![]() 11325 files, 8.68 GB Maybe try InnoSetup instead of qSetup. the files are unpacked by installer in c:\Users\\AppData\Local\Temp\\ at least on Windows 7. However, because the installer insists on unpacking itself first, it crashed without any significant error message if there's not enough free disk space. so those 8-10 GB would normally fit in those 5 GB of free disk space. ![]() I could start the setup, select install folder and enable NTFS compression on that folder, and as the installer copies files, they're real time compressed. Let's say I had DipTrace installed on my SSD drive with only 5 GB of free space. Don't see why the 1.5 GB has to be unpacked to 8-10 GB in a temporary folder, only to have it copy files to destination folder later. installer crashed without error messages (gets stuck and clicking next doesn't do anything) I had only 5 GB free space on the boot drive, and the installer defaults to boot drive to unpack itself. I have a 120 GB SSD as boot drive that was kinda full. really need to work a bit on your installer for the models. zip or 7zip archives can be easily parsed to retrieve the file listing ( and extracting files from 7zip is as fast as zip as long as solid mode compression is unchecked), and the 3d viewer could easily extract (and cache in ram if needed) only the models used by the active project. just by enabling NTFS compression on the folder the size shrinks to half, so the content is very compressible. Is there any particular reason why the 3d models can't be "installed" as zip/7zip/whatever packs, maybe grouped by manufacturer or category instead of having hundreds of files that are basically very verbose, text files? Reason is altogether the use a bit of disk space, they unpack in around 8-10 GB. I went with KiCad because of limitations in Eagle and DT, that KiCAD had at the time, yes they have since been implemented but that was my reason at the time to drop them, and when you spend a decent amount of time learning a new tool you kind of stick to it, I have EAGLE 7 installed for legacy, removed DT a long time ago, nobody in the hobbyist community I have seen uses it for OSHW projects, so I had no need for it. Say what you want about DT/EAGLE/KICAD the truth is they can all perform mostly the same functions as each other, it's just what you find easier to use and what you are willing to pay or not pay for. And just hope that it gets added in the future. Yes it is frustrating when simple things are missing like as the mentioned dashed/dotted line feature, but you have 2 choices, live with that limitation or use a different tool. I would always recommend trying EAGLE, DipTrace and KiCAD to anyone though as despite what YOU think, others might get on better with a n other package. ![]() PCB tools mostly are preferential, be it picked up as a hobbyist or introduced it via work, I wouldn't go back to DT just because I am used to other tools (Altium and KiCAD), if I were to go back to Eagle it'd have to be V7 before Autodesk messed it up, as the "new features" are really not worth (for me) the pure amount of crap they have injected into it since. ![]() As a temporary workaround for not having colored components in the schematic editor, I often create filled/colored drawing objects of the same shape and size and place them over their respective components.You pay your money, you take your choice. They are not one of the larger EDA corporations like Altium/Cadence/Autodesk with seemingly unlimited manpower, but I do hope these ideas can be implemented soon after the new tool is introduced. I'm guessing Novarm/DipTrace have other priorities right now and are presently devoting their limited resources to developing a new " push
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