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apblog:
Hi Everyone,

  I'm not a beginner but this is a question about a beginner tool, so this board seems like the right place.

  I downloaded "fritzing" because I wanted an easy way to design stripboards for simple circuits and one-offs.

  I'm coming from Altium.

  Is there a good 7400 series parts library for Fritzing? 

  Does Fritzing support sub-parts -- e.g. breaking out the 6 inverters from a 7404 so that a schematic can be drawn properly?

  Does Fritzing have a design rule check to make sure that I haven't forgotten to cut any traces on the strip board?

  Any tips for a brand new fritzing user?

  Thanks!

 
dr.diesel:
IIRC Fritzing has been abandoned, might consider something else.
janoc:
Hi,


--- Quote from: apblog on June 22, 2018, 12:07:54 pm ---Hi Everyone,

  Is there a good 7400 series parts library for Fritzing? 

--- End quote ---

Nope, there isn't one.


--- Quote from: apblog on June 22, 2018, 12:07:54 pm ---
  Does Fritzing support sub-parts -- e.g. breaking out the 6 inverters from a 7404 so that a schematic can be drawn properly?


--- End quote ---

No.


--- Quote from: apblog on June 22, 2018, 12:07:54 pm ---
  Does Fritzing have a design rule check to make sure that I haven't forgotten to cut any traces on the strip board?

--- End quote ---

LOL, no.


--- Quote from: apblog on June 22, 2018, 12:07:54 pm ---
  Any tips for a brand new fritzing user?

  Thanks!

--- End quote ---

You do realize that you have changed from a Ferrari to an EDA equivalent of a kid's tricycle, right? If you want to do any of the above and can't use the Altium you mentioned, try to find another PCB design software. Fritzing is too much a toy to be actually usable. You can't even build your own components in it (well, you can - by hand-editing some files in a text editor or paying the company to make the components for you).

There is Eagle, there is KiCAD, Diptrace, EasyEDA, etc ...

If you want to make just quick layout on stripboards, then DIYLC (http://diy-fever.com/software/diylc/) is not bad - at least it is less limiting than Fritzing.
HoracioDos:
Hi
I think you won't find it, but you can use a generic IC and change pin numbers and names. I did that with many ICs.
http://fritzing.org/forum/thread/310/
PS: I've switched to Kicad as soon as I realized that it wasn't a tool even for hobbyists
rdl:
I have made my own Diptrace library specifically for breadboard and perfboard use. It's not hard at all. It makes it much easier to lay out a board this way.
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