[sdiy] Free CAD (was: Proteus software)

[Tom Wiltshire]

Sorry to harp on the same theme, but this is another reason not to use awful software, not a reason to continue drawing PCBs in Excel!

I agree completely about Eagle. I found use of Eagle is painful in the extreme and no-one should ever be made to use if for anything, least of all drawing circuits.

T.

On 21 Feb 2011, at 19:50, David G. Dixon wrote:

> I'll second that opinion.  I don't use any of these myself, but I work with
> someone who converts my designs to Eagle.  That program makes THE most
> illegible schematics I've ever seen, and zooming in and out is a real pain.
> Plus, it is a bit glitchy, as you will think you've made a connection, but
> it might not (for whatever reason) actually connect the trace on the PCB.  I
> wonder how many layout errors on Eagle are user errors, and how many are
> Eagle glitches?