Version 29 Highlights
Enhance Productivity And Protect Your Investment With Over 25 New Features!!
We are proud to announce another feature-packed release of Easy-PC. Version 29 introduces over 25 features that enhance productivity and extend usability to this already outstanding toolset.
As well as all the new features, you have access to a number of component content creators with ready-to-use libraries
for Easy-PC; in total, in excess of 15 million components to choose from and an on-demand service for creation.
This combined with continued support with our dedicated manned technical service makes Easy-PC 29 a winner!
Below are the main functional areas for Easy-PC 29, each has many features within it:
- Design Area increased to 2m square
- Graphics Engine Update
- New Serpentine Routing Modes
- Attached Dimensions & Callouts
- Design Backups & Security Copies
- Display Variants in Design
- Updated Algorithm for Spirals
- Support for Interactive BOM Utility
- General Application Feature Updates
- Continued Support
- Access to over 15 Million FREE ready-to-use Components
- Summer Promotion for supplementary libraries
How to Upgrade...
Upgrade ANY Windows version of Easy-PC to the latest release for the same price.
View the current
price list and see what special offers we have running.
Update your current Easy-PC by Contacting us.
If you would prefer to try the features before you buy, you can download the Easy-PC 29 trial version from here.
Working Design Area Now 2m Square
The working design area has doubled from 1m square to 2m square. This means large drawing sheets for the A0 metric standard can be accommodated as well as PCBs over 1m in length!
Enhanced Graphics with Antialiasing
The underlying graphics engine has been enhanced to use the power of your on-board graphics card, producing crisp looking designs utilising anti-alias technology. This change also impacts the quality of PDF prints and bitmaps exported.
New Serpentine Routing Modes
The introduction of two new Serpentine routing modes enables the creation of accurate track lengths where timing is critical. A static ‘one shot’ mode enables serpentine routing to be performed using a set of parameters. A second mode provides dynamic serpentine routing where; by moving the cursor, the serpentine track is dynamically added following the rules defined. Where min and max tracks length limits have been defined, these rules will also be obeyed by the serpentine routing algorithms.
Feature Summary:
- One ‘shot’ apply to track segment
- Dynamic Serpentine mode to guide the routing
- Parameterised driven routing
- Net Class Min and Max Length Rules
Attached Dimensions & Callouts
Dimensions:
Where dimensions are included in a PCB design to document the board, these can now be attached to the items they are referencing, such as board outlines or mounting holes. When the item is moved, the dimension will move with it and automatically update the leader lines and actual dimension.
Callouts:
As with dimensions, callouts can now also be attached; moving the object moves the associated callout.
Design Backups & Security Copies
Design Backups & Security Copies
Design backups and security copies are an important facet of your daily work. Using the new Design Backups page, you can:
- How many iterations are kept
- Now pre-define where the files are saved to
- Set the frequency of ‘idle’ time before backups kick in
Hightlight Variants In Design
A Variant colour can be defined to identify variants used in your design and plots. This enables you to clearly identify the status of fitted and not fitted components.
Updated Spiral Shape Algorithm
Updated Spiral Shape Algorithm
The existing function for generating Spirals has been enhanced with a new algorithm for calculating the spiral. This means the spiral shape is far more accurate. This change affects the generation of spiral tracks and shapes.
The older algorithm generated spirals using approximated ‘half’ circles that offset each other. The use of the new Archimedean algorithm generates a more accurate and smoother spiral.
Interactive HTML BOM Export
Support has been added for the Interactive Html BOM option. This tool is particularly useful if you are producing boards in-house and hand soldering prototypes. This tool is a plugin option that exports limited Easy-PC design information into a HTML format that produces an interactive design and BOM listing that can be viewed and is searchable in a web browser.
General Application Feature Updates
General Application Feature Updates
As well as the main highlighted updates, Version 29 has many additional new and enhanced features:
Feature Summary:
- Design Clearances in PCB Symbol editor
- Synchronise Library Names
- Select Multiple Found Library Items
- Import PNG Images
- Export PNG Image
- Ability to Save Drill Ident Settings with the Design
- Separate DRC check for Unplated Pads
- Group ‘Only Components’ Option
- Set Origin At Item Centre
- Set Colour of System and Relative Origins
- Customise Features During Installation
- Open Designs Read Only
- Report Gerber mode Used to produce Gerber File
- Pad Styles Exceptions Report Renamed
Dedicated Support
Whether you're using Easy-PC professionally, daily or occassionally to create your designs, keeping up to date with the product is essential. Easy-PC is constantly being developed with new features and bug fixing for existing features, this means it is always current, even down to support for the latest Microsoft Windows operating system and latest graphics cards.
Easy-PC is supported by a dedicated team of real people who are available to speak to live! We also provide email support if contacting us out of hours.
And with the latest version of the product, you also get continued access to our component content providers, the Component Search Engine from Samacsys and the SnapMagic Component Content.
Did you know that our web site has a free Gerber file viewer? Browse to the Gerber File Viewer page and drop your Gerber file onto the viewer where they will be displayed. independently verify your manufacturing files before sending them out to ensure they are what you expect.
Why Upgrade?
- Fully Supported under Windows 10 and 11
- Continued use of the Component Search Engine
- Continued acess to SnapMagic Component Content
- Access to the online Gerber file viewer facility
- Benefit from our FREE technical support service
- Read the V29 Update Notes here for all the technical details...
Additional Library Packages
Additional Libraries
Additional ready-made collections of libraries are available for purchase.
Our libraries provide you with a set of ready to use Components with corresponding Schematic Symbols and PCB Footprints; all ready to add to your design. You can check all the library contents for the Parts you require using our Library Finder web page. If you have a Pro-Library or any of our additional libraries and want to check which version you have, email our sales office.
Offer Prices On Libraries Purchased
If you have purchased any previous versions of the below libraries, check the price list or contact our sales office for special prices during the summer promotion. Special prices are also available for new libraries and library bundles.
If you have a Pro-Library or any of our additional libraries and want to check which version you have, email our sales office.
SUMMER SPECIAL OFFERS - Library Upgrades
Pro-Library 8
The Pro-Library contains over 115,000 ready to use Components including Schematic Symbol and associated PCB footprints.
View the full Pro-Library 8 details here.
SUMMER SPECIAL OFFERS - Library Upgrades
Micro Library 8
The Microcontroller library contains over 14,600 Components, these include associated Schematic Symbols and PCB Footprints.
View the full Micro-Library 8 details here.
SUMMER SPECIAL OFFERS - Library Upgrades
Connector Library 3
The Connector library contains over 20,000 Components. These include all the associated Schematic Symbols and PCB Footprints.
View the full Connector-Library 8 details here.
Component Search Engine With Access To Over 15 Million FREE Components
With the Easy-PC version 29 update, you get continued free access to the Component Search Engine. This provides you with over 15 million components and their symbols (Schematic and PCB) instantly available from the web site. This service is an unlimited access to content that can be interactively downloaded directly onto the end of your cursor, ready for placement in Easy-PC and automatically loaded into your Easy-PC library.
More information about the Component Search Engine
More information about the Component Search Engine can be found here.
SnapMagic Component Searcher With Access To Over 10 Million FREE Components
An integrated interface to the SnapMagic search engine is still available when you upgrade to Easy-PC Version 29.
This component content resource provides you with over 10 million additional Parts ready-to-use and free of charge! Simply search the Part required and once found, drop it from the preview window into your design. It will also be added to your library for use at another time without having to download it again.
More information about the Component Searcher
More information about the Component Searcher can be found here.
