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

[deadastronaut]

hi pelle, yeah i'm giving it a go now..(v3)....it is growing on me now...i like the zoom function..cool.

i exported the pcb to png..and it was blurry when zoomed...but then i exported to pdf...brilliant now..very sharp image!...cheers bancika!...


oooohhhh..i can make the board pink!..and import pics too....

edit:. does version 3 open version 1 + 2 files now then?...

[deadastronaut]

great ive got the hang of this version 3 now!...

one thing, it would be nice to be able to have seperate bom's when putting 2 different circuits in one page!...just my 2p!..

[bancika]

I expect to resume work on v3 in a month or so. A lot of stuff to do and then there's the vacation
Perrow, it should work right out of SVN, what error are you getting? Are you using eclipse?

Cheers

[Perrow]

I expect to resume work on v3 in a month or so. A lot of stuff to do and then there's the vacation
Perrow, it should work right out of SVN, what error are you getting? Are you using eclipse?

Cheers

I must have fetched it from the wrong level to my workspace  I'll try again and see if I can't get it to work (can you tell me what the root directory is?). Just started looking at Android development though but they're both Java so maybe I can learn both (Android and DIYLC development) at the same time

[theundeadelvis]

How do you guys print the layouts created using DIYLC that are posted throughout the forum? By default Windows wants to resize the images to a photo format and not the proper pcb size. I'm curious how you guys go about getting the images resized and then printed?

[Barcode80]

How do you guys print the layouts created using DIYLC that are posted throughout the forum? By default Windows wants to resize the images to a photo format and not the proper pcb size. I'm curious how you guys go about getting the images resized and then printed?

open in any editor or viewer that allows printing at different dpi (irfanview is a good one). print at 200 dpi, that will resize to the right size. I usually take he layouts into Adobe Photoshop and change the DPI, then save as pdf so I never have to resize it again.

[theundeadelvis]

How do you guys print the layouts created using DIYLC that are posted throughout the forum? By default Windows wants to resize the images to a photo format and not the proper pcb size. I'm curious how you guys go about getting the images resized and then printed?

open in any editor or viewer that allows printing at different dpi (irfanview is a good one). print at 200 dpi, that will resize to the right size. I usually take he layouts into Adobe Photoshop and change the DPI, then save as pdf so I never have to resize it again.

Thanks Bardcode! I searched, but got too many results. I will do exactly what you do, I love my PDF layouts!

[theundeadelvis]

Hmmm, that didn't work for me. I took the image from the SuperFly submini tube amp thread: http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb292/frequencycentral/NewSuperflyPnP.gif
Saved it, and opened it in PS. The current resoltion is 72 dpi, so when I change it to 200 dpi, it gets huge? 

[Barcode80]

Hmmm, that didn't work for me. I took the image from the SuperFly submini tube amp thread: http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb292/frequencycentral/NewSuperflyPnP.gif
Saved it, and opened it in PS. The current resoltion is 72 dpi, so when I change it to 200 dpi, it gets huge? 

If you are changing it to 200 dpi, it can't get larger. It means that where 72 pixels existed per inch, it has crammed 200 in, which means it shrinks the layout. Have you printed it yet?

[theundeadelvis]

Yeah, I must have a setting incorrect. I go to "Image"->"Resize Image..." and the Image Size dialogue box opens. The current size is 8.333" by 4.72". When I change the resolution to 200dpi. The PCB image gets HUGE on the screen, but the dimensions still stay 8.3" by 4.7"? I'm doing something wrong (and I work in IT, lol!). I'm going to do a quick screen capture, to see if anyone notices anything that looks obviously wrong.

[deadastronaut]

if you export the traces as a pdf its perfect....in version 3...

[theundeadelvis]

Thanks deadastronaut. I'm having trouble printing the ones people post throughout the forum as images. Although, I do need to give version 3 a whirl!

[theundeadelvis]

OK, I think I figured it out. After I change the resolution to 200dpi, I have to then change the pixel dimension back to it's original size. By default, when I change the resolution, it's increasing the pixel dimension so it can retain it's physical size.

[frequencycentral]

Hi,
I'm thinking about making piece of software for speeding up drawing perfboard and vero layouts. It would have library with components and user would drag&drop them over board. Also, it would have it's own format and ability to save to gif/jpg.
And of course, it would be freeware
Would this be useful, should I waste my time on this?
Thanks,
Branislav

Hahahahahaha!!

[Earthscum]

Ok, I give up. I've been trying to load this damned thing fore 3 years now. I run Ubuntu, and THIS time around (after marking my exe as "Executable"), it opens and then tells me it needs Java Runtime xx blah blah, then crashes. I have EVERY Java runtime and development tool... everything marked to have to do with Java, and this version won't work either. The closest I've got was 1.X version that would run, but no matter what I did, it would not point to the library, or even recognize it. No components, just perfboard I could run wires on, lol.

[deadastronaut]

Hi,
I'm thinking about making piece of software for speeding up drawing perfboard and vero layouts. It would have library with components and user would drag&drop them over board. Also, it would have it's own format and ability to save to gif/jpg.
And of course, it would be freeware
Would this be useful, should I waste my time on this?
Thanks,
Branislav

Hahahahahaha!!

^     v3 is great i use it all the time now...no resizing, print layout and pcb straight to pdf...its excellent..so yeah its not a waste of time ..lol....thanks bancika. 

[bancika]

Ok, I give up. I've been trying to load this damned thing fore 3 years now. I run Ubuntu, and THIS time around (after marking my exe as "Executable"), it opens and then tells me it needs Java Runtime xx blah blah, then crashes. I have EVERY Java runtime and development tool... everything marked to have to do with Java, and this version won't work either. The closest I've got was 1.X version that would run, but no matter what I did, it would not point to the library, or even recognize it. No components, just perfboard I could run wires on, lol.

did you try running the .sh file as it was meant to? You need to change the current directory to the diylc before you run it.

[GodSaveMetal]

Please man BANCIKA there are an actualization of this version 3 I'm looking for that    thanks for that great IDEA!!!!    the beta version 3 have more speed and is full compatible for the version 1;  , but some special symbols are loosing,  please make a actualizing    

[bancika]

I plan to start working on a new update. Stay tuned

[GodSaveMetal]

I plan to start working on a new update. Stay tuned

OK I'm tuned for the new update for this incredible work; thanks BANCIKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!