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

[artifus]

did you name the file exactly config.properties and put it next to diylc.jar? Can you post the latest log file from logs dir?

yes. will pm logs if of any use. mostly opens as if for the first time, sometimes not - i always change theme from default - but still does not remember templates, component preferences, recently used, etc.

also noticed the alpha on electro caps and leds and when editing caps it offers only height, not diameter, which changes nothing. *i am a blind idiot*

have downloaded 3.15 three times now, removed and reinstalled all java - same probs.

not complaining, dude, love the software and really appreciate your effort - just a heads up.

[rockhorst]

I started working with DIYLC again. Any idea why it doesn't print to scale? I have to export to PDF and manually ajust the document size in Photoshop now to get the right dimensions.

[J0K3RX]

Is there a bug in the transparency? I can't get it turned off on most of the caps even with the slider all the way to the right and all the way to the left makes them totally disapear... makes it hard to read!  ver 3.15

[bancika]

yeah, there seems to be a bug in transparency, I'll take a look.

@rockhorst, I didn't notice that before, I'll try. anyone else?

[Perrow]

I seem to remember something like that when printing a project where I've changed the size of the "background", I'll look at it next time my computer is hooked to a printer.

[rockhorst]

Also, I sometimes have a 'ghost dot' at a grid point, that can't be removed...Also noticed it a few versions back (haven't used it for a while). It pops up randomly after installing thn deleting a trace or solder pad.

[deadastronaut]

I started working with DIYLC again. Any idea why it doesn't print to scale? I have to export to PDF and manually ajust the document size in Photoshop now to get the right dimensions.

no problem here...i export pcb traces, comes out fine.

[artifus]

just a brief report - i've been sticking with 3.15 - and have recently upgraded inkscape which had also been playing funny buggers and it has cleared up a few but not all of my previously reported problems. i've no idea as to whether these were unique to my system or not. just a heads up.

[loki]

Hi there,
I've been using the new 3.15.0 version in the past days and I can tell you I haven't found any problem so far. The previous version (sorry I don't remember the exact version number)  crashed every time I wanted to insert a label component, now that problem is gone.
Awesome program anyway!

I'm on a Mac running Mountain Lion, and some time ago I wrote a little Automator app to launch DIY Layout Creator without always opening the terminal and typing in the command line. It has worked flawlessly so far, so I have no complaints about that. However I recently discovered OSX comes with a little app called Jar Bundler which basically turns a Java application into an App Bundle that works exactly like any other OSX App.
Unfortunately I've tried to build the bundle but had no success so far, the Jar Bundler app asks for some info about the Java application you want to convert to an app bundle and since I know nothing about java I guess I'm just doing it wrong.
Has any of you tried to do this? Maybe if we get it working it could be a nice thing for all the Mac users.

Oh, and just for the heck of it, would it be possible to have an hi-res (or whatever res) image of the program icon?

Thanks!

[bancika]

I have a 48x48 icon and I'll add it. Feel feel to contribute a prettier, bigger icon

Btw, can someone verify that OSX distribution works fine on their machines? I tried on one and it was fine.
http://code.google.com/p/diy-layout-creator/downloads/list
Just download one that says OSX and run

[loki]

Works fine on my mac, thanks!

I'll see if I can come up with a bigger icon, I'm not a graphic designer but maybe I can put together something...

[bancika]

@loki, just to make sure, you tried the dedicated mac build that has DIYLC.app?

since there's confusion around component templates, I added an instructional video

[loki]

yes, I've downloaded the dedicated mac version that has DIYLC.app (3.16.0) and it works without problems.
The only thing I changed was that I added these lines of code:

<key>apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar</key>
<string>true</string>

under the Properties key in the info.plist file inside the app bundle. That way you use the OSX menu bar on top for the file/edit/config/lock layers/help menu and it feels more like a mac app.
I think you could choose it as an option in the Jar Bundler program too.

[bancika]

Interesting, do you have a screenshot? I'm not a mac user so I don't know what's that about

[loki]

I'm working on it, sorry I'm a bit busy/not much in front of the computer these days. But basically the menu bar is pulled from the application window and placed on the main osx menu bar on top (the equivalent of the win task bar), which is what every mac app does.

[bancika]

can someone try the latest version, especially the OSX builld. I added screen menu support.
tnx

[snarblinge]

Hmmm haven't updated on the iMac for a while, the latest version I don't have any inks I can place, just an empty "recently used" what have I done wrong.... Downloaded minutes ago. Latest Os got past the not a valid program hurdle.

[bancika]

ah, ok, I messed up something for mac in 3.17...will be fixed in 3.18.

[bancika]

Hmmm haven't updated on the iMac for a while, the latest version I don't have any inks I can place, just an empty "recently used" what have I done wrong.... Downloaded minutes ago. Latest Os got past the not a valid program hurdle.

how about now?

[snarblinge]

still getting the same, sorry.