PCB Circuit Board Reverse Engineering Lines

PCB Circuit Board Reverse Engineering Lines are used to draw tracks on the pc board. When in the line mode, each Btn1 press establishes one end of a line. Once the second point is defined, the line is drawn and a new line started where the first one ended. You can abandon the new starting point in favor of another by pressing Ctrl-Btn1, or Btn3, but don’t use Btn2.

The undo function (U key or ‘undo last operation’ from the Edit menu) will take you back point by point if you use it while in the line mode. If you drag the pointer out of the Layout area of PCB Reverse Engineering while drawing a line, the display will auto-scroll (assuming sufficient zoom for scrolling). To stop auto-scroll, simply pass the pointer over the panner control.

New lines can be restricted to 45 degree angles if desired. You can toggle this restriction on and off while creating lines by pressing the period key. If the 45 degree restriction is turned on, then the / (forward slash) key can be used to cycle through three different modes of 45 degree line creation.

One mode just creates a single line forced to the nearest 45 degree vector. The next mode creates two lines from the start to end points such that the first line leaves the start point at a 90 degree vector, and the second line enters the end point on a 45 degree vector. The last mode creates two lines such that the first line leaves the start point on a 45 degree vector and arrives at the end point on a 90 degree vector.

You can temporarily swap between the last two modes by holding the Shift key down. It is simple to edit a line object by breaking it into pieces (insert point mode), moving an end point or the whole line (Arrow tool ), or changing the layer it resides on (M key moves the line under the pointer to the active layer).

In the case when two line segments meet at exactly the same point you can delete the intermediate point, otherwise the delete tool removes an entire line. Feel free to experiment since PCB Circuit Board Reverse Engineering will allow you to undo and redo anything that materially affects your work. If you switch active layers in the midst of placing lines a via will automatically be placed, when necessary, in order to continue the connection.

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