diff --git a/diylc/diylc-library/lib/diylc-core.jar b/diylc/diylc-library/lib/diylc-core.jar
index 7618ac35..9747a846 100644
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diff --git a/diylc/diylc-library/src/org/diylc/awt/ShadedPaint.java b/diylc/diylc-library/src/org/diylc/awt/ShadedPaint.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aff0558f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diylc/diylc-library/src/org/diylc/awt/ShadedPaint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+
+    DIY Layout Creator (DIYLC).
+    Copyright (c) 2009-2018 held jointly by the individual authors.
+
+    This file is part of DIYLC.
+
+    DIYLC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    DIYLC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with DIYLC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+package org.diylc.awt;
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.Paint;
+import java.awt.PaintContext;
+import java.awt.Rectangle;
+import java.awt.RenderingHints;
+import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
+import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
+import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
+import java.awt.image.ColorModel;
+
+public class ShadedPaint implements Paint {
+  
+  private ShadedPaintContext context;
+  private Point2D p1;
+  private Point2D p2;
+  private Color c1;
+  private Color c2;  
+  
+  public ShadedPaint(Point2D p1, Point2D p2, Color c, double shadeFactor) {
+    this.p1 = p1;
+    this.p2 = p2;
+    int r = c.getRed();
+    int g = c.getGreen();
+    int b = c.getBlue();
+    
+    this.c1 = new Color(
+        Math.max((int) (r * shadeFactor), 0), 
+        Math.max((int) (g * shadeFactor), 0), 
+        Math.max((int) (b * shadeFactor), 0));
+
+    
+    int i = (int)(1.0/(1.0-shadeFactor));
+    if ( r == 0 && g == 0 && b == 0) {
+       this.c2 = new Color(i, i, i);
+    } else {
+      if ( r > 0 && r < i ) r = i;
+      if ( g > 0 && g < i ) g = i;
+      if ( b > 0 && b < i ) b = i;
+  
+      this.c2 = new Color(Math.min((int)(r / shadeFactor), 255),
+                       Math.min((int)(g / shadeFactor), 255),
+                       Math.min((int)(b / shadeFactor), 255)); 
+    }
+  }
+
+  public ShadedPaint(Point2D p1, Point2D p2, Color c2) {
+    this(p1, p2, c2, 0.9f);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public int getTransparency() {
+    return OPAQUE;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public PaintContext createContext(ColorModel cm, Rectangle deviceBounds, Rectangle2D userBounds,
+      AffineTransform xform, RenderingHints hints) {
+    if (context == null || !context.getColorModel().equals(cm))
+          context = new ShadedPaintContext(cm, p1, p2, xform, c1, c2);
+    return context;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/diylc/diylc-library/src/org/diylc/awt/ShadedPaintContext.java b/diylc/diylc-library/src/org/diylc/awt/ShadedPaintContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6171b9b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diylc/diylc-library/src/org/diylc/awt/ShadedPaintContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
+/*
+
+    DIY Layout Creator (DIYLC).
+    Copyright (c) 2009-2018 held jointly by the individual authors.
+
+    This file is part of DIYLC.
+
+    DIYLC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    DIYLC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with DIYLC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+package org.diylc.awt;
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.PaintContext;
+import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
+import java.awt.geom.NoninvertibleTransformException;
+import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
+import java.awt.image.ColorModel;
+import java.awt.image.DirectColorModel;
+import java.awt.image.Raster;
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
+
+import sun.awt.image.IntegerComponentRaster;
+
+public class ShadedPaintContext implements PaintContext {
+  
+    static ColorModel xrgbmodel =
+        new DirectColorModel(24, 0x00ff0000, 0x0000ff00, 0x000000ff);
+    static ColorModel xbgrmodel =
+        new DirectColorModel(24, 0x000000ff, 0x0000ff00, 0x00ff0000);
+
+    static ColorModel cachedModel;
+    static WeakReference<Raster> cached;
+
+    static synchronized Raster getCachedRaster(ColorModel cm, int w, int h) {
+        if (cm == cachedModel) {
+            if (cached != null) {
+                Raster ras = (Raster) cached.get();
+                if (ras != null &&
+                    ras.getWidth() >= w &&
+                    ras.getHeight() >= h)
+                {
+                    cached = null;
+                    return ras;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return cm.createCompatibleWritableRaster(w, h);
+    }
+
+    static synchronized void putCachedRaster(ColorModel cm, Raster ras) {
+        if (cached != null) {
+            Raster cras = (Raster) cached.get();
+            if (cras != null) {
+                int cw = cras.getWidth();
+                int ch = cras.getHeight();
+                int iw = ras.getWidth();
+                int ih = ras.getHeight();
+                if (cw >= iw && ch >= ih) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                if (cw * ch >= iw * ih) {
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        cachedModel = cm;
+        cached = new WeakReference<Raster>(ras);
+    }
+
+    double x1;
+    double y1;
+    double dx;
+    double dy;
+    int interp[];
+    Raster saved;
+    ColorModel model;
+
+    public ShadedPaintContext(ColorModel cm,
+                                Point2D p1, Point2D p2, AffineTransform xform,
+                                Color c1, Color c2) {
+        // First calculate the distance moved in user space when
+        // we move a single unit along the X & Y axes in device space.
+        Point2D xvec = new Point2D.Double(1, 0);
+        Point2D yvec = new Point2D.Double(0, 1);
+        try {
+            AffineTransform inverse = xform.createInverse();
+            inverse.deltaTransform(xvec, xvec);
+            inverse.deltaTransform(yvec, yvec);
+        } catch (NoninvertibleTransformException e) {
+            xvec.setLocation(0, 0);
+            yvec.setLocation(0, 0);
+        }
+
+        // Now calculate the (square of the) user space distance
+        // between the anchor points. This value equals:
+        //     (UserVec . UserVec)
