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Anyone want to discuss the feasibility of using a PCB layout package to
produce Family Trees? I have good reasons for suggesting this...
The problem with most family tree programs is the charting - the actual
printing of the tree. They are hopless at producing a tree containing
everyone in the data base because of the complexity. They mess up at the
"placement" stage and as a result the "routing" is a mess. You get family
members scattered accross the page and it's hard to follow.
To make matters worse many programs don't allow you to move people
(=packages) around on the page or if they do you can't easily add people to
the database later without having to start over (rip up everything) and
redraw the whole tree all over again.
These problems have been solved for PCB layout hence my suggestion. I guess
it needs a programmer familiar with PCB layou to go and work for a company
that writes family tree programs.
....and as a final thought... You could even have your family tree fabricated
in copper.
produce Family Trees? I have good reasons for suggesting this...
The problem with most family tree programs is the charting - the actual
printing of the tree. They are hopless at producing a tree containing
everyone in the data base because of the complexity. They mess up at the
"placement" stage and as a result the "routing" is a mess. You get family
members scattered accross the page and it's hard to follow.
To make matters worse many programs don't allow you to move people
(=packages) around on the page or if they do you can't easily add people to
the database later without having to start over (rip up everything) and
redraw the whole tree all over again.
These problems have been solved for PCB layout hence my suggestion. I guess
it needs a programmer familiar with PCB layou to go and work for a company
that writes family tree programs.
....and as a final thought... You could even have your family tree fabricated
in copper.
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