![]() ![]() ![]() Very useful when you need to create a part for something obscure.Īlso, their licensing is much more convenient for hobbyists. Its a pin/layers licensing scheme, not a board size scheme. For example, lets say you wanted to make a board that was 4ft long, with twenty LEDs on it, for under cabinet lighting. If you use Eagle you are SOL, but its no problem in DipTrace. The standard Freeware license is 300 pins/2 layers but if you contact them and let them know you are a hobbyist you can get a Non-Profit Lite license for free. This gives you 500 pins, 2 signal layer with unlimited ground/power layers. In my designs, I haven't bumped up against this limit yet.Įnough about DipTrace in general, what have they changed? First and foremost they updated the previously horrible library management system. As much as I loved DipTrace, I HATED the LMS I hated it with a passion. It has been no secret that it was one of the biggest letdowns in DipTrace. You could work with it (mostly) but it wasn't pleasant or intuitive. Novarm has long admitted the system was broken and they weren't happy with it. More recently, they mentioned that a complete rewrite was in the works and it now appears to have gone live. The library management system has finally been completely revised. Libraries are now broken into groups, separating the user libraries from the standard included ones. ![]() This appears to allow them to automatically add all libraries created on the computer. You can still add/remove libraries manually via Library Setup if you so desire. I just fired it up the other day and I got an update notice. ![]()
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