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The Home Ribbon Page
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How to Make a PCB Click to see a quick and enlightening tutorial on how to make a PCB. Video Tutorials Click to view a useful collection of video tutorials that will guide you through the process of PCB design. DEX Video Tutorials Web Page |
Getting Started Commands
Suppliers This display valuable links to suppliers of electronic parts. Read more... Suppliers |
Suppliers Commands
Print the Design This will print your design. Read more...
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Print Commands
Run the Part Wizard This will run the Part Wizard what will guide you through the process of creating a custom part. Read more... The Part Wizard Create a New Part Click to create a new blank part. Read more about creating parts...
Create a New Project This will create a new project. Read more about projects...
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New Commands
Open an Existing Project Click to open an existing project. Open an Existing Project Open an Existing Part Click to open an existing part. Open an Existing Part
Open an Existing DEX EDA Design Click to open an existing legacy DEX EDA project. This will open a legacy schematic and PCB design. DEX EDA was discontinued You can download DEX EDA from here... DEX EDA Recover a Past/Future Version This displays the Restore Design dialog that list all changed that you have made to a project or part. You can easily revert to a past design change. Read more... The Restore Design Dialog |
Open Commands
Create a New Schematic This adds a new schematic sheet to your project.. Create a New Symbol In parts, schematics act as symbol schematics. So, if you have a part that needs two symbols, then you would have two schematic symbol sheets. If you currently have a part open, then the additional schematic symbol sheet will be a sub-part. For instance, if you are creating a part which has 2 op-amps, you would have 2 schematics symbol sheets in total; one for each op-amp. You might also add an additional schematic symbol sheet for the power connections. Create a New Text This will add a new text/document sheet to your design.
Add a PDF to the Design Clicking this will allow you to embed an Adobe PDF file in your project/part. Add a PDF to the Design
Delete the Current Sheet This will delete the currently select sheet.
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Sheet Commands
Close This will close the current project/part. A new unsaved project/part will then be created. New Design After Closing Current Design
Save This will save the design. If it has never been save you will be prompted for a save location and a file name.
Save As Save As Dialog This will save the design to a new location and file name.
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File Commands
Get Latest Version Click to get the latest version of DEX. Read more... What's New Display the What's New web-page detailing changes. What's New
Software License This will display you software license details. Read more... About This will display the About DEX dialog box. It displays version details and the version of OpenGL installed on your machine. The About Dialog Box
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Account Commands
Close DEX This will close DEX. If you have an unsaved edit then you will be prompted to save it.
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What if you exit DEX but did not save it? Well, fear not: When you restart DEX if you click on the Redo buttons you can recover each change, one by one. Alternatively you can click the button and select a state to recover to. |
The Exit Commands