Using transistors on veroboard in the breadboard section

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@bob

I have noticed that using veroboard tends to slow my computer down quite a bit? Each move tends to take a second or so?

The way the perf boards are rendered is quite inefficient. I don’t know if there is any intention to change that though.

@bob

If I try to resize the veroboard any addition I make ends up with veroboard that has the copper track on both the horizontal and vertical lines which I have to remove manually?

In Inspector you can choose between perf board (which has a pad for every hole, no strips) or strip board (and then select either horizontal or vertical strips in Inspector. The changing the size of the board should not change what type of board it is.

@bob

I am also using other components that are ‘side on’ such as tantalum capacitors from the core parts, has anyone made a parts list of these items from above?

I think @Blue 's fzbz file is the only collection of top view parts. I’ve made various ones over the years and usually labeled them as top view (so a search in the forums will find them) but not made a list in one place.

@bob

I tried to alter the voltage regulator in the power parts of the core section to a vertical but there is much more to it than I can grasp.

I think there is a top view regulator somewhere (I remember making a variety of top view cases 3, 4 and 5 pin versions I think some time back. Part creation is fairly complex. These two sets of tutorials cover the current versions of Fritzing. Many of the others are for older versions (pre parts editor.)

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@bob

The PCB section shows the items clearer so I might try to use that, the problem is that the grid lines are very hard to see, is there any way of making the page look more like veroboard? I have altered the background to white so the components show up better but the grid almost disappears.

Some people do use pcb view for perfboard projects both because the pcb silkscreen view parts are typically top view and because you can route traces on both the top and bottom of the board (which you can’t in breadboard view.) The grid lines contrast are not currently changeable.
There is an enhancement request open on github
to do this here:

Add "Change Grid Color" to PCB View

Peter