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PROTEL Autotrax Resources

Pages devoted to Autotrax on our website:
• Autotrax PCB under DOSBox runs under WIN8, OSX, Linux etc
• Autotrax VESA Drivers - video drivers for Autotrax
• Autotrax Resources (this page)
• Autotrax Library - an up to date component library
• Autotrax Useage bugs, workarounds, and techniques
• Autotrax Printer Drv - print to file from Traxplot
• Autotrax XP Driver - a Native screen resolution driver for XP
•   XP Driver FAQ
• 6 layer Autotrax PCB - an example board
• Autotrax Utilities - including Library manager
• Autotrax File format - text file describing the file format
• Autotrax Manual
• Autotrax Tutorial - an older tutorial, step by step
• Autotrax Gerber conversion - a service we offer

Various Protel Autotrax links:
• Download Protel Autotrax (or try here)
• Altium recently reorganised their website, the above is still a working link however
• Protel Printer drivers - print to pcx format
  
• Protel Autotrax manual Thanks to Sam Reaves
• David L Jones very good How-to guide to PCB layout
  
• Patch for smoother zoom on traxedit - makes SMD layout easier
  
• Protel DOS support notes - Lengthy document
  
• Protel Schematic/PCB notes Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Uni of Sydney
• Protel Autotrax useage issues (aka bugs, by AirBorn)
  
• Up-to-date Autotrax Libraries
• Laser PC Advanced Plot for Autotrax (PostScript, features++)
• VESA mode test program Tests your PC's VESA support mirror
• RCS Radio, now closed. (Bob Barnes passed away 15 June 2011) mirror here.
• Autotrax utilities by Richard Aston including component rotator, circle-of-pads tool.
• Jim Patchells Autotrax Utility collection(etc) with C source - incl Back annotation
• Paul Fincato's BMP to PCB converter - put your a graphic on your PCB!
• Morse keyer PCB project
  
• German User's Guide with Examples<--Link dead, sorry
  
• David L. Jones' projects - some PCBs
  
• Open Collector lots of open source electronic design tools.
• gEDA - a gnu EDA project - ...a little bit slow in getting going...
  
• A tutorial on PCB layout specifically using the Autotrax package

This page was last updated 22 September 2025, we apologise if links have gone stale since then.

Recently an English company (run by Ilija Kovacevic) has started using the Autotrax name - his package is not compatible with Protel Autotrax.