DipTrace Free 1.50    

Author Novarm, Ltd. Website Novarm, Ltd. - DipTrace Free homepage Licence Freeware OS WinXP, WinNT 4.x, Windows2000, Windows2003 Date Released March 06, 2007 Downloads 2729 Filesize 29.29 MB Language English, French, Italian, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Turkish Install Support Install and Uninstall Requirements Win 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003, Keywords pcb, ecad, eda, pcb layout, electronics, schematic capture, pcb software, pcb design software Your Rating   - click to rate

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DipTrace is an advanced PCB design software application that consists of 4 modules: PCB Layout with efficient auto-router, Schematic Capture, Component and Pattern Editors that allow you to design your own component libraries. Besides being very simple to learn, this software has a very intuitive user interface and many innovative features. For instance, a schematic can be converted to a PCB with one mouse click. Advanced manual placement and auto-placement features allow to get acceptable placement in several minutes. The board designer can instantly renew the PCB from an updated version of schematic and keep all previous work without changes. PCB and Schematic can be compared at any design stage to ensure they are identical. DipTrace has a powerful automatic router. It can route a single layer and multilayer circuit boards, and there is an option to autoroute a single layer board with jumper wires, if required. DipTrace also provides you with external autorouter support. Smart manual routing tools allow users to finalize the design and to get the results they want in a blink of an eye. Accurate shape-based copper pour system with different possible fill types and thermals can be used to make planes or to reduce manufacturing costs. Other important features are Electrical Rule Check (ERC), Design Rule Check (DRC) and Net Connectivity Check - the functions that check connections in Schematic by different rules (pin type, short circuit, etc.), the clearance between layout objects, which ensures board accuracy, and connectivity of all nets not depending on how they are connected (with traces, thermals or shapes). DipTrace modules allow you to exchange schematics, layouts and libraries with other EDA and CAD packages. DipTrace Schematic Capture and PCB Layout also support popular netlist formats and spice. Output formats are DXF, Gerber, Drill and G-code. Standard libraries include 50.000+ components.

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DipTrace Free - The Latest Versions History

Version	Date Released	Status	Release Notes
DipTrace Free 1.50	Mar 6, 2007	Major Update	- Open GL, Direct 3D - Vector font - Panelizing - Copper pour island removal - Selecting/Deselecting objects by type, layer, etc. - many other new features - 9000+ new components
DipTrace Free 1.40	May 23, 2007	Major Update	- Auto-placement - Placement by list and arrangement - Spice support - Edge connector patterns support (smd pads on both sides of pattern) - gerber "export all" option - quick update from Schematic (shortcut key) - many other new features
DipTrace Free 1.30	Oct 25, 2006	Major Update	1. Customizing colors (black background, etc.) 2. Layer changing in copper pour sub-menu. 3. Zoom extents/center tool for print preview. 4. Gerber import. 5. Electra/Specctra Integration (DSN export, SES import). Electra is available from DipTrace web-site. 6. Netlist Export in Schematic (Tango, PADS, Accel, Allegro, P-CAD, etc.) 7. Netlist Import in PCB. 8. Unlimited user defined fields for components and patterns (texts or links). 9. Exporting Schematic to DXF. 10. Titles were added to DXF export in PCB. 11. DipTrace ASCII format (import/export in all programs). 12. Component rotation by a desired (non-90) angle. 13. Moving selected objects using arrow keys. 14. Double click to open object properties. 15. Using mouse wheel for zooming and scrolling project. 16. Lock/Unlock objects. 17. Enter to OK / Esc to Cancel in dialog boxes. 18. Separate "Via" object in PCB layout (Static Via). 19. Editing Paste/Mask layers separately (shapes, custom settings for pads). 20. Shift for orthogonal moving, esc to cancel moving. 21. Both component and marking highlight while move mouse over component or marking in F10 mode. 22. Keyboard shortcuts to change layers. 23. "Traces" box in Gerber export. 24. Changing board outline width (Line Width dialog box). 25. Board cutouts (shape property). 26. Trace length measurement. 27. Using "Ctrl+1..0" to change layers in PCB Layout. 28. Up/Down keys to switch between pins in pin manager (Component Editor). 29. Blind/buried pads/static vias.
DipTrace Free 1.23	Apr 4, 2006	Major Update	- Custom thermals for pads. - Sorting in Component and Pattern Editors. - Checking net connectivity feature. - Raster and Font vectorization for gerber was improved. - Separate selection of each wire of net or bus in Schematic. - Import P-CAD PDIF in Schematic and PCB. - Import Eagle Script and P-CAD ASCII library formats. and much more