Thanks for that link.... but Libre Office Draw is probably a lot more
like Vue than like a word processor. I posted a detailed genealogy
chart drawn using Libre Office Draw on line a few years ago, but unfortunately it's on Rootsweb which for that service, is still non-functioning.
On 28/04/18 20:03, Charlie Hoffpauir wrote:
Thanks for that link.... but Libre Office Draw is probably a lot more
like Vue than like a word processor. I posted a detailed genealogy
chart drawn using Libre Office Draw on line a few years ago, but
unfortunately it's on Rootsweb which for that service, is still
non-functioning.
In questions like this, a lot comes down to personal taste, but I
generally prefer Inkscape over Vue or Libre Office Draw if I want to draw
a family tree by hand.
Richard
"Richard Smith" <richard@ex-parrot.com> wrote in message news:fkk1lpFm6hnU1@mid.individual.net...
On 28/04/18 20:03, Charlie Hoffpauir wrote:
Thanks for that link.... but Libre Office Draw is probably a lot more
like Vue than like a word processor. I posted a detailed genealogy
chart drawn using Libre Office Draw on line a few years ago, but
unfortunately it's on Rootsweb which for that service, is still
non-functioning.
In questions like this, a lot comes down to personal taste, but I
generally prefer Inkscape over Vue or Libre Office Draw if I want to draw
a family tree by hand.
Richard
I've tried using MS Office, Dia, and some other general-purpose tool I can't remember the name of now, Richard, but none were designed specifically for the job. Hence, the results were never as good as I wanted, which is why I went the SVG route and produced a custom design tool for it. Generating a
JPG or other image format from the SVG is trivial, but you do lose that scalability.
I cringe at some of the ones I used to generate. I can now create a tree in
a tiny fraction of the time, and with thumbnail images in them, and change the layout or H/V orientation in a matter of seconds to produce a modified image.
I didn't originally intend to import trees using GEDCOM, but one of the
users found my design tool so useful he produced a free importer himself.
Tony
Thanks for that information Tony. I looked at the examples you linked,
and am very impressed. I think I can use this somehow, maybe not as originally intended, but it's so neat!
"john" <john1@s145802280.onlinehome.fr> wrote in message news:pc9i13$1d3f$1@gioia.aioe.org...
On 29/04/2018 00:30, Tony Proctor wrote:
"Richard Smith" <richard@ex-parrot.com> wrote in message
news:fkk1lpFm6hnU1@mid.individual.net...
On 28/04/18 20:03, Charlie Hoffpauir wrote:
Thanks for that link.... but Libre Office Draw is probably a lot more >>>>> like Vue than like a word processor. I posted a detailed genealogy
chart drawn using Libre Office Draw on line a few years ago, but
unfortunately it's on Rootsweb which for that service, is still
non-functioning.
In questions like this, a lot comes down to personal taste, but I
generally prefer Inkscape over Vue or Libre Office Draw if I want to
draw
a family tree by hand.
Richard
I've tried using MS Office, Dia, and some other general-purpose tool I
can't
remember the name of now, Richard, but none were designed specifically
for
the job. Hence, the results were never as good as I wanted, which is why >>> I
went the SVG route and produced a custom design tool for it. Generating a >>> JPG or other image format from the SVG is trivial, but you do lose that
scalability.
I cringe at some of the ones I used to generate. I can now create a tree >>> in
a tiny fraction of the time, and with thumbnail images in them, and
change
the layout or H/V orientation in a matter of seconds to produce a
modified
image.
I didn't originally intend to import trees using GEDCOM, but one of the
users found my design tool so useful he produced a free importer himself. >>>
Tony
Unfortunately, when I tried the GEDCOM conversion program I found various
problems with larger trees.
By far the best charting program I found was in the Genbox Family History
software. Very flexible and capable of charting hundreds of individuals
with multiple links. Unfortunately the development stopped for some reason >> in 2012/13 (I believe it was just an individual, William T Flight) and it
is no longer supported or for sale. You can download and try it for 30
days (it is possible to get round the startup error in Win7 and later).
Thanks for the update, John. I didn't write the GEDCOM loader but I know the author would welcome any feedback in that FB group.
Did you get chance to try the actual tree designer program?
Tony
On 29/04/2018 00:30, Tony Proctor wrote:
"Richard Smith" <richard@ex-parrot.com> wrote in message
news:fkk1lpFm6hnU1@mid.individual.net...
On 28/04/18 20:03, Charlie Hoffpauir wrote:
Thanks for that link.... but Libre Office Draw is probably a lot more
like Vue than like a word processor. I posted a detailed genealogy
chart drawn using Libre Office Draw on line a few years ago, but
unfortunately it's on Rootsweb which for that service, is still
non-functioning.
