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relationship chart tutorial
In the dialog, set the format to .png and chose the following in the tabs available:
#'''Paper Options '''-> Size : Custom Size (Set width and height to 10000 cm, or some other large value)#'''Report Options '''-> Filter: Ancestors of Garner, Lewis Andersson layout #'''Layout optons '''-> Aspect ratio: minimal size
(I sometimes experience problems setting the sizes in the Paper options dialog. A workaround is to use the example using graphviz code in example 3 below.)
The result (using gramps 2.2.7) can be seen to the right. You can use print this on a dedicated printer (check dpi of png!), or you can use this image on a website to share. In the last case, you can use the trick explained in [[Make flash plugin from a png]], to make the resulting graph easier to navigate.
In the image you see males in blue, females in pink and the yellow balloons indicate a family node in which a marriage date is printed (if known). You can select not to see this family node by deselecting in the '''Graphviz Options''' tab the option ''Show family nodes''.
== Example 1-B: a chart with ancestors ==
[[Image:RelationshipChartAncestors.png|right|thumb|350px|An ancestor chart, click for details-'''Large file-853kb!''']]
Download and open the example.gramps file as in Example 1
Set Warner, Carl Thomas to be the active person.
Repeat the process in example 1, but choose the filter "''Ancestors of Warner, Carl Thomas" '' this time. You can see the result to the right. This is already an extremely large graph. It can only be readily viewed in a good image viewer. For printing you need to resort to printing on several pages, or you need access to a large plotter.
== Example 2: A chart with ancestors, descendants and their families ==
Open the filter editor and create a new filter, called '''Frances1'''. The filter should contain the rules
* "''Ancestors of <person>" '' choose Christiansen, Frances and check "<tt>inclusive"</tt>.* "''Descendants of <person>" '' chose Christiansen, Frances
Make sure that "At least one rule must be fulfilled" is chosen, so that we get both ancestors and descendants!
Now we create the filter we will actually use for the report, an . It will be based on the previous filter: Create a new filter, called '''Frances2'''. This filter should contain the rules:
* "''People matching the filter"'', choose Frances1* "''Parents of filter" '' Frances1* "''Siblings of filter" '' Frances1* "''Spouses of filter" '' Frances1
Now close the filter editor, and follow the instructions given in Examples 1a and 1b, but this time choosing the filter "'''Frances2" ''' in the <tt>'''Report Options</tt> ''' tab. The result is visible to the right (363kb, large file !)
== Example 3, Generating the graph by using the Graphviz command line tool ==
I use this only as a way to work around problems like setting the paper size.
In the menu, select "'''Reports '''-> Code Generators -> Relationship graph"
Choose the filter you want to use, and set also as many of the other options as possible to the desired values (as explained in example 1), but the format should be "Graphviz (dot)". Click Ok. You should now have a file of type ".dot".
This file is a text file, so it can be opened in any text-editor.
For paper size, look around line 36-37 for two lines that define the "page" (paper size) and "size" (area of paper to use), and change these to '''some large values'''. Save This is important as otherwise the modified file under figure will be wrongly scaled giving bad picture quality (eg unreadable text). You can also change the name reportfont by adding a font family.dot, Look for the lines node [style=filled fontsize="12"];and run the commad change that into eg node [style=filled fontsize="dot -Ppng -oreport.png report.dot12". This should use the graphviz fontname="dotSans" tool to generate the .png file containing the report.];
Save the modified file under the name report.dot, and run the command
dot -Ppng -oreport.png report.dot
This should use the graphviz "dot" tool to generate the .png file containing the report.
== Troubleshooting ==
*If you encounter bad fonts (missing characters) or wrong fontsizes, see Example 3 on how you can set the font yourself.
*If you have a bad resolution of png, eg unreadable text, this is probably because you have set a paper size which is to small. See Exampe 1-A: set the papersize of number of pages to a high number, but select in '''Layout Options''', in Aspect ratio: <tt>automatically use optimal number pages</tt>, or use <tt>minimal size</tt>
== Further cool things to do ==
* You can make descendant charts and add them to the media gallery of the person. Like that, the cart is available from the website.
* offer a chart on your website as a [[Make flash plugin from a png |flash relationship graph]], enabling zooming, moving, ... over your data or just use SVG for Firefox and Opera, see [http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=UnsupportedPlugins#DenominoViso_-_HTML_Ancestors_page DenominoViso]
== Want to help developing ? ==
If you go through the dot specifications, you will note that more can be done with graphics. If you have programming skills you can add some functionality:
* add the default picture (planned for GRAMPS 3.0 based on ideas of the Familines plugin)
* more/better text in the boxes: what text and how to organize it?
* coloring. See the family lines plugin: a color per family, for specific relations, for the central person, ...
