Hi Jack,
What I usually do is to mark with a fine felt tip every 5 holes and a slightly longer one every 10 on the board. This reduces the amount of counting. You could even divide the board into 5 hole squares if you want. What some people do is to stick a label on the edge of the board with the markings on it. Another way is to print the layout full size, cut it out and then stick it to the board and put the component wires through the paper at the right place. You can (or not) then tear away the paper.
I too asked about starting at 0/1 and got more or less the same answer. As a programmer in C all arrays start at 0 and rulers too when you think about it also start at 0. If you want to continue starting at 1 then count the gaps between the holes   .
Hamilton

Thanks for pointing out that multiple VeeCAD instances have the same Taskbar text, and when you go Alt-TAB to switch programs. I'll have it fixed in the next release.

You can use placeable text to show the project name or file name or version number.

Below is an example of board rulers.

HELLI wrote on Sep 20^th, 2013 at 5:08pm:


I buy a bunch of boards on Ebay and make my projects fit.  I just  ordered some bigger boards for bigger projects.

js

Placeable text, net tracing and auto-routing are the big omissions from the free version.

Can you explain what you mean by "hole numbers on the layout".

One more idea occurs to me.  Once one has a strip board layout that works, it would be neat if one could remove all the junk and just leave what is  needed for artwork to etch another board or two.

Is there any such program out there?

js

Roger Lascelles wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2013 at 8:39am:


Don't see a picture but I see the x,y now.  That is perfect and all I need.

Thanks,

js

Hello Jack

Since stripboard is in effect a single sided PCB with parallel tracks, your single sided PCB shouldn't need more links than stripboard.

Some circuits or portions of circuits are a planar graph - ie. can be connected on single sided board without any crossovers, provided you snake the tracks in between pins in the right way.

The concept of the planar graph is useful. By looping a track by a different path, you can often eliminate a link. Let's say you find a track gets in the way of another track. Instead of making a link, follow the blocking track until it terminates at a pin. Go around that pin and now you are on the other side of the blocking track. Don't overdo it or your board will be a swirl of tracks. Also, fast logic or high frequency circuits don't like long snakey grounds.

Don't plonk down your components and try to connect them with tracks. Instead, move the components around, particularly resistors and capactitors, just like you do in VeeCAD.

Finally, there is a good chance your VeeCAD layouts can be more compact. If you email me your layouts I will try to compact them and send them back. Also, since you don't have the full version Net Trace feature, you will have to work harder to make compact layouts.