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Author	Edward McDonald
Title	Design Connection Layouts and Printed Circuit Boards with PCB Design Software
Category	Software Reviews
Article	PCB design software gives you the opportunity to easily and efficiently create the designs of your printed circuits boards and other electrical connection layouts. Providing professionals with the tools that they need, DipTrace is one such program that is also offered at a very reasonable price. Packed full of features to make the design process easier and more efficient than ever before, the program also comes with support for multi-level hierarchy and libraries which include over one-hundred thousand parts. Also included is a step-by-step tutorial which allows you to learn how to use the program quickly, allowing you to start working on real designs within a matter of hours. One of the great benefits of DipTrace is its user-friendly interface. All you need to do is select and place the components into the design, connecting them together using the bus and wire tools. With support for hierarchical and multi-sheet schematics, you also have everything you need to create designs of any level of complexity. Smart placement and automatic placement features are also supported which allow you to get faster results. The PCB design software includes two automatic routers, being grid-based or shape-based. To control the accuracy of the different stages of your product's design, there are also advanced verification features included in the program. The ERC function included shows you any possible errors that could occur in schematic pin connections. Using defined rules, this allows you to correct any errors in the document on a step-by-step basis. A DRC function is also included, which checks the clearance between the objects in the design and minimum traces and drills. All errors are displayed graphically and can also be fixed in a simple step-by-step manner. A program which specializes in PCB design would not be complete without a wide variety of import and export functions as well. DipTrace allows you to easily exchange your schematics, libraries and layouts between a wide variety of other computer aided design solutions. These include support for P-CAD, PADS, OrCAD, DXF and Eagle. The schematic capture feature also support a wide variety of popular formats. In addition, you will also have wide support for manufacturing output formats. Using this feature, you can produce files which are designed specifically for the drilling machines at board manufacturers.
About the Author	Edward McDonald is an electrical engineer and software developer and is currently working on a series of articles on computer aided design and PCB design software.