[sdiy] DesignSpark (was: Proteus software)

[Colin f]

> I've totally switched from Eagle (5.1) to DesignSpark. I 
> think it's good, even though the Eagle import is poor. It 
> feels pretty much like a normal program--selection, copying, 
> pasting, etc., all work the usual way. I mention this because 
> Eagle definitely doesn't feel like a modern program--it feels 
> more like something designed for early versions of MS-DOS and 
> never really updated (a la AutoCad).

I've installed DesignSpark, but only messed with it for a short period so
far.
Long enough to convince me that it's easier to get into than Eagle, which I
gave up on for being so damn obtuse.
If you can get two parts on screen and a wire between them with Eagle,
without resorting to Google, you're doing well.
But it's going to be hard job to wean myself off 10+ years of the long since
unsupported Circuitmaker/Traxmaker combo.
Crap as it is, it's the crap I know well.

Cheers,
Colin f