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DipTrace aDvanceD pcBDesign environmenT

easyanD professional

You need to design a complex multi-

layer printed circuit board with thousands

of pins or just a simple single-sided PCB?

You don't want to spend hours, learning

new software, or pay sky-high prices for

products with functions you won't ever

use? All you need is a correct PCB design

tool DipTrace.

frienDlyanD reliaBle

DipTrace is an advanced, state of the

art PCB Design environment, satisfying

the most strict requirements of nowa-

days. It's easy-to-use, reliable, but has

lots of features, never seen in medium-

level products before.

After switching to Dip-

Trace you won't need

any extensive train-

ings or reading tons of

books. Usually custom-ers become productive

within hours and enjoy

simplicity and functionality of DipTrace.

PCB tutorial, included in the package,

helps to get familiar with basic opportuni-

ties of the software and contains detailed

instructions to create a simple board. The

design process can be speeded up with

number of hot keys for all cases.

expanDingyouropporTuniTiesIntuitive user interface and simplicity of

design environment doesn't mean it lacksfunctionality. Multi-sheet and Hierarchi-cal schematics, cross-probing betweenSchematic and PCB, high-speed auto-router, advanced manual routing, blind/buried vias, multiple verication features,real time 3D PCB preview, wide import/export possibilities, 100,000+ packagesin libraries and others will help both pro-fessionals and hobbyists to achive evenmost complicated tasks in short termswith this software tool. DipTrace is able to

oer everything you need to create thePCB from idea to the state of ready man-ufacturing les. It is packed with features,you will enjoy. DipTrace delivers wonder-full performance you need, for aordableprice.

Since 2004, when the rst version ofDipTrace was released, developers arefollowing key principles: DipTrace Soft-

ware package consistsof Schematic capturemodule, PCB Layout,Component editor,Pattern editor, Shape-

based autorouter, 3DPCB Preview. Develop-ers continue to expandcapabilities of the

product and continuously work to makethe environment even more friendly toyou.

DipTrace is always up-to-date andchanges with the improvements in pro-duction technologies. Hence, you can besure, that your investment in the productwill work on you.

- userfrienDly, inTuiTiveinTerface

- WiDerangeofcapaBiliTies

- proDucTisforBoTh,

professionalsanDcasualusers- commiTmenTToThefuTure

Drc (Design rules check)

We are convinced, that precise vericationof design should be one of the main features of

quality PCB Design environment. DipTrace won'tgive you a chance to make an error, if you willfollow all verication procedures. In SchematicCapture module Electric Rule Check (ERC) is

availableand has detailed settings of what willbe considered as an error. Hierarchy is checkedby special verication. In PCB Layout DRC (De-sign Rules Check) is conducted. It can use Class-to-Class Rules. User can dene sizes of holesand clearances between dierent objects on thedierent layers. List of errors is convenient andunderstandable.

checkneT connecTiviTyIt's another key verication procedure, check-

ing if all nets are connected and reports all iso-lated copper pour areas.

compareTo schemaTic

This verication checks if the PCB project cor-responds to source schematic. It shows all netstructure errors and unknown components.

manufacTuringouTpuT

Post processing is quick. DipTrace supportsnumber of professional manufacturing formats.

You can produce RS-274X Gerber and N/C Drillles, which are accepted by manufacturers. Dip-

Trace supports export of true-type fonts and ras-ter images. DXF output is also available.

imporT/exporTDipTrace allows you to exchange schematics,

layouts and libraries with other EDA and CADpackages (DXF, Eagle, P-CAD, PADS, OrCAD). You

can import and export Accel, Allegro, Mentor,PADS, P-CAD, Protel and Tango netlist formats.

3D previeWDipTrace gives wonderful opportunity to see

in 3D, how your board is going to look like aftermanufacturing, with all the patterns installed.

You can rotate, zoom in and out, change colors inreal time. 3D Preview module with hardware ac-celeration supports .vrml and .3ds models. Morethen 2,500 3D models are included for free in 2.2version of DipTrace.

Production with milling methodis supported

DipTrace environment consists of4 modules: Schematic Capture,PCB Layout with autorouter and3D, Component editor and Pat-

tern editor.

