[sdiy] Free CAD (was: Proteus software)

[Justin Owen]

-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Johnson [neil.johnson97 at ntlworld.com]

>A little side project I've been running has been exploring free CAD  
tools.  Here is where I've got so far:

http://www.milton.arachsys.com/nj71/index.php?menu=2&submenu=7

Neil,

You might want to add Fritzing to your Schematic / PCB Layout list.

http://fritzing.org/

Not used it myself but I've seen the schematics used on the Arduino site - not sure how 'deep' it goes.

FWIW I sent a message to the Design Spark team to put a vote in for a Mac OS version - they got back to me very quickly saying it wasn't something that would happen soon - but "they are listening".

+1 for http://inkscape.org/ as well BTW - I think my next major Illustrator-based tantrum might see me jump ship in that direction.

Thanks for the list.

J