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by KevinA
01 Jan 2024, 17:39
Forum: Feature requests
Topic: Different pad diameters for each side of the PCB.
Replies: 5
Views: 1644

Re: Different pad diameters for each side of the PCB.

I was a field engineer for Calma, servicing DEC and Date General Mini's to digitize taped layouts to disk then editing and producing new PCB's with the mini computers.The first 4 bit chip had just been released, bought a kit with LED's and 10 key and started programing it. It took a few years but th...
by KevinA
30 Dec 2023, 15:15
Forum: Feature requests
Topic: Different pad diameters for each side of the PCB.
Replies: 5
Views: 1644

Re: Different pad diameters for each side of the PCB.

Pad Stacks.
Big thing back in the day (1980ites), now, not so much. PCAD was consumed in 2006, almost 18 years ago.
Push and Shove is coming real soon now...
by KevinA
27 Dec 2023, 18:13
Forum: Other questions and issues
Topic: Editing 3D Components
Replies: 3
Views: 11852

Re: Editing 3D Components

Plasticity https://youtu.be/K97vv0NUtuE?si=uFFKiI9-qsDmkQrr https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv8HciXoFYX-VGc-zqYQNLaWl8PuwIelI Plasticity $150 you can edit STEP and produce STL - $150 covers 12 months of updates, I spent $499 upgrading TurboCAD 22 Pro Platinum last summer, still fighting bugs....
by KevinA
16 Nov 2023, 19:36
Forum: Other questions and issues
Topic: GPU for Diptrace running in Win10 Proxmox VM
Replies: 2
Views: 3206

Re: GPU for Diptrace running in Win10 Proxmox VM

A $6,000 GPU will make no difference.
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Many 5Ghz CPU's will make a difference with DipTrace along with 2TB of NVMe and 64GB DDR5 memory.
by KevinA
13 Oct 2023, 10:00
Forum: DipTrace PCB Layout
Topic: Check net connectivity on Example files
Replies: 1
Views: 2748

Check net connectivity on Example files

While testing my PC I found examples with pre-routed boards that show many errors when "Verification/Check net connectivity" is ran. The Banana_Pi.dip and arc_test.dip are the only ones that have no errors, that I have found. The arm.dip has no ground or power layer pours defines so of cou...
by KevinA
13 Oct 2023, 07:48
Forum: Feature requests
Topic: Higher or native monitor refresh rate support...
Replies: 3
Views: 2742

Re: Higher or native monitor refresh rate support...

Regardless of the version of Windows you set the refresh rate, in Windows 11 System/Display/Advanced display/Choose a refresh rate The refresh rate is set at the OS level, applications create display buffers of screens which the OS displays on the hardware with the setting set by you in the OS. Make...
by KevinA
03 Oct 2023, 13:33
Forum: DipTrace PCB Layout
Topic: Still having trouble with 3d preview
Replies: 10
Views: 11645

Re: Still having trouble with 3d preview

I think we all have gotten that error at one time or another, I'm glad it's fixed. I was having issues with a CAD/CAM application on a i5-9400 system or 4 year old system, I just finished building a 'current' i9-13900 system with last years Nvidia controller RTX-A4000, 4TB Samsung NVMe M.2 drives an...
by KevinA
03 Oct 2023, 13:28
Forum: DipTrace News and Events
Topic: Push and Shove Development
Replies: 19
Views: 62787

Re: Push and Shove Development

novarm44 wrote: 27 Sep 2023, 03:00 Hi All,
Currently I'm developing Push and Shove feature for DipTrace 5.0
Regards,
Stanislav
Release a beta!
Any idea of the time line?
by KevinA
22 Sep 2023, 09:59
Forum: DipTrace PCB Layout
Topic: Printing PCB
Replies: 5
Views: 5371

Re: Printing PCB

I used the 'Calibration' option when printing to an inkjet printer direct to PCB (Epson CD writer with template, stopped doing this years ago) - but for test prints on my laser printers the default 1:1 setting work for all my HP and Data Products printers.
by KevinA
06 Sep 2023, 09:00
Forum: DipTrace PCB Layout
Topic: Viewing 3D equivalent of a PCB on another PCB
Replies: 2
Views: 2519

Re: Viewing 3D equivalent of a PCB on another PCB

I use the Export method: Open one board and view it in 3D then export it as *.STEP Open the second PCB and save it as a different name, right click the connector that mates the boards, select 3D Model, browse to the saved *.STEP file and place it where the original connector 3D model was. click OK t...