There is one big boo-boo in the library - all the IDC connectors are missing half their pins in the schematic editor.
EDIT: Oops, hehe, "Parts". That one tripped me up. I can't remember how that was handled in the past. It's been a long time. Maybe I've always fudged it before ... the early days didn't have the coherency between schematic and PCB layout.
Evan
Evan,
For multiple gates in a chip or section in an IDC connector DIPTRACE uses "Parts".
In the upper left of the screen, there is a check box "Place all Parts" and a parts selector. You caln place individual parts, one at a time, of place all the parts at the same time. I keep the "Place aall Parts" ox checked and then move them around later.
It is easy to miss.
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DIPTRACE has three different graphic mode drivers, VIEW > Graphic Mode.
Try each of them. The Windows GDI seems to slow down some systems.
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It is actually very easy to create your own libraries, or modify the libraries supplied. It is just a lot of detail work to create a full library.
I've just (finally) finshed polishing up "Myc's library" and will post it this weeekend. It is somethig I've been working on for my own use and to be used with home brewed pcbs. It needed some "polishing' to be ready for others to use it.
The Schematic Library uses shape based symbols rather than boxes. IC's look like IC's, transitors like transistors, and LEDs like LEDs. All of the components that are used in the PICAXE Manuals are included in "Myc's Library".
The Patterns (pads) are oversized, so that when there is enough copper left when drilling with a dremel.
There is also a separate Patterns (pads) library, where different length footprints are included (resitors, capacitiors, other passive components). This is handy when trying to fit an compnent in a specific location.
Attached are a couple of examples. (Not the complete libraries).
Myc