pcb design package

[Augusto Pinoche]

>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.

Depends on the router "rules" that are set for the particulary router.

>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.

Yes, it "does" holes in the final print, i
have used P98/P99 for quite a while now.

>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).

Create your own in the component editor!

>
>Greets,
>Heiko

Reg
AP
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