Timedesign
Training and Development in Germiston

TimeDesign can only be described as the simplest and easiest way to create timetables for schools and training institutions.
Please note, for licensed users, downloading updates from the Internet is absolutely Free of Charge, if however, you require a CD of the program, we require R75.00for the media and postage within South Africa.
Xml Schema Information for TimeDesign 5 – For developers who want access TimeDesign 5 via the TimeDesign XML Standard.

Onyx is in the unique position of catering for the Plastics and Rubber industry via Jim Schutte while at the same time, Patrick Schutte from the computer division is able to supply, service and support all your computer hardware and software requirements. This Father & Sons business, was established in 1989 and has been going from strength to strength, large enough to cater for your requirements, but small enough to give you their personal touch. Jim has been actively involved in the plastic machinery industry since the sixties. Jim's interests in computers and electronics ensured that he also became a key player in Onyx Computer Systems as well. Michael Schutte, has now immigrated to New Zealand, and we wish him the all the best for the future. Patrick Schutte, our software fundi, is a member of Mensa and the author of TimeDesign, an excellent school timetabling program. He can cater for your software requirements, from all the flavours of Windows, not to mention Linux and SCO Unix. Unfortunately we do not sell or support the Onyx Tablet! It was an extremely rudimentary system and would only allow simple groups. The solving method was simply to sort the groups by educator and then fill up the tables as much as possible. These changes allowed me to improve the way the solving engine works. Adding extras became a breeze, and the benefits where immediate. To cater for extra features, like multiple undo, autosave, multiple languages, as well as the potential of Third Party School Administration programs wanting to take advantage of TimeDesign's excellent solving engine, TimeDesign 4 came into being. Once again, the Timetable Object came under fire, extras added to cater for the teacher substitution, room pooling, conflict and combing charts.