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1. acidblue says:

   14/06/2010 at 20:55

   Version 2 doesn’t seem to work on 64 bit Linux.
   I’m using Ubuntu 10.04 and the program starts but the library window is blank.
   The main window loads fine and I can use all the toolbar menus.
   Just the Library window won’t render any components.

   • Bancika says:

     14/06/2010 at 21:15

     did you make sure that working directory is set to the where the JAR is?

2. phil says:

   11/06/2010 at 11:39

   Great soft 🙂
   I use LC 2x, but i can’t print the drawing….

3. GodsaveMetal says:

   07/06/2010 at 17:42

   I want to actualize the colection of layouts of version 1; how i made it please mail me rbarriost@yahoo.com; ok if there are a coleccion of layouts for the version 2!!!!!!!!!! please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4. Ryan says:

   03/06/2010 at 17:24

   Thanks for the reply, Bane. Unzipping fixed it. (how embarrassing…)

5. Ryan says:

   02/06/2010 at 22:57

   I was very excited to find this, but I am having problems opening it. I am a vista user and when I try to open V2, I get a Java Virtual Machine Launcher error that states, “Could not find the main class: diylc.MainFrame. Program will Exit.” Any ideas? Thank you for all your hard work in developing this and maintaining the Q&A.

   • Bancika says:

     03/06/2010 at 00:27

     Do you have everything extracted or trying to run it directly from the zip?
     Cheers,
     Bane

6. Dekker says:

   17/05/2010 at 15:49

   Oops, the site does not like xml… try this, but add angle brackets at the beginning and end.

   drawInstruction condition=”if($i==(x1 x2)/2,1,-1)” object=”rectangle” x=”$i” y=”$j” width=”grid-2″ height=”grid-4″ innerColor=”F0F0F0″ outerColor=”888888″ thickness=”1″ alpha=”1″/

7. Dekker says:

   17/05/2010 at 15:48

   Just an addendum. For a stripboard with a single centre column, create a new stripboard.xml in the library directory, give it a new name (first line in the XML) and insert the following line before the innermost drawInstructions (the one most indented)

   With this, if you have odd-number-width perfboard, the centre column will be ‘highlighted’

8. Dekker says:

   17/05/2010 at 15:09

   Interesting piece of software, but have two items that I think should be filed under bug reports.

   First, “Solder Pad” component is buggy. If you drag one pad and pass over another pad, the pads you pass over disappear. Also, if you highlight multiple pads then copy-paste, then try to move the new selection, they move erratically!

   My trouble with the pads stems from trying to re-create my particular stripboard shape (7 – 1 – 7 configuration). Would be nice to be able to specify the layout, or at least to specify properties (like side margins) so that we can insert multiple stripboards side-by-side while maintaining the real pad spacings.

   Still have alot of experimentation to do, but so far I like it!

9. GodsaveMetal says:

   14/05/2010 at 20:59

   its great the two are working good job, thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10. Brian says:

    30/04/2010 at 14:40

    I downloaded it as 2.1.3 (I think)..

    Brian.

11. Bancika says:

    30/04/2010 at 13:31

    Hi there,
    Are you referring to java version 2.x or old windows only version 1.x? In any case, performance issues will be hopefully fixed. I made a new engine that should be faster.
    Cheers,
    Bane

12. Brian says:

    29/04/2010 at 08:38

    An excellent little gem but I have found a few problems.
    1) After a few operations I get an error message and need to restart the program. Is there a buffer that gets too full?
    2) After fitting many components/track cuts the prog goes extremely slow. More components/more slowly.
    3) If too many components of the same type eg resistors are used the list scrolls off the bottom of the screen
    Will these problems be fixed in the new version?
    I am using a version dated 18/10/2006, I assume this is the latest.
    Many thanks for a fine product…

13. Bancika says:

    26/04/2010 at 15:53

    @salman
    there’s no way to specify board size, but I agree that may be a better way so I’ll try to implement in the new version. As for the library under linux, I believe that has been discussed on DIYSB forum few days ago. I’m not linux guru so can’t help much with that. I only know that you need to have DIYLC dir as current dir when running. Here’s the link
    http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=44838.1520

    Cheers,
    Bane

14. salman says:

    26/04/2010 at 15:46

    why are the library icons invisible in Ubuntu Linux?

15. salman says:

    26/04/2010 at 05:05

    how do I switch to inches and is there an option in the beta version to set the size of the board (perf) by specification and not drawing (making a 40×55 is easier this way)?

16. Pelle says:

    23/04/2010 at 07:14

    Text on potentiometers is upside down when the the component has the solder lugs to either side.

    Wire mid-point-thingies appear and disappear with irritating lack of consistency.

    It would be really nice if wire ends could stick to the thing they end at (boards, pots, etc), that would really make it much easier to move things around, when cleaning up the design.

    I’d also like to be able to close the properties box with “enter” for OK, and “esc” for cancel.

    • Bancika says:

      23/04/2010 at 10:03

      Most if not all of these will be implemented in the next version…
      Cheers

17. Reinoud says:

    09/04/2010 at 15:03

    Nice work! I dont know if its a missing feature or that i just haven’t found it yet, but i can’t seem to be able to create a schematic and then drag the components on the stripboard with the lines still attached. Or is there a kind of auto-layouter?

    With regards,
    Reinoud

18. Merlin says:

    19/03/2010 at 14:53

    Nice work Bancika! Version 1 was painfully slow- 1 second between clicks?! Version 2 is much better. Would be nice to have parts for non-insulated and Cliff jacks, DC sockets and battery connectors, diodes and LEDs too (I can only find schematic symbols for diodes presently…)
    M

19. digthisbigcrux says:

    15/03/2010 at 03:50

    yeah as an option, like being able to put angles on a trace while the components are locked to the solder points. then you could lay something out like a schematic taking up lots of space, then sort of pull it and fold it together and angle the traces to make it smaller and neater.

    hope this makes sense i am terrible at explaining stuff.

20. Bancika says:

    12/03/2010 at 16:02

    you mean break down a trace in two instead of moving it? I think that it wouldn’t be a good idea to always work like that because you wouldn’t be able move traces at all. It may be useful to have an option that does it on demand, either Ctrl key or something like that.
    Cheers