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easy-To-useNew customers usually became productive,

literally, within hours, doesn't matter if you're aprofessional engineer or new to PCB design. Dip-

Trace has intuitive interface and supports sim-ple Drag&Dropmethodology. All

menus are de-signed, following"Look&Feel" phi-losophy. Instru-ment panels canbe fully custom-ized. You can de-velop your owncolor scheme,this can reallyspeed up workingprocess. Lots offunctions in Dip-

Trace have hotkeys. This is re-

ally helpful, as it gives you the speed and ability

to accomplish even the most complex projectsmuch faster.

inTegraTeD environmenT

Cross-probing is fully developed in DipTrace.All modules of the design environment aretightly connected to each other. It's easy toconvert schematic to PCB, renew PCB from theSchematic, or Back Annotate Schematic fromPCB. All modules share similar key principles,so you won't be confused.

smarT projecT sTrucTure

DipTrace is convenient not only for design-ing simple, butalso very complexprojects. Nets inDipTrace can bedivided by netclasses. User canspecify dierentparameters fordierent net class-es: trace width,clearance, tracelength limits e.t.c.

You can set Class-

to-class rules, which have priority over other

class clearances. Net classes from Schematicare automatically transferred to PCB Layout.Via Styles is the feature, organizing work withvias. Change in the parameters of via style au-tomatically changes all vias of this style.

save/loaD Design rules

In DipTrace you can save design rulesfrom one project, to use it with anoth-er. So you dont have to create all theLayers, Net Classes, Via Styles again.Design rules can be loaded from anyPCB project, or from separate *.rul le.

mulTi-level hierarchy

DipTrace features multi-sheet, multi-level hier-archy in the schematic capture module. This al-lows you to draw even most complicated boardseasily. Hierarchy in DipTrace is simple and logi-cal, but gives wonderful abilities to user. Sheets

in the Schematic areconverted to hierar-chy blocks and canbe inserted into themain sheet, or intoeach other as muchtimes, as needed.Nets on dierent

sheets are connected with bus ports, net ports,or simply by name. To connect nets on dier-ent levels of hierarchy in DipTrace you can useglobal nets.

placemenT feaTures

You can arrange components inside or outsidethe board outline for convenience, use Place-

ment by list feature, which becomes neces-sary, when you have hundreds of packages, butyou need to nd one and place it on the boardmanually. However, you can use Auto-placementand DipTrace will automatically place packageson the board with optimized distance of futuretraces between them.

high-speeD auTorouTer

DipTrace has a high-speed built-in Shape-based autorouter with advanced settings, capa-ble of routing complex multi-layer boards withthrough-hole and Blind/Buried vias. Autoroutercan create fanouts for SMD components. By de-fault Design Rules Check is conducted automati-cally after autorouting.

manual rouTing

For complex projects lots of PCB designers re-quire good manual routing tools, which are avail-able in DipTracePCB Layout. Rout-ing nets manually

is fast and conveni-ent with 45, 90degrees angles,arcs and curvesmodes. DipTracecan highlight onlythe current net,this makes manualrouting

much moreeasier. Hot keys foreach action helps

to work very fast.

DipTrace supports Windows 98,ME, XP, Vista, Windows 7 (32/64

bit) and Linux (Wine)

Multi-level Undo/Redo and"Recover Board" feature

DipTrace supports true-typefonts and raster images

for PCB silkscreen

On the instrument panel of DipTracethere are lots of quick-access but-tons. Panel itself is fully customiz-

able. You can arrange panels in theway you want.

Libraries in DipTrace areeasy-to-use and understand.

Packages are arranged incorresponding libraries by

type and manufacturer.

Pick&Place.Just choose packagefrom the list of the ac-

tive library, and place iton the board. There issearch eld, to simplify

this process.

Design Manager helps to navigate throughdesign. Choose component from the list,

and it will be selected automatically. Designmanager also switches to nets and can sortcomponents, if changes have been made.

Under the listof components,or nets, you canchoose compo-

nents pin.

You can easilyswitch between

layers,add new layers,customize layer

color, type and se-lect display modein Layers panel.