"""Draw paired original schedule bars; write the matching PNG basename to cwd. Run from _media. Tested with Python 3.14.4 and Matplotlib 3.10.7. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.patches import Patch def main(): tasks = list("ABCDEF") durations = dict(zip(tasks, [3, 2, 4, 2, 3, 1])) predecessors = {"A": [], "B": ["A"], "C": ["A"], "D": ["B", "C"], "E": [], "F": ["D", "E"]} early = {} for task in tasks: early[task] = max((early[p] + durations[p] for p in predecessors[task]), default=0) finish = max(early[t] + durations[t] for t in tasks) successors = {t: [] for t in tasks} for task, parents in predecessors.items(): for parent in parents: successors[parent].append(task) late = {} for task in reversed(tasks): late[task] = min((late[s] for s in successors[task]), default=finish) - durations[task] floats = [late[t] - early[t] for t in tasks] assert finish == 10 and floats == [0, 2, 0, 0, 6, 0] teal, blue, ink = "#007b78", "#476c9c", "#203548" fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(9.0, 6.0), dpi=120, facecolor="white") ax.set_facecolor("white") centers = list(range(5, -1, -1)) for task, y, slack in zip(tasks, centers, floats): color = teal if slack == 0 else blue # Two separate tracks make coincident critical bars visible too. early_y, late_y, height = y + 0.20, y - 0.20, 0.25 ax.barh(early_y, durations[task], left=early[task], height=height, color=color, edgecolor=color, linewidth=1.5, zorder=3) ax.barh(late_y, durations[task], left=late[task], height=height, facecolor="white", edgecolor=color, linewidth=1.8, zorder=3) ax.text(early[task] + durations[task] / 2, early_y, f"{early[task]}–{early[task] + durations[task]}", ha="center", va="center", fontsize=9, color="white", zorder=4) ax.text(late[task] + durations[task] / 2, late_y, f"{late[task]}–{late[task] + durations[task]}", ha="center", va="center", fontsize=9, color=color, zorder=4) if slack: bracket_y = y - 0.42 ax.plot([early[task], late[task]], [bracket_y, bracket_y], color=color, linewidth=1.3, zorder=4) ax.vlines([early[task], late[task]], bracket_y - 0.05, bracket_y + 0.05, color=color, linewidth=1.3, zorder=4) ax.text(10.32, y, str(slack), ha="center", va="center", fontsize=12, color=color, fontweight="bold") ax.axhline(y - 0.50, color="#e6eaef", lw=0.8, zorder=0) ax.axvline(finish, color=ink, linestyle="--", lw=1.5, zorder=2) ax.text(10.32, 5.60, "Float", ha="center", va="center", fontsize=10, color=ink) ax.set(yticks=centers, yticklabels=tasks, xticks=range(11), xlim=(-0.15, 10.65), ylim=(-0.65, 5.7), xlabel="Time units") ax.tick_params(axis="both", labelsize=11, length=0, pad=7) ax.grid(axis="x", color="#e2e8ee", linewidth=0.8, zorder=0) for spine in ax.spines.values(): spine.set_visible(False) ax.set_title("Same project finish: earliest and latest schedules", fontsize=15, color=ink, pad=40) ax.legend(handles=[Patch(facecolor=blue, edgecolor=blue, label="Earliest (solid)"), Patch(facecolor="white", edgecolor=blue, label="Latest (hollow)"), Patch(facecolor=teal, edgecolor=teal, label="Critical activity (float 0)")], loc="lower center", bbox_to_anchor=(0.5, 1.01), ncol=3, frameon=False, fontsize=9.5) fig.text(0.5, 0.035, "Paired tracks show separate schedules. Brackets mark start-time shifts; finish = 10.", ha="center", fontsize=10, color=ink) fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.07, right=0.97, bottom=0.15, top=0.81) output = Path.cwd() / Path(__file__).with_suffix(".png").name fig.savefig(output, facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig) print(f"{output.name}: starts {list(early.values())}, " f"latest {list(late[t] for t in tasks)}, floats {floats}") if __name__ == "__main__": main()