+        double udx = p2.getX() - p1.getX();
+        double udy = p2.getY() - p1.getY();
+        double ulenSq = udx * udx + udy * udy;
+
+        if (ulenSq <= Double.MIN_VALUE) {
+            dx = 0;
+            dy = 0;
+        } else {
+            // Now calculate the proportional distance moved along the
+            // vector from p1 to p2 when we move a unit along X & Y in
+            // device space.
+            //
+            // The length of the projection of the Device Axis Vector is
+            // its dot product with the Unit User Vector:
+            //     (DevAxisVec . (UserVec / Len(UserVec))
+            //
+            // The "proportional" length is that length divided again
+            // by the length of the User Vector:
+            //     (DevAxisVec . (UserVec / Len(UserVec))) / Len(UserVec)
+            // which simplifies to:
+            //     ((DevAxisVec . UserVec) / Len(UserVec)) / Len(UserVec)
+            // which simplifies to:
+            //     (DevAxisVec . UserVec) / LenSquared(UserVec)
+            dx = (xvec.getX() * udx + xvec.getY() * udy) / ulenSq;
+            dy = (yvec.getX() * udx + yvec.getY() * udy) / ulenSq;
+
+
+            // We are acyclic
+            if (dx < 0) {
+                // If we are using the acyclic form below, we need
+                // dx to be non-negative for simplicity of scanning
+                // across the scan lines for the transition points.
+                // To ensure that constraint, we negate the dx/dy
+                // values and swap the points and colors.
+                Point2D p = p1; p1 = p2; p2 = p;
+                Color c = c1; c1 = c2; c2 = c;
+                dx = -dx;
+                dy = -dy;
+            }            
+        }
+
+        Point2D dp1 = xform.transform(p1, null);
+        this.x1 = dp1.getX();
+        this.y1 = dp1.getY();
+
+        int rgb1 = c1.getRGB();
+        int rgb2 = c2.getRGB();
+        int a1 = (rgb1 >> 24) & 0xff;
+        int r1 = (rgb1 >> 16) & 0xff;
+        int g1 = (rgb1 >>  8) & 0xff;
+        int b1 = (rgb1      ) & 0xff;
+        int da = ((rgb2 >> 24) & 0xff) - a1;
+        int dr = ((rgb2 >> 16) & 0xff) - r1;
+        int dg = ((rgb2 >>  8) & 0xff) - g1;
+        int db = ((rgb2      ) & 0xff) - b1;
+        if (a1 == 0xff && da == 0) {
+            model = xrgbmodel;
+            if (cm instanceof DirectColorModel) {
+                DirectColorModel dcm = (DirectColorModel) cm;
+                int tmp = dcm.getAlphaMask();
+                if ((tmp == 0 || tmp == 0xff) &&
+                    dcm.getRedMask() == 0xff &&
+                    dcm.getGreenMask() == 0xff00 &&
+                    dcm.getBlueMask() == 0xff0000)
+                {
+                    model = xbgrmodel;
+                    tmp = r1; r1 = b1; b1 = tmp;
+                    tmp = dr; dr = db; db = tmp;
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            model = ColorModel.getRGBdefault();
+        }
+        interp = new int[257];
+        for (int i = 0; i <= 256; i++) {
+            float rel = i / 256.0f;
+            int rgb =
+                (((int) (a1 + da * rel)) << 24) |
+                (((int) (r1 + dr * rel)) << 16) |
+                (((int) (g1 + dg * rel)) <<  8) |
+                (((int) (b1 + db * rel))      );
+            interp[i] = rgb;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Release the resources allocated for the operation.
+     */
+    public void dispose() {
+        if (saved != null) {
+            putCachedRaster(model, saved);
+            saved = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the ColorModel of the output.
+     */
+    public ColorModel getColorModel() {
+        return model;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return a Raster containing the colors generated for the graphics
+     * operation.
+     * @param x,y,w,h The area in device space for which colors are
+     * generated.
+     */
+    public Raster getRaster(int x, int y, int w, int h) {
+        double rowrel = (x - x1) * dx + (y - y1) * dy;
+
+        Raster rast = saved;
+        if (rast == null || rast.getWidth() < w || rast.getHeight() < h) {
+            rast = getCachedRaster(model, w, h);
+            saved = rast;
+        }
+        IntegerComponentRaster irast = (IntegerComponentRaster) rast;
+        int off = irast.getDataOffset(0);
+        int adjust = irast.getScanlineStride() - w;
+        int[] pixels = irast.getDataStorage();
+
+        clipFillRaster(pixels, off, adjust, w, h, rowrel, dx, dy);        
+
+//        irast.markDirty();
+
+        return rast;
+    }
+
+    void clipFillRaster(int[] pixels, int off, int adjust, int w, int h,
+                        double rowrel, double dx, double dy) {
+        while (--h >= 0) {
+            double colrel = rowrel;
+            int j = w;
+            if (colrel <= 0.0) {
+                int rgb = interp[0];
+                do {
+                    pixels[off++] = rgb;
+                    colrel += dx;
+                } while (--j > 0 && colrel <= 0.0);
+            }
+            while (colrel < 1.0 && --j >= 0) {
+                pixels[off++] = interp[(int) (colrel < 0.5 ? colrel * 2 * 256 : (2 - colrel * 2) * 256)];
+                colrel += dx;
+            }
+            if (j > 0) {
+                int rgb = interp[256];
+                do {
+                    pixels[off++] = rgb;
+                } while (--j > 0);
+            }
+
+            off += adjust;
+            rowrel += dy;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/diylc/diylc-core/src/org/diylc/components/AbstractLeadedComponent.java b/diylc/diylc-library/src/org/diylc/components/AbstractLeadedComponent.java
similarity index 91%
rename from diylc/diylc-core/src/org/diylc/components/AbstractLeadedComponent.java
rename to diylc/diylc-library/src/org/diylc/components/AbstractLeadedComponent.java
index f0f38665..e36e3699 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-core/src/org/diylc/components/AbstractLeadedComponent.java
+++ b/diylc/diylc-library/src/org/diylc/components/AbstractLeadedComponent.java
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ import java.awt.Rectangle;
 import java.awt.Shape;
 import java.awt.Stroke;
 import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
+import java.awt.geom.Area;
 import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D;
+import java.awt.geom.Line2D;
 import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
 
