Creating Time Table in FET
Downloading FET
1. Download FET from the below location -
http://lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/download.html
2. click on the link – Latest version executable for Windows: FET-5.16.0 – 12 December 2011
http://lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/download/fet-5.16.0.exe
Installing FET
3. Extract the downloaded file to C:\drive as shown in the image below

Run FET Application
Go to extracted folder C:\fet-5.16.0 and double click on FET executable.

5.
The FET Application window will be shown as below –

Time Table Generation First Step – Collect Required data
Collect Data Required for Generating Time Table for your School as shown below in a word or excel document.
1. School Name:
MARVELSOFT English School
2. Number of Working Days per Week:
6 (MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT)
3. Hours / Periods per day:
9 periods, (including short/long breaks)
09:55, 10:40,
11:25, 11:35, 12:20,
01:05, 01:45, 02:30, 03:15 – total 9 periods
11.25-11.35: short break
01.05-01.45: lunch break
Saturday no classes after 01.05
4. Classes for which you would like to create Time Table:
3rd STD A, B Sections
4th STD A, B Sections
5th STD A, B Section
6th STD A, B Section
7th STD A, B Sections
8th STD A,B Sections
9th STD A,B Sections
10th STD (only one section)
5. Subjects being handled in the above mentioned classes:
Kannada, English, Hindi, Maths, Science, Science – Physics,
Science – Biology, Science – Chemistry,
Social, Computer, PE, GK
6. Name’s of the Teachers who will be handling one or more of the above mentioned subjects for the above mentioned classes:
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Staff Name |
Short Name |
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Staff Name |
Short Name |
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Staff Name |
Short Name |
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Radha |
R.M |
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Manjula |
G.N.M |
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Ambika |
H.C.A |
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G |
VNG |
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Sowmya |
B.S.S |
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Sudhakar |
S.D |
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Rehethunissa |
R.U |
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Shilpa |
G.S |
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Channakrishnappa |
N.C.K |
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Ethashuddin |
JE |
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Manjula |
G.N.M |
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Ethashuddin |
JE |
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Srinivasai |
S M |
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Savith |
S.K |
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Manjunath |
VJM |
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Savitha |
S.K |
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Srinivasai |
S M |
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Poornima |
Ps |
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Srinivasai |
S M |
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HM |
HMN |
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Sunitha |
S.R.R |
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Sumina |
S.R |
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Rupakala |
R.K.S |
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Sowmya |
BSS |
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Sumina Rehman |
S.R |
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Rajesh |
M.R.K |
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Sunitha |
SSr |
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Savitha |
MCS |
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Savitha |
M.C.S |
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RU |
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G N |
GNM |
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SNS |
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Asha |
D.A |
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VNG |
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Sayeeda |
S.N.S |
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JE |
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Sumeena |
SR |
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Poornima |
PS |
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7. Create a Table as shown below which would contain details required to generate time table in the FET.
|
Teacher |
Short |
Subject Specialization |
Classes |
Maximum Periods Per Day |
Constraints |
|
Radha |
R.M |
Kannada |
3rd A,B and 5th A |
6 |
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Ambika |
H.C.A |
Kannada |
4th A,B and 5th B, 6th A |
6 |
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Sudhakar |
S.D |
Kannada |
6th B, 7th A,B and 8th A |
6 |
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Channakrishnappa |
N.C.K |
Kannada |
8th B, 9th A, B and 10th |
6 |
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Ethashuddin |
JE |
English |
7a b, 10 |
5 |
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Savith |
S.K |
English |
5thA B, 6th A B |
5 |
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Srinivasai |
S M |
English |
3 ab, 4 ab |
5 |
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Poornima |
Ps |
8a b 9 ab |
5 |
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Sunitha |
S.R.R |
Hindi |
3rd A,B 4th A,B and 5th A |
5 |
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Rupakala |
R.K.S |
Hindi |
5th B, 6th A,B and 7th A, B |
5 |
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Rajesh |
M.R.K |
Hindi |
8th A,B 9th A,B and 10th A |
5 |
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Savitha |
M.C.S |
Maths |
3rd A,B 4th A,B |
6 |
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G N |
GNM |
maths |
5ab |
6 |
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Asha |
D.A |
Maths |
6th A,B 7 ab |
6 |
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Sayeeda |
S.N.S |
Maths |
8th A,B, 9th A,B |
6 |
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Sumeena |
SR |
Maths |
10tha |
6 |
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Sowmya |
B.S.S |
General Science |
3rd A,B 4th A,B |
6 |
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Shilpa |
G.S |
Science |
5th A,B 6th A,B |
6 |
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Manjula |
G.N.M |
Science |
7th A |
6 |
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Srinivasai |
S M |
Science |
7b |
6 |
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Savitha |
S.K |
Science – Biology |
9ab 10th A |
2 |
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2 |
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Srinivasai |
S M |
Science-Bio |
8ab |
2 |
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2 |
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Sumina |
S.R |
Science – Phy |
8ab 9ab 10 |
2 |
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Sumina Rehman |
S.R |
Science – Che |
8ab 9ab 10 |
2 |
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Manjula |
G.N.M |
Social |
5th A,B |
6 |
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G |
VNG |
Social |
6th A,B 9th A,B |
6 |
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Rehethunissa |
R.U |
Social |
7th A,B 8th A,B |
6 |
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Ethashuddin |
JE |
Social |
10th A |
6 |
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Manjunath |
VJM |
Computer |
3rd A,B 4th A,B 5gh A,B 6th A,B 7th A,B 8th A,B, |
2 |
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HM |
HMN |
P.E |
3rd – 10th |
2 |
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Sowmya |
BSS |
GK |
3ab |
2 |
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Sunitha |
SSr |
GK |
4a |
2 |
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Savitha |
MCS |
GK |
4b |
2 |
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RU |
7ab |
2 |
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SNS |
8ab |
2 |
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VNG |
9ab |
2 |
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JE |
10 |
1 |
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Poornima |
PS |
5ab 6ab |
2 |
Second Step – Enter collected data to FET
1. Add Master Data in FET
The data that we have collected in the previous steps have to be entered in the FET under each of the menus in the Data menu, as shown in the below steps.
2. School Name:
MARVELSOFT English School
Enter the school name in the following menu -


