Manual | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Choose and change language | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
CiDess main window | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Create a new PCB | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Enter extra info about PCB | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Choose PCB size and margins | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Place a component | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Draw a track | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Display parameters | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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A 50 mil step is suited to drawing with standard components types. Use 10 or 5 mil step with components types which have pads with non-standard alignment. |
![]() | "Zoom" and "Grid" menu appears as popup menus when you clic on the display tool bar. |
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If you clic on CU1, CU2, SOL et TXT in the display toolbar you can show or hide layers. Use the right muse button on TXT, you can choose the text to display. |
Modify an element with the pointer | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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If you met problems to select an element, go in "Display" menu and adjust "Selection tolerance" parameters. Use right mouse button to ignore tracks so components selection is easier. |
Group operations | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | If you just want to edit a component or a track, use pointer mouse mode (see previous paragraph). |
![]() | If you met problems to select an element, go in "Display" menu and adjust "Selection tolerance" parameters. |
Import and export data | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | If you often draw the same structure (for eg a 7805 supply) this function allows you to save a lot of time. You just have to save the structure in a file. Then, when you draw a PCB, instead of drawing the structure each time, you simply have to insert the previous file. |
![]() | If you want to print GIF files, choose a high zoom value (a least 4). |
Printing | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | Check if your PCB is printed at the right scale and right way before starting the exposure. |
Add component types file in CiDess - CIT Files | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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If a CID file reading trigs an error, it's important to read again the CID file after added all CIT files required. In fact, after the first reading, components that have unknown component type are not loaded, so the PCB is incomplete. |
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New in version 2 (10/09/2005): - if you add CIT files in CiDess.EXE path, - if you edit a CIT file with the component types editor, instead of restarting CiDess, use the "Refresh CIT files..." in the file menu. Thus, all CIT files in CiDess.EXE path and all the CIT files manually added previously will be updated. |
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New in version 2 (10/09/2005): If you have trouble to find a CIT file in your computer, go in file menu and launch the CIT files manager. |