easy readability or all the factors which you have
described.

There is a program called TreeDraw (shareware program downloadable from
http://www.spansoft.org) which is a pure charting program and works by creating
descendant and ancestor charts from Gedcom files.

With that program you can create a chart (ancestor or descendant as
appropriate) which encompasses the majority of your database and then
add on the other parts at the appropriate places. You can also arrange
the entries for people to be in the order which you want them to be.

It takes a fair amount of effort but it is the only program I know which
gives you the flexibility you seek.

We created a chart for one customer which contained all the known
descendants of ten ancestral lines, joined where appropriate and
including cousin marriages. From memory, out of around 500 people in the
chart we had to show just two people on the chart twice in order to
avoid crossing lines.

Regards,
Graham

Gjest

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Gjest » 13 jul 2007 19:35:27

On Jul 9, 9:41 pm, Jerome Ranch <ranc...@mchsi.com> wrote:
I have a large family tree that, when the family gathers for reunions,
we gather around to update it.

It is large enough now that it is becoming impractical to keep it on
hard copy, so I've put parts of it into Family Tree Maker and Legacy.

I've been very disappointed with the printing capability of these
programs. I have a plotter at work, so I could print them to very
large size for our reunion. But these programs expect the chart to
begin with a single person. I don't want to do that..I don't want to
print it through the perspective of one person. There are many folks
in attendence and I want to print the WHOLE chart, without the
perspective of ancestry derived from one specific person. That way we
can all look at it at once and have a blast discussing our history.

Is there a printing program that will do this??

Additionally, the way that FTM draws the relationships between
generations is odd. Sontimes the descendant line is derived from the
male, sometimes from the female. And the female should always be on
the left side of a union, in FTM it varies from left to right at
random.

I'm not a happy camper.

Can you help?

Thanks
Jerry

I don't know if it is still out there but the heavy hitter used to be
roots magic. It is like 2 steps above Brother's Keeper but there is
software between these high end systems. You could get a proper
chart printed for you via the web. You need to pay handsomly per
chart. It uses a plotter or some other commercial printing device that
make wall sized charts. There are limits to how much can be printed
on these charts. However, the commercial printers are way bigger than
a home printer.

Jerome Ranch

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Jerome Ranch » 14 jul 2007 00:23:23

Graham
Thanks for the lead on this program.
I'll give it a look
And yes the all in one from FTM, while including a lot, doesn't
include everything.

http://www.jerrysbigworld.com/testpedigree.jpg

In my pedigree for example, I need to include Frank Ranch's (my
fathers) siblings, their spouses, children etc (but since they are not
in direct descendence, they are not shown).

While I realize that showing all could be a mess, at the reunion,
folks from all wings of the family are there..not only the direct
descendents. And they like to see where they are related, and the new
additions, and losses, we have from the previous year.

Regards
Jerry





As you have seen, the closest you can get to your requirements with FTM
is the All In One chart. Some other programs can generate similar charts
but all share the factor that, in order to do so, it isn't practical to
take account of easy readability or all the factors which you have
described.

There is a program called TreeDraw (shareware program downloadable from
http://www.spansoft.org) which is a pure charting program and works by creating
descendant and ancestor charts from Gedcom files.

Jerome Ranch

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Jerome Ranch » 14 jul 2007 00:24:32

Not a problem for me..I have a large bed plotter at work I can use.
36" wide by as long as I'd like.
Jerry



I don't know if it is still out there but the heavy hitter used to be
roots magic. It is like 2 steps above Brother's Keeper but there is
software between these high end systems. You could get a proper
chart printed for you via the web. You need to pay handsomly per
chart. It uses a plotter or some other commercial printing device that
make wall sized charts. There are limits to how much can be printed
on these charts. However, the commercial printers are way bigger than
a home printer.

CWatters

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av CWatters » 17 jul 2007 13:32:19

"Graham Hadfield" <graham@jigrah.co.uk> wrote in message
news:K_8li.10354$fi4.5691@newsfe7-win.ntli.net...
It takes a fair amount of effort but it is the only program I know which
gives you the flexibility you seek.