3. Number of Working Days per Week:
6 (MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT)
Enter the number of days per week and the days in Days per week menu.


4. Hours / Periods per day:
9 periods, (including short/long breaks)
09:55, 10:40,
11:25, 11:35, 12:20,
01:05, 01:45, 02:30, 03:15 – total 9 periods
11.25-11.35: short break
01.05-01.45: lunch break
Saturday no classes after 01.05


5. Classes for which you would like to create Time Table:
3rd STD A, B Sections, 4th STD A, B Sections, 5th STD A, B Section, 6th
STD A, B Section, 7th STD A, B Sections, 8th STD A,B Sections, 9th
STD A,B Sections, 10th STD (only one section)


6. Short Breaks and Lunch Breaks:
11.25-11.35: short break
01.05-01.45: lunch break
Saturday no classes after 01.05


7. Subjects being handled in the above mentioned classes:
Kannada, English, Hindi, Maths, Science, Science – Physics,
Science – Biology, Science – Chemistry,
Social, Computer, PE, GK


8. Name’s of the Teachers who will be handling one or more of the above mentioned subjects for the above mentioned classes:
|
Staff Name |
Short Name |
|
Staff Name |
Short Name |
|
Staff Name |
Short Name |
|
Radha |
R.M |
|
Manjula |
G.N.M |
|
|
|
|
Ambika |
H.C.A |
|
G |
VNG |
|
Sowmya |
B.S.S |
|
Sudhakar |
S.D |
|
Rehethunissa |
R.U |
|
Shilpa |
G.S |
|
Channakrishnappa |
N.C.K |
|
Ethashuddin |
JE |
|
Manjula |
G.N.M |
|
Ethashuddin |
JE |
|
|
|
|
Srinivasai |
S M |
|
Savith |
S.K |
|
Manjunath |
VJM |
|
Savitha |
S.K |
|
Srinivasai |
S M |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Poornima |
Ps |
|
|
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Srinivasai |
S M |
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Sunitha |
S.R.R |
|
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Sumina |
S.R |

