[sdiy] Eagle woes, was: Free CAD

[David G. Dixon]

> > 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,
> 
> Hmmm.
> Isn't it more the person drawing the schematic being responsible for
> illegibility rather than the program?
> ;-)
> 
> Eagle has a nice feature called "smash". You can move the component's
> names and values around. Used with care, it can increase the
> legibilty a lot.

I guess I'm spoiled by Multisim, which makes very legible schematics.

I also think, based on other people's comments, that trying to obtain good
legibility in Eagle may compromise the layout if you're not careful, and
it's really the layout that matters.