Most of the time the board house will trim any silkscreening that conflicts with a solder joint, but it's best practice to do it yourself and not have to rely on them trimming it for you. In the pattern editor there is a tool for trimming the silkscreen away from pads ( main menu > Objects > Remove ...

After typing in the text using the Place Text tool, confirm the entry by pressing the [Esc] key (the flashing text entry cursor should disappear), exit the Place Text tool by pressing the [Esc] key once more (the cross cursor should disappear), select/highlight the new text box (left-click on it onc...

...how is a dashed line made? I believe this is still a feature request?... Yep. Still a long-requested feature not yet implemented. A while back, " Whyrly " suggested a temporary workaround that places a one-line text block of dashes/hyphens (" - " characters) with the desired font/size/spacing/co...

Well, then, put it all on one schematic showing a dashed line between the two different sections of the board(s). In the PCB layout have it manufactured as one board with a V-score between the two sections so it can be broken in two during the assembly process. Then all you would need to do is attac...

From what I can tell from your description, if the two boards are identical there is no need to show both on one schematic. The cable should be considered a separate assembly, even if it is permanently soldered onto the PCB(s) during the assembly process. What you have is an instrument sub-assembly ...

It looks like you're asking for 0.0001mm accuracy, which DipTrace should be able to handle. Check your settings in the "Precision of Values" dialog window (main menu > View > Precision...).

Use hotkey "x'" to toggle between the crosshair cursor and the normal cursor.

As far as positioning, probably not (could be wrong, of course). For size, you could play around with the Custom Paste Mask Shrink setting to see how that goes, but length vs width won't be separable. Otherwise, I guess you will have to change the pad's default Paste setting to " No Solder ", create...

...changing the pin numbers of the via to the main pad number with the @ added it a nice touch. Thanks for the tip. Does this the replace connecting the vias to the main pad in the component editor?... Once the new pattern is attached to the component, the connections will be automatic and show in ...

...how can I remove the silkscreen pattern for a particular item? Right now the silkscreen from one item is overlapping the pad on another item... There is such a trim feature in the Pattern Editor (main menu: Objects > Remove Silk from Pads... ), but not in the PCB Layout editor. To my knowledge t...