 import org.diylc.appframework.miscutils.ConfigurationManager;
@@ -147,16 +149,30 @@ public abstract class AbstractLeadedComponent<T> extends AbstractTransparentComp
         float leadThickness = getLeadThickness();
         double leadLength = (distance - calculatePinSpacing(shapeRect)) / 2;
 
-        g2d.setStroke(ObjectCache.getInstance().fetchBasicStroke(leadThickness));
-        Color leadColor =
-            shouldShadeLeads() ? getLeadColorForPainting(componentState).darker()
-                : getLeadColorForPainting(componentState);
-        g2d.setColor(leadColor);
-        drawLeads(g2d, theta, leadLength);
-
         if (shouldShadeLeads()) {
-          g2d.setStroke(ObjectCache.getInstance().fetchBasicStroke(leadThickness - 2));
-          leadColor = getLeadColorForPainting(componentState);
+          Stroke leadStroke = ObjectCache.getInstance().fetchBasicStroke(leadThickness - 1);     
+          Color leadColor = getLeadColorForPainting(componentState);          
+          
+          Area leadArea = new Area();
+          
+          int endX = (int) (points[0].x + Math.cos(theta) * leadLength);
+          int endY = (int) (points[0].y + Math.sin(theta) * leadLength);
+          Line2D line = new Line2D.Double(points[0].x, points[0].y, endX, endY);
+          leadArea.add(new Area(leadStroke.createStrokedShape(line)));
+          
+          endX = (int) (points[1].x + Math.cos(theta - Math.PI) * leadLength);
+          endY = (int) (points[1].y + Math.sin(theta - Math.PI) * leadLength);
+          line = new Line2D.Double(points[1].x, points[1].y, endX, endY);
+          leadArea.add(new Area(leadStroke.createStrokedShape(line)));
+          
+          g2d.setStroke(ObjectCache.getInstance().fetchBasicStroke(1f));
+          g2d.setColor(leadColor);
+          g2d.fill(leadArea);
+          g2d.setColor(leadColor.darker());
+          g2d.draw(leadArea);          
+        } else {
+          g2d.setStroke(ObjectCache.getInstance().fetchBasicStroke(leadThickness));
+          Color leadColor = getLeadColorForPainting(componentState);
           g2d.setColor(leadColor);
           drawLeads(g2d, theta, leadLength);
         }
@@ -278,7 +294,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractLeadedComponent<T> extends AbstractTransparentComp
     if (isCopperArea)
       observer.startTrackingContinuityArea(true);
 
