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XRoadMaker is a gnome printed circuit board designer.

April 03 2000 :

XRoadMaker 0.5.6 released.

Changes : 'support.h not found' bug fixed. Added preferences saving at exit. Added component area in circuit view and type viewable selection. Added mouse cursor changement in circuit view. Added an HISTORY file.

March 22 2000 :

XRoadMaker 0.5.5 released.

• GPL license:)
• Graphical editing.
• Support for equipotential and unlimited multiwidth tracks.
• Full edition support (Cut, Copy, Paste) with special support for subfunctions.
• Circuit Checking.
• Customization of router parameters.
• Optional use of the advanced router.
• Manhattan-Mountain layout (horiz. vert. diagonal)
• Multiples windows.
• Complete control over circuit representation (colors, update policy).
• Fig Export.
• Circuit file locating facilities
• Embedded circuit information.
• User defined or automatic tracks routing order.
• User friendly manipulation of the circuit view.

• Support for Forbidden areas  (circle, rectangle...)
• Graphical edition of the library set file.
• Show  routing duration in the routing window.
• Add a Strap type for tracks.
• More internationalization.
• Change the file format for easy support of different version.
• Add support for commentary in the config file.
• Save recent opened files list.
• Write documentation and documentate source code.

Component Tree	Link List	Track List	Circuit View	Attach Edit	Component Edit
Choose Component in Library	Circuit Info	General Preferences	Circuit View Preferences	Router Preferences	Router Status

Requirements : gnome-libs >= 1.0.14 (older may works but not tested).

Source code : xroadmaker-0.5.6.tar.gz

If you want to create a RPM just type './configure;make dist' and 'make rpm' as root.

XRoadMaker LibEditor :

Source code :  xrm-libeditor-0.1.tar.gz

If you want to contribute to the XRoadMaker project, join the development mailing-list.
Contribution are welcomed in the creation of the component library : a coordinator for the library creation and
component designers are asked.
If you have access to an accurate database of components or experience in this domain feel free to contact me on the mailing list.

For further information visit the project page at sourceforge

Gnome : http://www.gnome.org

Gtk : http://www.gtk.org

 
 
 

Author Cedric Hyppolite