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

[Perrow]

Nice update Bane.

Keep them coming

[artifus]

themes folder appears to be missing from the zip so the option doesn't appear in the config menu. copied themes folder from 3.0.9 folder to 3.2.0 folder to fix.

[bancika]

good catch

[GodSaveMetal]

themes folder appears to be missing from the zip so the option doesn't appear in the config menu. copied themes folder from 3.0.9 folder to 3.2.0 folder to fix.

I got it! thanks my friend!!!!!

[deadastronaut]

@bancika:  what ever happened to the schematic symbols from version 2?....

i thought they would have been included in v3...

[bancika]

they definitely will be included, stay tuned

[Perrow]

D'astro, submit an issue about it

Everyone, submit issues about all the things that's missing or bothering you.

[bancika]

D'astro, submit an issue about it

Everyone, submit issues about all the things that's missing or bothering you.

+1, filing an issue is the only way to make sure I won't forget about it I cannot possibly go though forum pages, so don't hesitate to do it

[deadastronaut]

okey dokey...

[Perrow]

+1, filing an issue is the only way to make sure I won't forget about it I cannot possibly go though forum pages, so don't hesitate to do it

Bane, given the idea about highlighting connected traces, after that's implemented, exporting to some kind of pspice format doesn't seem to be that far away

I think there's already an issue about pspice export, if not I'll file one later

[bancika]

to get to spice we need to have more schematic elements in place...and to understand spice format...if someone can investigate that and provide format spec maybe I can do it

[Perrow]

to get to spice we need to have more schematic elements in place...and to understand spice format...if someone can investigate that and provide format spec maybe I can do it

I gave it a quick look at some point when I investigated the possibility to make my own "layout creator" and there is some form of node list that didn't look overly complex. If I find the time I'll give it a look again.

[bancika]

I added cool feature yesterday - selection expansion. It  can be used to highlight continual traces or check paths between components. Check it out.

[Perrow]

I just submitted a bug about zero ohm resistors. The app hangs when you set a resistor to 0 ohm (and corrupts the auto save file, thus loosing about 15 minutes of modifications to my layout, can I say extremely annoying  well, well  guess I'll have to redo it, luckily I remember almost everything I did, but now I'll have to go cook food, socialize with the family and put the kids in bed before I get a chance to come back and actually do it so I'll probably have forgotten what I did by then  )

[CodeMonk]

I just submitted a bug about zero ohm resistors. The app hangs when you set a resistor to 0 ohm (and corrupts the auto save file, thus loosing about 15 minutes of modifications to my layout, can I say extremely annoying   well, well   guess I'll have to redo it, luckily I remember almost everything I did, but now I'll have to go cook food, socialize with the family and put the kids in bed before I get a chance to come back and actually do it so I'll probably have forgotten what I did by then   )

I think I submitted that as an issue several weeks ago. So I just use 1 for the time being.

Wish list:
Gerber file support?
yeah, I know, would probably be a nightmare to implement.

Never mind Gerber.....here's another thought.
Although I don't know how many people this would benefit but those who are either very familiar with the file format or Software Engineers.
Perhaps in the log file when you get an error, include the line numbers of the error.
May then some of us could help you debug a few of the errors.

[CodeMonk]

I just submitted a bug about zero ohm resistors. The app hangs when you set a resistor to 0 ohm (and corrupts the auto save file, thus loosing about 15 minutes of modifications to my layout, can I say extremely annoying   well, well   guess I'll have to redo it, luckily I remember almost everything I did, but now I'll have to go cook food, socialize with the family and put the kids in bed before I get a chance to come back and actually do it so I'll probably have forgotten what I did by then   )

I think I submitted that as an issue several weeks ago. So I just use 1 for the time being.

Wish list:
Gerber file support?
yeah, I know, would probably be a nightmare to implement.


Edit:
Never mind Gerber.....here's another thought.
Although I don't know how many people this would benefit but those who are either very familiar with the file format or Software Engineers.
Perhaps in the log file when you get an error, include the line numbers of the error.
May then some of us could help you debug a few of the errors.

[bancika]

v 3.4.0 is released, check it out

[New Feature] IC Symbol
[New Feature] BJT Symbol
[New Feature] MOSFET Symbol
[New Feature] JFET Symbol
[New Feature] Line connector
[Improvement] IC component can display name or value
[Bug Fix] "Index out of bounds" exception logs when selecting components
[Bug Fix] Loading files fails because encoding is not recognized
[Bug Fix] Application breaks when resistance is set to 0 ohms

[deadastronaut]

cool, will it still load v3 version layouts?...

[bancika]

yes, I'm trying to keep all v3 versions back compatible. If not please report

[deadastronaut]

cool works good,  can we have a ground symbol?...pretty please !..  great work man!...

and jacks / enclosures dc socket?.. i don't want much do i?..