-    float thickness = getLeadThickness();
+    float thickness = getLeadThickness() - 1;
     Stroke stroke = null;
     switch (getStyle()) {
       case SOLID:
@@ -293,33 +309,22 @@ public abstract class AbstractLeadedComponent<T> extends AbstractTransparentComp
         break;
     }
 
-    g2d.setStroke(stroke);
+    Line2D line = new Line2D.Double(points[0].x, points[0].y, points[1].x, points[1].y);
+    Shape lineShape = stroke.createStrokedShape(line);
+    
     Color leadColor =
-        shouldShadeLeads() ? getLeadColorForPainting(componentState).darker() : getLeadColorForPainting(componentState);
+        shouldShadeLeads() ? getLeadColorForPainting(componentState) : getLeadColorForPainting(componentState);
     g2d.setColor(leadColor);
-    g2d.drawLine(points[0].x, points[0].y, points[1].x, points[1].y);
+    g2d.fill(lineShape);
 
     if (isCopperArea)
       observer.stopTrackingContinuityArea();
 
     if (shouldShadeLeads()) {
-      switch (getStyle()) {
-        case SOLID:
-          stroke = ObjectCache.getInstance().fetchBasicStroke(thickness - 2);
-          break;
-        case DASHED:
-          stroke =
-              ObjectCache.getInstance().fetchStroke(thickness - 2, new float[] {thickness * 2, thickness * 4},
-                  thickness * 4);
-          break;
-        case DOTTED:
-          stroke = ObjectCache.getInstance().fetchStroke(thickness - 2, new float[] {thickness / 4, thickness * 4}, 0);
-          break;
-      }
-      g2d.setStroke(stroke);
+      g2d.setStroke(ObjectCache.getInstance().fetchBasicStroke(1f));
       leadColor = getLeadColorForPainting(componentState);
-      g2d.setColor(leadColor);
-      g2d.drawLine(points[0].x, points[0].y, points[1].x, points[1].y);
+      g2d.setColor(leadColor.darker());
+      g2d.draw(lineShape);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/diylc/diylc-core/src/org/diylc/components/AbstractRadialComponent.java b/diylc/diylc-library/src/org/diylc/components/AbstractRadialComponent.java
similarity index 100%
rename from diylc/diylc-core/src/org/diylc/components/AbstractRadialComponent.java
rename to diylc/diylc-library/src/org/diylc/components/AbstractRadialComponent.java
diff --git a/diylc/diylc-core/src/org/diylc/components/AbstractSchematicLeadedSymbol.java b/diylc/diylc-library/src/org/diylc/components/AbstractSchematicLeadedSymbol.java
similarity index 100%
rename from diylc/diylc-core/src/org/diylc/components/AbstractSchematicLeadedSymbol.java
rename to diylc/diylc-library/src/org/diylc/components/AbstractSchematicLeadedSymbol.java
diff --git a/diylc/diylc-library/src/org/diylc/components/connectivity/HookupWire.java b/diylc/diylc-library/src/org/diylc/components/connectivity/HookupWire.java
index f5fa2d07..4e854e6c 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-library/src/org/diylc/components/connectivity/HookupWire.java
+++ b/diylc/diylc-library/src/org/diylc/components/connectivity/HookupWire.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.diylc.components.connectivity;
 
