I like the simplicity and ease of use of TinyCAD and it works for what I need it to, but I have some issues with it.
If I export a circuit with no components selected, a huge image gets exported with a lot of blank space. When I select all the components before exporting it, the edges of some of the text labels get cut off. I worked around this by drawing a white rectangle (invisible against the white background) around my circuit.
The components in the generic library have red wires connected to them, but the default wire color is blue. I really don't care about colors in my circuit diagrams anyway, so I tried exporting a B&W image instead of a color one. However, then the rectangle appears around the perimeter.
I would also like to be able to use a bigger font, but it doesn't seem possible to change the font that is used. Regrettably, it seems like the development of TinyCAD has stagnated.
I took a look at Fritzing, but the interface seemed hard to use. I noticed that a lot of members of this forum use LTSpice, but that seems more advanced than what I would want right now. Does anyone know of a good simple CAD software other than TinyCAD? It would be nice if it could be cross-platform as well, although right now I'd only be using it on Windows.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that currently I'm only open to using something free.
If I export a circuit with no components selected, a huge image gets exported with a lot of blank space. When I select all the components before exporting it, the edges of some of the text labels get cut off. I worked around this by drawing a white rectangle (invisible against the white background) around my circuit.
The components in the generic library have red wires connected to them, but the default wire color is blue. I really don't care about colors in my circuit diagrams anyway, so I tried exporting a B&W image instead of a color one. However, then the rectangle appears around the perimeter.
I would also like to be able to use a bigger font, but it doesn't seem possible to change the font that is used. Regrettably, it seems like the development of TinyCAD has stagnated.
I took a look at Fritzing, but the interface seemed hard to use. I noticed that a lot of members of this forum use LTSpice, but that seems more advanced than what I would want right now. Does anyone know of a good simple CAD software other than TinyCAD? It would be nice if it could be cross-platform as well, although right now I'd only be using it on Windows.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that currently I'm only open to using something free.
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