PCB Package

[tomg]

Here is the NASA link
http://photonics.larc.nasa.gov/LabProcedures/ProcPCBFab.htm

A couple of nice TM/CM pages
http://www.hvwtech.com/traxmaker.htm
http://www.hvwtech.com/circuitmaker.htm

A guy who seems to use it all
http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/200006/pcbsoftware.html


Tom


> I am still trying to upgrade from EasyTrax. Most of the
> pcb software out there just makes me mad however I
> like TraxMaker Pro. This makes a lot of sense if you
> know that TraxMaker is the Windose version of 
> EasyTrax. 
> 
> Cool Stuff...........
> It's fast and easy.
> It's familiar
> Unlimited Pins
> Unlimited Libraries
> Prints to system printers.
> You can print holes in the pads!!
> Outputs DXF and Protel PCB(text)
> Links to CircuitMaker
> 
> Bad Stuff.........
> Does not recognize EasyTrax PCB files.
> No Postscript output.
> No Gerber input
> The DXF output leaves the pads hollow!!
> (you have to fill them manually)
> 
> These are my first impressions. I will use this for 
> homemade boards because it makes drilling all 
> those holes much easier if the center is etched
> out. The crap DXF output makes publishing a 
> pain. 
> 
> I understand that Protel sold it off years ago 
> but bought it back. They bundled CM and
> TM together for about $400.00 taking the
> $200 version of  TraxMaker off the market.
> If you can't beat 'em buy 'em? 
> 
> Somewhere out there I found a NASA page
> that describes a method used to make
> one-off boards using TraxMaker. I would
> think that if it's good enough for NASA it
> might be good enough for DIY.
> 
> CircuitMaker looks nice and it's a lot cheaper
> than EWB. They say it's 100% spice compatible.
> Maybe this is the DIY package we are looking for. 
> Comments?
> 
> Tom
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