pcb design package

[Heiko van der Linden]

Hi All,

I've was wondering which are good capture/autorouter packages? I have been looking at eagle, protel 99SE and ultiboard and
some problems I have seen is that the output created by ultiboard is not the quality I expected to get. It gives edges on corners 
and tracks. Another problem is that the router generates a lot of vias which are not nice to drill.
Protel 99SE looks very nice but it doesn't generate output with holes in the pads so it makes life very difficult if you
have to drill the holes in a prototype.
I have been playing around with Eagle which seems nice. But again the autorouter generates a lot of vias.
Are there any packages around $450 that work good for synth-diy. I would like to hear how other programs perform
with respect to via's, quality of output, speed and the quality of the libraries.
Protel 99SE doesn't have a footprint for standard potmeters (like crappy Piher black pots).

Greets,
Heiko
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