AW: [sdiy] EDWin PCB software

[harry]

Arrghh.....

For $149 I had to try it. (EDWin) I'll give a review after I get it and try
it.

If its great you'll all be sorry you missed the summer sale... If it sucks
you will bid for mine on e-bay and pay too much money ;^P

H^) hary

Jim Patchell wrote:

>     Anything that works for you is great.
>
>     The one advantage to using a schematic capture program with your PCB
> program is that you can have the PCB program check the board against the
> netlist generated by the schematic program.  This cuts down
> significantly on errors on your PC boards, although, stupid errors can
> still get through.  If you have an error on your schematic, the PCB
> program will insist on having the same same error on the PC board.  For
> those who have seem my Synth Module Board (1200+ components), there were
> "0" circuit errors on that board...or I should say, the board matched
> the schematic 100% (there were a few boo-boo's in the schematic).
>
> Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
>
> > I've been both complemented and laughed at for how
> > I do schematics...  I use Microsoft Paint.  I have
> > one document that has almost any part I can think
> > of.  I copy and paste to my work document.  It really
> > doesn't take that much time.  There's no learning
> > curve at all.  And if you use Windows, you have Paint
> > sorta like free.
> >
> > Anyone interested in my parts document can go to
> > http://home1.gte.net/res0658s/parts.gif
> > and see a GIF version.  You should be able to convert
> > this to BMP, but if not, email me and I will send
> > the real BMP via email.
> >
> > Czech Martin <Martin.Czech at Micronas.com> wrote:
> > >> I bought version 1.5 non-commercial a long time ago (3-4
> > >> years). It was so
> > >> bad I gave up on it in less that a couple of days. Creating
> > >> new symbols and
> > >> components in it was really teadious and obscure. It maybe
> > >
> > >I second that. It is useless.
> > >I have the feeling that setting up a CAD system complete
> > >with all views (so that they can interact) is so much
> > >work that it has way too much overhead for our little
> > >projects.
> > >
> > >
> > >m.c.
> >
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