Professional PCB design tool

System Requirements

Windows 7 or Windows 8 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Intel^® Core^™ i5 processor or equivalent
8 GByte RAM
3 GByte hard disk space (Install + User Files)
NVIDIA^® GeForce^® GT 640 series or AMD^® Radeon^® HD 7770, 1024MB (or more) graphics card or better, supporting DirectX 9.0c and Shader model 3 (or later)
Dual monitors with at least 1680x1050 (widescreen) or 1600x1200 (4:3) screen resolution
USB2.0 port if connecting to 3D Mouse
3D mouse for 3D PCB design, such as the Space Navigator
DVD-Drive
Adobe^® Reader^® (8 or later)
Internet Connection
Up to date Web browser
Microsoft Excel (required for Bill of Materials templates)

Windows 7 32-bit
Intel^® Core^™ i3 processor or equivalent
4 GByte RAM
1.2 GByte hard disk space (Install + User Files)
Intel integrated graphics HD4000 or equivalent, supporting DirectX 9.0c and Shader model 3 (or later)
Main monitor 1280x1024 screen resolution at no greater than 100% DPI scaling Strongly recommended: second monitor with minimum 1280x1024 resolution at 100% DPI scaling
USB2.0 port if connecting to 3D Mouse
DVD-Drive
Adobe^® Reader^® (8 or later)
Internet Connection
Up to date Web browser
Microsoft Excel (required for Bill of Materials templates)

For more information about CircuitStudio’s system requirements, please read our documentation.

Release Notes

Fixed a bug causing CircuitStudio to crash if the Generate outputs button was clicked while no project documents were opened.
Added Selection Filter feature. Implemented classes and Interfaces.
Added a Selection Filter feature to specify the types of objects available for selection. See the Home menu bar in Sch and Pcb and library editors.
Added CircuitStudio product name into the header of generated Gerber files.
Added Layer Set functionality to the existing LS button so that layer visibility may be set for each layer type.
Added the PDF3D Exporter documentation output so that PCB's may be viewed and navigated in 3D when using an external PDF viewer.