9. Refer the below table and add the activities of the teacher for each of the class in activities menu.
|
Teacher |
Short |
Subject Specialization |
Classes |
Maximum Periods Per Day |
|
Radha |
R.M |
Kannada |
3rd A,B and 5th A |
6 |
|
Ambika |
H.C.A |
Kannada |
4th A,B and 5th B, 6th A |
6 |
|
Sudhakar |
S.D |
Kannada |
6th B, 7th A,B and 8th A |
6 |
|
Channakrishnappa |
N.C.K |
Kannada |
8th B, 9th A, B and 10th |
6 |
|
Ethashuddin |
JE |
English |
7a b, 10 |
5 |
|
Sunitha |
S.R.R |
Hindi |
3rd A,B 4th A,B and 5th A |
5 |


10. Define the time constraints in the following menu.


In the above example the Physical Education subject is marked such that, this period will never occur in the first period and after 1:45 PM on Saturdays. If the subject period must not come on a specific time, then select subject name and mark when it should not occur.
If the Subject teacher is not available on a particular time, then select the teacher name from the above menu and mark when on which time they are not available.
11. Define Time Table output folder
FET will create the timetable in html format and it will place it in the specified folder. Choose the output folder from the below menu.


12. Generate Time Table

Go to Timetable menu and click on generate new. If you have defined less number of constraints, the time table will be generated quickly. If the constraints are more, then it will take time.
Once the time table is generated successfully, You can quickly view it from view teachers, or view students. To see the html and printable version go to to output folder which you specified in the previous steps, you can get teachers, students and school level timetable.
13. Save Everything for later use.


Teacher Timtable – Generate by FET from the demo data for Kannada Language Teacher Radha – R.M
| R.M | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:55 | 10:40 | 11:25 | 11:35 | 12:20 | 01:05 | 01:45 | 02:30 | 03:15 | |
| Monday | IV-B Class Handing |
— | -X- | III-A Kannada |
IV-A Class Handing |
-X- | — | — | V-A Kannada |
| Tuesday | III-A Kannada |
— | -X- | — | IV-A Class Handing |
-X- | — | III-B Kannada |
V-A Kannada |
| Wednesday | III-B Kannada |
III-B Kannada |
-X- | III-A Kannada |
III-A Kannada |
-X- | IV-A Class Handing |
— | V-A Kannada |
| Thursday | III-A Kannada |
IV-A Class Handing |
-X- | III-B Kannada |
— | -X- | — | — | V-A Kannada |
| Friday | — | V-A Kannada |
-X- | III-A Kannada |
— | -X- | IV-A Class Handing |
III-B Kannada |
— |
| Saturday | III-B Kannada |
IV-B Class Handing |
-X- | IV-A Class Handing |
V-A Kannada |
-X- | -X- | -X- | -X- |
| Timetable generated with FET 5.16.0 on 3/2/12 12:38 PM | |||||||||
Class Timetable generated by FET for 3rd – A section
| III-A Automatic Group | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:55 | 10:40 | 11:25 | 11:35 | 12:20 | 01:05 | 01:45 | 02:30 | 03:15 | |
| Monday | English S.M |
Computer V.J.M |
-X- | Kannada R.M |
Hindi S.R.R |
-X- | PE H.M.N |
Maths M.C.S |
General Science B.S.S |
| Tuesday | Kannada R.M |
Class Handing S.D |
-X- | English S.M |
Maths M.C.S |
-X- | General Science B.S.S |
Class Handing Ramya Prasad |
PE H.M.N |
| Wednesday | Maths M.C.S |
Computer V.J.M |
-X- | Kannada R.M |
Kannada R.M |
-X- | Hindi S.R.R |
GK B.S.S |
General Science B.S.S |
| Thursday | Kannada R.M |
General Science B.S.S |
-X- | English S.M |
Maths M.C.S |
-X- | Class Handing G.S |
Class Handing Ramya Prasad |
Hindi S.R.R |
| Friday | General Science B.S.S |
Hindi S.R.R |
-X- | Kannada R.M |
Class Handing S.D |
-X- | Maths M.C.S |
English S.M |
Class Handing Ramya Prasad |
| Saturday | Hindi S.R.R |
Maths M.C.S |
-X- | General Science B.S.S |
English S.M |
-X- | -X- | -X- | -X- |
| Timetable generated with FET 5.16.0 on 3/2/12 12:38 PM | |||||||||



