DIY Layout Creator - software for easy drawing PCB, vero and perfboard layouts

[JimRayden]

For the sake of justice, I'll remain indifferent too.

[edit] whoops, I pushed it to page seven... everybody, GO BACK TO PAGE 6 AND VOTE

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Jimbo

[John Lyons]

I like the yellow and green one on the right.

Maybe you already addresed this but how do you rotate components after they have been placed?

[bancika]

At the moment it is not possible to modify component posistion and orientation after it's placed on board.
I'm thinking of nice solution for that problem

[JimRayden]

Hmm, we've got point-to-point component placement here, I don't know if rotating would work here very well... What about selecting one end of a component pin by clicking on it and somehow assign it to a new hole.

One thing would sure come in handy... flipping the polarised components like el.caps and diodes. Simple and useful.

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Jimbo

[calpolyengineer]

I too am voting for the yellow one. Bancika, every time you release a new version, it is even better than I anticipate. Keep up the good work!

-Joe

[bancika]

So 2:0 for yellow one
about editing, maybe it's not bad idea to add context menu item "Move" or something, and when you click it program lets you select two (or one, depending on component) node that will move component. I'm little vague, hope you understand

edit, I've uploaded new version to test installer, opening .diy files from explorer and brand new component replacement
right click on component in explorer and select replace to move it to another location (or rotate it, or change name/value)

http://storm-software.co.yu/DIYLayout.exe

[markm]

 
I like the black/yellow myself.

[JimRayden]

Great, bancika! Although, when replacing the component, the pop-up info screen should include the previous information, so I could change the component placement and not rewrite the values, just press "OK". If a value change is necessary, one could replace the value.

This thing is getting better and better with every beta.

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Jimbo

[bancika]

Well, at the moment popup window contains only old name, but not value. It will be fixed.
markm: where did you find black/yellow 

[hairyandy]

I vote yellow/green as well...

[rockgardenlove]

Yellow

[Gilles C]

yellow...

Btw, tonight, I began to enter the layout of a stripboard I began to wire last year. It's 40W x 21H and it goes inside a Hammond box. So I want to mark the traces I want to cut in the corners to fit the board into the box.

The problem is I can't cut the traces on the 40th column. Some people may not have a use for that... but I do 

Added: In reality, I just realised I can't add any components on that 40th column. Now, that's a problem.

Can you fix that?

Thanks,

Gilles

[SuzukiScottie]

Excellent little utility! Many many thanks! 

[bancika]

yellow...

Btw, tonight, I began to enter the layout of a stripboard I began to wire last year. It's 40W x 21H and it goes inside a Hammond box. So I want to mark the traces I want to cut in the corners to fit the board into the box.

The problem is I can't cut the traces on the 40th column. Some people may not have a use for that... but I do 

Added: In reality, I just realised I can't add any components on that 40th column. Now, that's a problem.

Can you fix that?

Thanks,

Gilles

Thank you for pointing on that bug, will fix it

[bancika]

Gilles C, did you try with latest version? On my computer if works just fine placing components in 40th column. Can someone else confirm this?

[ezanker]

Hi Bancika,
I tried to render an image of a perfboard layout today and I get a "Color Table Overflow" error.  I can send you the DIY file if it will help you debug, or just post the XML text in a PM.  Let me know.

Also, when I reopen the saved .diy, the layout drawing looks good but the explorer list comes up empty.

I believe I am using the latest version (one with the installer).

Thanks,
Erik

[bancika]

ezanker, thank you for pointing that bug. Problem is GIF compression routine. I was hoping that image will not have more than 256 colors so there's no any compression. Guess I was wrong I will fix it till next release.
Btw, I just added In Line ICs

Edit: send me .DIY file so I can test it when fixed (use submit function when you save file)
Cheers

[JimRayden]

Also, when I reopen the saved .diy, the layout drawing looks good but the explorer list comes up empty.

As soon as you add a component, the whole list pops back into action. A fix still needed though.

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Jimbo

[SuzukiScottie]

I vote yellow!

[calpolyengineer]

I'm glad yellow is winning, I like voting for a winner.

-Joe