Is Autosketch V8 good for Electronic Schematic Drawing?

New user.

Trying to connect a transistor to a resistor and I can't get it done.

Did I get the wrong program?

Thanks,
skb

 

If you are connecting the resistor directly to the transistor without a
Polyline "wire" then move the about point (right click on the yellow diamond
and end snap to the end of the "pin". Pick up the part by the about point
and use end snap to connect it to the pin on the other part.

Normally you use a Single Polyline as a "wire" to connect the parts. Use
end snap to connect where you want then type x or y to start the first line
horizontally or vertically then type L keep the rest of the line at right
angles. I recommend changing to full screen cursor to assist in routing the
"wires".

To edit a polyline, double click on it to get to "Edit Vertices mode" then
click on the segment you want to move and click on the Move Segment icon in
the Edit bar (you may need to switch to advanced user mode and turn the
edit menu bar on).
If a line segment becomes out of square then, while in Edit vertices mode,
highlight the two vertices that are misaligned and use the Align dropdown
list to align them (this tool only shows up in the edit bar when two or more
nodes are selected on a polyline in edit vertices mode).

If the parts are correctly made you can set the grid snap separation to a
multiple of the "pin" spacing and save a lot of time.

Is Autosketch good for Electronic Schematics? It depends. If you want to
document a small assembly with up to 50 or so parts, it works fine. If you
want to design a control board with hundreds of parts and dozens of 50 pin
connectors, you will be sorry you didn't the several hundred to several
thousand dollars and buy a dedicated schematic capture program.

Rod

 

I think it's not the right program for this, try eagle or sth. like
that (www.cadsoft.de), you will be happier!

greets
Hanno