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

Started by bancika, May 01, 2006, 08:00:21 PM

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Perrow

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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

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GodSaveMetal

Quote from: artifus on February 21, 2012, 03:10:59 AM
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... ???
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bancika

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Perrow

D'astro, submit an issue about it ;)

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

Quote from: Perrow on February 23, 2012, 09:07:38 AM
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
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deadastronaut

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Perrow

Quote from: bancika on February 23, 2012, 11:47:40 AM+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 :)
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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 :)
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Perrow

Quote from: bancika on February 24, 2012, 09:32:26 AM
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.
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bancika

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

Quote from: Perrow on February 26, 2012, 10:45:04 AM
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  :icon_twisted: 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

Quote from: CodeMonk on March 02, 2012, 03:54:04 AM
Quote from: Perrow on February 26, 2012, 10:45:04 AM
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  :icon_twisted: 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
The new version of DIY Layout Creator is out, check it out here


deadastronaut

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bancika

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

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

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