nlappas / ganttChartPlotter

Simple python script to print gantt charts

ganttChartPlotter

Simple python script to print gantt charts for single/multitasking machines

Features:

• .png/.eps file formats supported. DPI can be set.
• Multiple orders supported
• Multiple tasks per machine with independent batch sizes
• Task overlap detection
• Automatic identification and consolidation of subtasks for multitasking machines
• Duplicate task detection
• Automatic color assignment to unique tasks
• Legend generation to different file

Sample Input format for a .gantt file

Columns should be separated with at least one space character. Each row entry should begin after a \n (newline)

   Machine  T_begin   T_end  Operation   Batch_size
+-------------------------------------------- sampleResult.gantt---+
|  PU0_M0_B 0        0.833333 A          40.2                      |
|  PU0_M0_B 1.83333  2.66667  B          80.6                      |
|  PU2_M3_B 0.833333 1.83333  C          32                        |
|  PU2_M3_B 2.83333  3.83333  B          50                        |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+

• For the MTS case, the machine name has to be formatted as:

ProcessingUnitName_MachineName_OrderName
for example PU0_M0_B :
      Processing Unit: PU0
      Machine        : M0
      Order Name     : B

• For the SCH case no restrictions apply.

Script Execution

To execute this script python >= 3.4 is required.
sample command: pyhton plotGantt.py TYPE path/to/result/file.gantt
where TYPE is : MTS / SCH