Dip Trace: Moving wire from one pin to another?

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spinnaker

Joined Oct 29, 2009
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Yes I did check both the help and the tutorial but they are not very helpful.

What seems to work is to first place a new wire segment to the "new" pin. Then delete the old wire.

There is an "Edit Mode" but I am not sure I understand what it is supposed to do, even after reading help.
 

tracecom

Joined Apr 16, 2010
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Mouse over the wire you want to move. When it turns blue, right click it. Choose delete line or delete wire. Reconnect wire to new pin.
 

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spinnaker

Joined Oct 29, 2009
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If I understand correctly I realize I can do that but I need to reconnect the wire from the "source" pin. But what I have found is that if the wire has a right angle in it then you can select delete line and it will only delete up to the angle.

But if it is a big long straight line, it might be cumbersome to redraw the whole thing. It would be nice if there was a way to just move the wire.
 

tracecom

Joined Apr 16, 2010
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If I understand correctly I realize I can do that but I need to reconnect the wire from the "source" pin. But what I have found is that if the wire has a right angle in it then you can select delete line and it will only delete up to the angle.

But if it is a big long straight line, it might be cumbersome to redraw the whole thing. It would be nice if there was a way to just move the wire.
Try delete line instead of delete wire; you can delete any segment between nodes. See if that helps.
 

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spinnaker

Joined Oct 29, 2009
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Yeah that is what I said I used in my second post. I want to know if there is a way to move a wire.

It can be done in ExpressSch.
 

tracecom

Joined Apr 16, 2010
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Yeah that is what I said I used in my second post. I want to know if there is a way to move a wire.

It can be done in ExpressSch.
I guess it doesn't work like ExpressSch. If I wanted to do what you describe, I would add a node to the straight line, and then delete the portion between the node I just created and the component pin. Then, I would click on the new node and connect it to the new pin. Sorry I don't have a better solution. Or maybe I just don't understand what you want. Either way, I'll shut up about it. :)
 
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