Short: Schematics vectorial electronics program Author: Roland.Florac@wanadoo.fr (Roland Florac) Uploader: Roland.Florac@wanadoo.fr (Roland Florac) Version: 1.5 Type: gfx/edit Requires: 0S 3.0+, 68020+, bgui.library v39 (opt) Distribution: Aminet This program lets you design electronics drawings (and more). The docs are in french language but the executable is in english, the english guide is joined but not yet finished. The french, deutsch, spanish, italian, czech and slovenian catalogs and their sources (if available) are included. Please send me the catalogs for your languages, they will be included in future versions. If someone is interested to do the traduction of the guide file in english (even for parts of it), please let me know (I just begin to do the job, but I have no time for it for the moment). THIS SOFTWARE IS GIFTWARE/EMAILWARE, NOT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN ! IT'S STRICTLY FORBIDDEN TO INCLUDE THIS ARCHIVE IN ANY KIND OF SOFTWARE COLLECTION EXCEPT AMINET FILESERVER, AMINET CD'S OR BY A EXPLICIT PERMISSION FROM ME ! THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS". NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ARE MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, PERFORMANCE, CURRENTNESS, OR OPERATION OF THIS SOFTWARE, AND ALL USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK ! Features: --------- - Installer scripts (french and english), - Object oriented, - use the mouse whenever possible to draw and edit objects, - multiple windows at the same time, allowing copy or cut from one sheet to another, - possibility to convert AmiCAD sheets to vector GFX formats, using the amigametaformat.library (Henk Jonas), - good printing (while not very user friendly, a ratio must be adjusted to your printer), - AmigaGuide help, - ARexx port, with 148 functions, - possibility to create Spice netlists (using ARexx scripts)... Requirements: ------------- Hardware - MC68020 or higher - AGA chipset or GFX card recommended for high screen resolutions. Software - AmigaOS v39 (system 3.0) or higher - bgui.library (only for loading components easily from libraries). This library is not supplied in the package. What's new in version 1.5? -------------------------- - AmiCAD2META bug corrected (did'nt work with new libraries, thanks to Henk Jonas for reporting the bug), - new requester for interrupting printing if needed, new error messages, - better saving speed (I hope), - saving the Preferences/Full name in AmiCAD.prefs, - new user menu (not yet finished, but works), - new square junctions (alternate symbol), - problem with bgui requester hopefully solved under PAL screens, - some little bugs and CyberGuard hits removed (like in PENWIDTH function)... Version 1.4 ----------- - french installation bug removed. - new functions: GETDEVS, GROUP, UNGROUP, FINDOBJ, FINDLINE, PINCOL, PINLINE, PINNUM and DEVPINS. - ARexx scripts for creating Spice netlists. - Lock bug fixed (thanks to Grzegorz Kraszewski) while loading files. Version 1.3 ----------- - english guide (not yet finished). - The undo bug is fixed (I hope...) Some bugs with boxes (printing and import from clip file) are fixed. - Boxes and components can now be drawn in dashed lines. - new function BOX. - new tooltype GRIDSIZE (from an idea of Graham Maddox). - some functions enhancements: WRITE, INPUT, OUTPUT... - some new (AddRefs...) or enhanced ARexx scripts. - New slovenian catalog from Daniel Krstic (no source available). - some changes in the libraries including AOP (power lines drawn only for the first device of a part). See the sheet file "Symboles analogiques" to see the different models of circuits available. Version 1.2 ----------- - The screen has now 16 colors, different colors are used for the components, wires, etc... Just adjust the palette to your needs or load the file AmiCAD.palette if you want to keep your old config file. - Some bugs corrected: DATE, DEF, SETDEV, SETGRID, REMLIB... - New functions SAVEALL and GETCOLOR - Better Symmetry handling, rotations, symmetry, scaling can now be performed on clips. - New box object. - New Preferences menu (Full name in the title bar). - The format of the title bar has changed (suggest from Sébastien VEYRIN-FORRER). - Better and new ARexx scripts. - Italian catalog (thanks to Massimo Basso), new spanish catalog from Benjamin Morente (source not available). - Possibility to localize the library files (italian and english versions available for Symboles_AmiCAD and Symboles_électriques). Version 1.1 ----------- - ConfigFile.library is no more needed. The configuration file is now called AmiCAD.prefs (not compatible with the older files, but can be adapted with a text editor), - better install script, - Deutsch catalog (thanks to Henk Jonas), - Czech catalog (thanks to Vit Sindlar), - Spanish catalog (thanks to Benjamin Morente), - Workbench screen is now cloned (except number of colors) if no prefs are valid, - some little bugs are corrected (SYMMETRY, LOADCLIP...), - New tooltypes SHEET_WIDTH and SHEET_HEIGHT, - new ARexx functions SETPINS and COORDS, - Some code optimisations (program has new features but is shorter), - Possibility to set lines to any width for all objects, - better cursor arrow keys handling, - groups handling modified (surely better), - AGA screens colors bug hopefully corrected, - new requesters in separate windows... Installation ------------ Use the "install english" installer script (or the "installation français" script if you are a french language user). You'll also need Installer from AT to do the job. You can also use the program only after you unarchive it, just copy the AmiCAD directory anywhere you want... Usage ----- Click on the AmiCAD icon to start the program. The first time, as the preferences are not set correctly, a screen at the dimensions of the Workbench screen will be opened. You can then change the screen mode with the Preferences menu. Choose a font for the screen with the font requester, choose your palette, then save the configuration before leaving the program to keep your choices. Use the Draw menu to get objects on the window. Double click on the objects if you want to modify one of them. You can also use the mouse with the left button pushed to select multiple parts (in combination with the shift key to extend a selection, and the ctrl key to deselect some objects). You can also move objects with the mouse, dragging them with the left button. To modify a line, click on one of the extremity and drag it with the mouse (or use the cursor keys in combination with the shift (optionnal) and alt or ctrl keys for adjusting each extremity). The other functions should be self explanatory, I hope. Use the Draw and Edition menus. You'll also have to set the icon tooltypes to your needs. Note to CyberVision users ------------------------- The program works pretty well under CyberGraphX but there are some visual problems under this system: when you draw some components with filled areas, like triangles or boxes, the complement mode doesn't work at all, so there are many traces on the screen. This bug has been reported to Phase 5 but there is no correction for the moment... Use the Z key to redraw the screen and all will be corrected. This problem doesn't appear under Amiga native modes. This problem is not present under the Picasso system. Credits ------- The deutsch catalog was written by Henk Jonas: subvcbhd@calvados.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE The czech catalog was written by Vit Sindlar: SINDLAR@jackal.cis.vutbr.cz The spanish catalog was written by Benjamin Morente: ackman@mx3.redestb.es The italian catalogs were written by Massimo Basso: cralex@amiga.dei.unipd.it The slovenian catalogs were written by Daniel Krstic: danny.k@www.comtron.si Some clips and sheet were also provided by Benjamin Morente: PIC16C54_DIP, PIC16C54_SSOP, PIC16C56_DIP, PIC16C56_SSOP and the RF_Amp sheet. 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