Tips and Tricks ● Hold down the CTR

Tips and Tricks ● Hold down the CTRL key of your keyboard, to turn off the grid-capture, if you have to reach positions that are off the grid. ● If you want to select a single element out of a group or a macro, just press and hold the ALT key and then click on the desired element.● If you want to select several single elements, press and hold the SHIFT key and now you can select one element after another without deselecting the former selected elements.● Use the CURSOR keys to move selected elements in steps of the current grid. If you press also the CTRL key, you can move the selected elements in steps of 1/10 grid,● While drawing a track or a zone, you can change the bend mode of the track by pressing the SPACE key. There are 5 bend-modes altogether and you can simply toggle through these modes with the SPACE key.● The key F9 changes the active layer from C1 to C2 and vice versa. This will even work, if you draw a track, and you want to change the board side of the track after a through-hole (via). If no via is present, it will be placed automatically.● The key F11 changes the active layer from S1 - S2 - O at any time.● If you move a node of a track, you can get a 45° capture by pressing the ALT key.● With the keys 1..9 you can select predefined grid values.● If you want to connect an element (e.g. a pad or a track) with the automatic ground-plane, just select this element and set the distance in the lower statusbar to the ground-plane to "0" (zero).● The polygons you can create with the Special-Form function, can be used excellent as a construction-help. For example, if you need a component with 12 pins arranged in a circle, you can create a 12-sided-polygon, place a pad on every edge and delete the polygon. ● You can change the width of the macro-library. Move the mouse to the boarder line between the library and the editor. The mouse cursor changes to a double arrow. This indicates that you can move the border, while you hold down the left mouse button.● If you want to publish your layouts in the web, you can export your layout to a JPG or GIF file. You may also offer your original *.lay file as a download, and refer to the free Viewer.● You can always search for a new update with the command Internet Update... from the ? menu.