Do you have to start over if you add an extra person to the GED?

Graham Hadfield

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Graham Hadfield » 17 jul 2007 16:23:59

CWatters wrote:
Do you have to start over if you add an extra person to the GED?


The chart file, once formed, is completely independent of the Gedcom

file. Text within the chart can be edited and new text and graphics can
be added as required.

We often undertake jobs for customers which involves inputting manually
recorded data and then forming a chart. In cases where there are
amendments/additions following supply of the draft chart I normally
update both the original file from which the Gedcom was taken (so as to
be able to generate a new Gedcom for supply to the customer) and the
chart separately.

TreeDraw also works with the Kith & Kin program from the same publisher
and there is a version which works with Legacy. I think that updates
from K&K can be carried through into the chart but not sure about the
Legacy version.

regards,
Graham

CWatters

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av CWatters » 19 jul 2007 21:17:18

"Graham Hadfield" <graham@jigrah.co.uk> wrote in message
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CWatters wrote:

Do you have to start over if you add an extra person to the GED?


The chart file, once formed, is completely independent of the Gedcom
file. Text within the chart can be edited and new text and graphics can
be added as required.

We often undertake jobs for customers which involves inputting manually
recorded data and then forming a chart. In cases where there are
amendments/additions following supply of the draft chart I normally
update both the original file from which the Gedcom was taken (so as to
be able to generate a new Gedcom for supply to the customer) and the
chart separately.

So you have to enter the data twice. Thats a pain if you are just starting
to compile your tree and expect to add a lot of people. I was hoping for a
tree drawing program that allowed you to import just the changes made to the
GED since the last import.

This sort of feature is essential for people doing Printed Curcuit Board
design in the electronics industry. If the engineer changes a component
(=person) the man doing the PCB layout doesn't have to start over or
manually add the data to both the circuit (=GED) and the PCB layout (=tree).
The new components (=people) appear with "rubber bands" showing where they
connect to (=who there family relations are).

Graham Hadfield

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Graham Hadfield » 21 jul 2007 16:38:59

CWatters wrote:
<snip>
So you have to enter the data twice. Thats a pain if you are just starting
to compile your tree and expect to add a lot of people. I was hoping for a
tree drawing program that allowed you to import just the changes made to the
GED since the last import.
My previous answer was based on the understanding that it was a single

person which you might need to add - I misunderstood what you meant by
"Do you have to start over if you add an extra person to the GED?", sorry.

Having entered details of several people in the FH database program of
your choice you can create a new Gedcom and then import the "extra"
descendant and ancestor charts as appropriate.

This sort of feature is essential for people doing Printed Curcuit Board
design in the electronics industry. If the engineer changes a component
(=person) the man doing the PCB layout doesn't have to start over or
manually add the data to both the circuit (=GED) and the PCB layout (=tree).
The new components (=people) appear with "rubber bands" showing where they
connect to (=who there family relations are).
I assume that in that case the PCB data entry and charting programs have

an integral link. That is the sort of link (which I mentioned in my
message) which TreeDraw has with Kith & Kin (and possibly Legacy). If
you were to use K&K for data entry (as opposed to, say, FTM) then you
would achieve your object.

Graham

CWatters

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av CWatters » 21 jul 2007 18:48:42

"Graham Hadfield" <graham@jigrah.co.uk> wrote in message
news:nMpoi.286$vi3.75@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...
I assume that in that case the PCB data entry and charting programs have
an integral link.
That is the sort of link (which I mentioned in my
message) which TreeDraw has with Kith & Kin (and possibly Legacy). If
you were to use K&K for data entry (as opposed to, say, FTM) then you
would achieve your object.

Graham

Thanks I'll have another look when I get chance.

Donna in Texas

Re: Need help with charting

Legg inn av Donna in Texas » 22 jul 2007 14:49:58

With Legacy, to correct/update a TreeDraw chart already created, you
re-import the Legacy data into TreeDraw. It is very easy to do, and not at
all time-consuming.

I have been pleased with the ease of the two programs working together.

Donna

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