In questions like this, a lot comes down to personal taste, but I
generally prefer Inkscape over Vue or Libre Office Draw if I want to
draw
a family tree by hand.
Richard
I've tried using MS Office, Dia, and some other general-purpose tool I
can't
remember the name of now, Richard, but none were designed specifically
for
the job. Hence, the results were never as good as I wanted, which is why
I
went the SVG route and produced a custom design tool for it. Generating a
JPG or other image format from the SVG is trivial, but you do lose that
scalability.
I cringe at some of the ones I used to generate. I can now create a tree
in
a tiny fraction of the time, and with thumbnail images in them, and
change
the layout or H/V orientation in a matter of seconds to produce a
modified
image.
I didn't originally intend to import trees using GEDCOM, but one of the
users found my design tool so useful he produced a free importer himself.
Tony
Unfortunately, when I tried the GEDCOM conversion program I found various problems with larger trees.
By far the best charting program I found was in the Genbox Family History software. Very flexible and capable of charting hundreds of individuals
with multiple links. Unfortunately the development stopped for some reason
in 2012/13 (I believe it was just an individual, William T Flight) and it
is no longer supported or for sale. You can download and try it for 30
days (it is possible to get round the startup error in Win7 and later).
No, sorry I didn't. I had a look but, to be honest, it seemed too much of
a task to create a tree for more than a dozen or so people.
So I looked at the GEDCOM converter. Even though I'd exported a group
GEDCOM with "top" individuals it didn't recognise the structure and,
having to go through different family groups to find the top, I didn't succeed there either. To be honest, I only tried a couple of times, both
of which were failures, so I gave up. But I suspect I was being far too ambitious with a file containing 119 individuals/74 families which I'd exported from TMG.
Charlie Hoffpauir asked in his original message whether there was any software which would accept a GEDCOM. That is why I use Genbox. It handles large, complex GEDCOM (even with disconnected groups; I've not
investigated how it handles complex multiple relationship links) and gives
a chart which is editable within the program and can be printed an saved
for reloading. Unfortunately the chart format seems to be unique to
Genbox; I've not found an alternative program to convert or edit the
output (Genbox creates the chart for the above file in less than a
second).
If your SVG Family-Tree Generator had a much easier GEDCOM conversion front-end, I'm sure it would find a much larger audience.
On 29/04/2018 00:30, Tony Proctor wrote:
"Richard Smith" <richard@ex-parrot.com> wrote in message news:fkk1lpFm6hnU1@mid.individual.net...
On 28/04/18 20:03, Charlie Hoffpauir wrote:
Thanks for that link.... but Libre Office Draw is probably a lot more
like Vue than like a word processor. I posted a detailed genealogy
chart drawn using Libre Office Draw on line a few years ago, but
unfortunately it's on Rootsweb which for that service, is still
non-functioning.
In questions like this, a lot comes down to personal taste, but I
generally prefer Inkscape over Vue or Libre Office Draw if I want to draw >> a family tree by hand.
Richard
I've tried using MS Office, Dia, and some other general-purpose tool I can't
remember the name of now, Richard, but none were designed specifically for the job. Hence, the results were never as good as I wanted, which is why I went the SVG route and produced a custom design tool for it. Generating a JPG or other image format from the SVG is trivial, but you do lose that scalability.
I cringe at some of the ones I used to generate. I can now create a tree in a tiny fraction of the time, and with thumbnail images in them, and change the layout or H/V orientation in a matter of seconds to produce a modified image.
I didn't originally intend to import trees using GEDCOM, but one of the users found my design tool so useful he produced a free importer himself.
Tony
Unfortunately, when I tried the GEDCOM conversion program I found
various problems with larger trees.
By far the best charting program I found was in the Genbox Family
History software. Very flexible and capable of charting hundreds of individuals with multiple links. Unfortunately the development stopped
for some reason in 2012/13 (I believe it was just an individual, William
T Flight) and it is no longer supported or for sale. You can download
and try it for 30 days (it is possible to get round the startup error in
Win7 and later).
"Charlie Hoffpauir" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote in message >news:oo25edpetld0kukndrbstbu68m6j8qj25i@4ax.com...
Thanks for that information Tony. I looked at the examples you linked,
and am very impressed. I think I can use this somehow, maybe not as
originally intended, but it's so neat!
Charlie, I see that you're in the FB group, but I've been trying to reach >you, without success, via FB messaging in order to get a copy to you. Can
you confirm that you've seen this?
Tony
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