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Hmm - this is very interesting and helpful.

Is it possible to constrain so that it can choose at most two teachers (ie NOT three - but that choosing one would be ok - I mean ideally one teacher, but two isn't impossible)

Many thanks

Peter

thank you - this is excellent...  Now I'll just try to learn how you did this - and see what I can edit / change.  With a very quick look - it doesn't ensure a class has the same teacher all the time - which isn't a total disaster - but I'll try to see whether I can tweak settings and make it try harder.  The fact that it finds a solution so quickly is good news.

Finally back in front of a computer and trying to see how I can use FET to help me.

I've got 5 classes and 12 lessons - within the 12 lessons each class needs 5 hours of science and 7 hours of maths.

I've got 5 maths teachers - but not all available at the same time.
I've got 5 science teachers - but not all available at the same time.

Here are the 5 maths teachers
Ma1 YYYYNNYYYNNN
Ma2 YYNYYNNNNYNY
Ma3 YYYYYYYYYYYY
Ma4 YYNYYNYYNYNY
Ma5 NNYYYYNNYYYY

The Y means that is a lesson the teacher is available, and the N means they aren't

And 5 science teachers
Sc1 YNYNNNYYYNYY
Sc2 YNYNYNNNYNYY
Sc3 YYYNNNYNYNNY
Sc4 YNYYYYNYYYNY
Sc5 YNNYYYYYNYYN

My current timetable software insists I choose which maths teacher and which science teacher for each class - so when I've formed 5 pairs - it will have a go - and then tell me it can't be done.  So I have to manually re-choose the pairs -and try again.  This is too hard!

So I can do it my hand on a piece of paper - but really hoping FET can have a go at this for me?

Struggling to see how to get this information into the block-planning mode.

Help!

Thanks

Peter

Thank you - how do I find the block planning mode?  Can't see it in the manual.

I've got a block of 12 lessons, for 10 classes.  Each class needs 7 hours of maths and 5 hours of science.  I really don't mind which maths teacher or which science teacher.  Can FET help me find a plausible set of teachers?