 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
+import java.awt.Shape;
 import java.awt.Stroke;
 import java.awt.geom.Path2D;
 
@@ -54,10 +55,10 @@ public class HookupWire extends AbstractCurvedComponent<Void> {
   @Override
   protected void drawCurve(Path2D curve, Graphics2D g2d, ComponentState componentState, IDrawingObserver drawingObserver) {
     int thickness =
-        (int) (Math.pow(Math.E, -1.12436 - 0.11594 * gauge.getValue()) * Constants.PIXELS_PER_INCH * (1 + 2 * INSULATION_THICKNESS_PCT));
+        (int) (Math.pow(Math.E, -1.12436 - 0.11594 * gauge.getValue()) * Constants.PIXELS_PER_INCH * (1 + 2 * INSULATION_THICKNESS_PCT)) - 1;
     Color curveColor =
         componentState == ComponentState.SELECTED || componentState == ComponentState.DRAGGING ? SELECTION_COLOR
-            : color.darker();
+            : color;
     g2d.setColor(curveColor);
     Stroke stroke = null;
     switch (getStyle()) {
@@ -72,24 +73,25 @@ public class HookupWire extends AbstractCurvedComponent<Void> {
         stroke = ObjectCache.getInstance().fetchStroke(thickness, new float[] {thickness / 4, thickness * 3}, 0);
         break;
     }
-    g2d.setStroke(stroke);
-    g2d.draw(curve);
+    Shape s = stroke.createStrokedShape(curve);    
+    g2d.fill(s);
     if (componentState == ComponentState.NORMAL) {
-      g2d.setColor(color);
-      switch (getStyle()) {
-        case SOLID:
-          stroke = ObjectCache.getInstance().fetchBasicStroke(thickness - 2);
-          break;
-        case DASHED:
-          stroke =
-              ObjectCache.getInstance().fetchStroke(thickness - 2, new float[] {thickness * 2, thickness * 3},
-                  thickness * 4);
-          break;
-        case DOTTED:
-          stroke = ObjectCache.getInstance().fetchStroke(thickness - 2, new float[] {thickness / 4, thickness * 3}, 0);
-      }
-      g2d.setStroke(stroke);
-      g2d.draw(curve);
+      g2d.setColor(color.darker());
+      g2d.setStroke(ObjectCache.getInstance().fetchBasicStroke(1f));
+//      switch (getStyle()) {
+//        case SOLID:
+//          stroke = ObjectCache.getInstance().fetchBasicStroke(thickness - 2);
+//          break;
+//        case DASHED:
+//          stroke =
+//              ObjectCache.getInstance().fetchStroke(thickness - 2, new float[] {thickness * 2, thickness * 3},
+//                  thickness * 4);
+//          break;
+//        case DOTTED:
+//          stroke = ObjectCache.getInstance().fetchStroke(thickness - 2, new float[] {thickness / 4, thickness * 3}, 0);
+//      }
+//      g2d.setStroke(stroke);
+      g2d.draw(s);
     }
   }
 
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new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/diylc/diylc-swing/lib/diylc-core.jar b/diylc/diylc-swing/lib/diylc-core.jar
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diff --git a/diylc/diylc-swing/library/main.jar b/diylc/diylc-swing/library/main.jar
index d55df134..6fb9a847 100644
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