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We are sorry to hear that you are having difficulty with the transition to the newer version of protocase designer. We also recognize that there are remaining issues with the silkscreen process. The keepouts have increased in some instances because they were not large enough in the first place. We a...

The latest version of designer http://www.protocasedesigner.com/ now has metric units as an option! To enable this, open designer and go to edit->preferences and select metric. All display will be in metric from that point on. If you ever want to go back, simply select standard.

--Douglas

Please visit the Protocase Designer page at http://www.protocasedesigner.com/ to find the latest version of protocase designer. The major changes are: Face color reflects metal color - Done PEM Manager for adding/ editing PEMs [list] Metric PEMs have been added [*]Preferences Panel[/*] Metric/ Stand...

To make a silkscreen you have to: 1) Make your box. Make the box and include all cutouts and pems first. -- Silkscreens cannot go on faces that have pems sticking out 2) Edit the face a silkscreen is desired on and go to Silkscreen->Export Silkscreen Template -- Save the template in a good location ...

We don't currently have any PC hole templates though we plan to include those abilities as well as the ability to share cutouts online in a library. Look for the cutout library in march or so. This would allow an ATX or ITX hole template to be saved as a single "cutout" and placed anywhere on your c...

That is an excellent suggestion, thank you.

Ah, my apologies! We will be supporting import/ exporting of cutouts in the near future (early next year probably) and people will be able to share cutouts on the forums, as well as request cutouts from our engineers.

--Douglas

Several of your requests are available in the new version. Specifically you can move, edit, or delete segments or vertices in the cutout editor. Although there is not a measurement tool, there is a display of the coordinates in the editor and you can right click and edit the coordinates of points an...

try scrolling with your mouse wheel. There is also a pan available from one of the icons. If you do not have a scroll wheel on your mouse, the magnifying glass tool will allow you to zoom. click it, then click and hold on the screen, and drag the mouse around.

--Douglas

There are - look under place->ports in the face editor. Specifically the D-Port is the one you are looking for.

--Douglas