Getting started with PED
- System requirements
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- Windows XP or higher.
Although not tested extensively, PED should run on Windows 2000 and above.
RAM: PED has a very low memory footprint. In other words: If XP runs on your computer, PED will have enough memory.
Screen size and resolution: the higher, the better.
And of course a printer, in case you like to have some printed pedigrees - Download and install
- Locate PedSetup.exe at the download page (see link above). Download, locate PEDSetup.exe on your hard disk, and double click on it.
- The setup wizard will guide you through the simple installation.
- Uninstall
- From the Windows Start button, select Program - PED - uninstall.
Drawing in input mode
After launching PED, the input window will be displayed:
Both consultands are already drawn. The male symbol is selected by default.
Now they should have a son and a daughter: simply press the buttons labelled Son and Daughter:
Ooops - there should have been two sons and a daughter.
Just select the daughter (using your mouse, point at the daughter, and click on it):
When the daughter is selected:
Simply hit the Del button on your keyboard, or select the appropriate menu item in the Input Window menu (Remember: we're still in input mode). Now confirm (answer Yes):
Again, the male consultand is selected by default. Now press the buttons labelled Son and Daughter:
Children with several partners
The daughter should have two girls with one partner, and two sons with a second partner.
Click on the daughter in the pedigree, and press the Daughter button twice. The father
of the two girls will be drawn automatically.
With the daughter still selected, choose 2. Partner from the partner dropdown list:
Press the Son button twice:
Why not have another son with a third partner ? Just select 3. Partner from the partner list box at the left top, and press the Son button. What about another daughter with a fourth partner ? Just select 4. Partner from the partner list box, and press the Daughter button. This is the resulting pedigree:
(Just in case you are interested in animal breeding, and wonder how many differnt partners may be drawn:
We could go on and on and on ...)