7/1/2020
Circles can also be drawn in the symbols editor.
6/18/2020
Drawing of circles can be started using command Draw - Circle, the keyboard shortcut C or this icon: .
Draw
Circle
C
Select the connection and deactivate the checkbox Show Cross-References in the Properties panel.
Show Cross-References
Previously, connection names were displayed in the same font as symbol references. Now connection names have their own font (see File - Options - Document - Fonts).
File
Options
Document
Fonts
Helper lines are a very useful but often overlooked feature. Therefore, they are now turned on by default. You can turn them off with the menu command View - Helper lines.
View
Helper lines
3/25/2020
see manual
In the program settings (F12 - System - Symbols) you can use the format {ref}/{pa}.{zone} instead of /{pa}.{zone} so that the links also include the wire name.
F12
System
Symbols
{ref}/{pa}.{zone}
/{pa}.{zone}
It is possible to move wire labels using the mouse.
Future versions of the program will no longer support the outdated format in which some symbols were created (prior to version 5).
Please convert your symbols to make them compatible with version 11. To start the conversion, choose command File - Convert symbols.
Convert symbols
Data fields has been renamed to Variables.
Data fields
Variables
11/22/2019
minor fixes
11/20/2019
To edit columns, right-click in the table header. A menu appears that allows you to:
Each column is assigned a variable. You can change this by using the Column settings menu item.
Column settings
Each report contains several predefined variables. Some print reports (bill of material, list of wires) allow you to add columns with custom variables. These custom variables also constitute attributes of the symbols or wires.
10/2/2019
8/28/2019
Right-click a cable symbol. A dialog box appears.
In the lower part of the dialog box, there is the cable core label area. You can enter a label for each cable core and whether the label should be visible. The cable core labels appear in the drawing and in the list of cables print report.
cable core label
5/27/2019
5/10/2019
List of cables includes information about to which symbols and connection points a cable is connected. The listing contains the following characters:
Example: R6:1,2,3;X5:3 The cable is connected to connection points 1, 2 and 3 of symbol R6 and to the connection point 3 of symbol X5.
You can set custom dimension text in the Properties panel.
3/6/2019
Mouse over the Pages panel to display a page preview. This makes it easier to navigate around multi-page drawings.
Mouse over the Layers panel to display a layer preview. This makes it very easy to see which objects are in which layer.
Right-click on the drawing and select Print current page.
Print current page
Use this function to apply format settings to multiple pages simultaneously. This can be useful if, for example, you want to change the paper size for a multi-page drawing.
Procedure:
Copy settings to other pages
OK
1/30/2019
The filter allows you to determine which symbols are listed in the Bill of material.
In the Bill of material window, press the Filter button. A dialog box appears with the Symbols Filter tab and Layers Filter.
Filter
Symbols Filter
Layers Filter
The symbols filter contains two text fields. In the Include box, specify the names of the symbols to be included in the bill of material. If this field is empty, all symbols will be included. In the Exclude box, specify the names of the symbols to be excluded from the bill of material.
Include
Exclude
Place each name on one line. It is enough to specify partial names. The filter supports two special characters:
^ for the beginning of the name. For example, ^dis pass matches all symbols that begin with "dis".
^dis
$ for the end of the name. For example, lay$ will matches all symbols that end with "lay".
lay$
In the right-hand part of the window there is a list of symbols used to test the filter. The list contains either only the symbols from the active document or the entire library.
active document
entire library
Symbols from the active document are either green or red, depending on whether they passed the filter or not.
Symbols from the entire library let you test whether the filter could be used for symbols that are not in the active document. The list of symbols from the entire library is not colored and only the symbols that have passed through the filter are listed.
The program allows you to insert an image from the Windows clipboard into the drawing. This is the easiest way to get a picture from another source, for example from a PDF catalog.
zoom in
Ctrl
Win
Shift
S
PrtScn
V
12/1/2018
Draws a horizontal or vertical dimension.
Click the icon or select menu command Draw - Linear dimension. Click the mouse to select the first point (1) (start of the first extension line). Use the next mouse click to select the start of the second extension line (2). With the third mouse click, select the point (3), through which the dimension line will be drawn. This dimension line is either horizontal or vertical, depending on the position of the third point relative to the first two.
Draw - Linear dimension
Draws a dimension at any angle
Click the icon or select command Draw - Aligned dimension. The next procedure is the same as for linear dimensions.
Draw - Aligned dimension
Difference between linear and aligned dimensions:
Used to dimension the diameter of a circle. Click the icon or select menu command Draw - Diameter dimension. The program supports three ways to dimension a circle. The diameter dimension is defined by two points: the first point lies on the circle and the second point lies:
Draw - Diameter dimension
The program contains several predefined dimensioning styles. Each page may have a different dimension style set.
Right-click the drawing, select Page Settings from the menu and select the Dimension Style tab. A dialog box appears, which allows you to:
Page Settings
Dimension Style
Clicking on the button New or Modify brings up a dialogue window where you can modify the properties of the dimension style. The dialog box also includes a dimension style preview that illustrates the meaning of all parameters.
New
Modify
All dimensions on a page use the same dimension unit that you can set in the Dimension Style dialog box. The dimension unit is not referenced on the dimensions but may be listed in the title block. The corresponding system variable is {_du}.
{_du}
The following changes have been made since the last version:
print settings
page size
Right-click the drawing, select Page Settings from the popup-menu and select the Print Settings tab. A dialog box appears, which allows you to:
Print Settings
Setup
Right-click the drawing, select Page Settings from the menu and select the Page Size tab. A dialog box appears, offering three paper sizes:
Page Size
For a) and b), you can also specify the number of sheets of paper across and down.
Wire labels can be placed over the wires (instead of beside them) so they take up less space.
This option is in the program setting (F12) - Wires Numbering, Place labels over the wire.
Wires Numbering
Place labels over the wire
If you already have ProfiCAD, you can download the installer for upgrade. You can install over the previous version. This is a paid upgrade.
If you have purchased ProfiCAD after May 28, 2018, you can upgrade to Version 10 free of charge. For activation use the key that you have received when you purchased the program.
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