Circuit board design software is based on the placement of pads or holes to the required position of the component pins. In the case of perforated circuit boards the holes are fixed, this makes the designer bend component leads to fit the available holes. Now it becomes possible to position the component body any where between the connection points. For two pin components VeroCAD and VeroCAD-Pro allows the designer to “SLIDE”  the component body between the connection points.

If you have ever built a circuit board using Veroboard or other similar prototyping boards you will have experienced the woes of electronic prototyping. When fellow builders say “Just build it on Veroboard” it sounds easy, but reality soon hits. What you thought would be ten minutes turned into three hours or more. Here is a tool to help reduce the time to design a Veroboard project, VeroCAD lets you see the board as you place and move components. When the design is complete, simply print a placement label and apply it to the perforated board, now each component can be accurately placed on the board. Circuit board design software is based on the placement of pads or holes to the required position of the component pins.

VeroCAD-Pro allows you to lay out your design on pre-built perf boards such as RadioShack(tm) 276-150. If you find the ideal perf-board for your project you can use the built in editor to add the new board to your collection.