[sdiy] PCB/Schematic software

[Ben Barwise]

Hey,

I moved to DipTrace after you recommended it Tom, I fount the
component making so much easier to manage, it was so quick I even
whipped up my own resistor footprints. plus the basics (all I use) are
just as good as eagle (DRC, export etc)

I got sick of schematic back-annotation - I just make a separate
schematic and print it out then use a highlighter - I find it much
more systematic. That way I build it as it comes and I can limit long
traces much earlier on, rather than the nightmare of dumping a
schematic net onto a PCB and getting a nest!

-Ben



On 1 September 2011 00:13, Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net> wrote:
> I'll make my annual vote for DipTrace. Good clean software, and relatively few quirks. Not free though. There are cheaper non-profit licences which are handy if you're not doing commercial stuff. Recently it also came out in a Mac version.
>
> http://www.diptrace.com/
>
> I'd be interested to hear about DesignSpark, if you try it. Sounds like a bright idea from RS - better than buying Cadsoft, anyway. In my view Eagle proves that's one software team you *don't* want to have working for you...
>
> T.
>
>
> On 31 Aug 2011, at 19:59, Harry Bissell wrote:
>
>> Haven't we all been here before...
>>
>> My Hiwire II software is becoming REALLY long in the tooth (its a DOS program
>> which is difficult to impossible to run beyond WIN98. That said it is a pretty
>> bug-free solution for schematic / netlist / PCB artwork / Gerber output
>>
>> What does anyone like these days ?
>>
>> Does anyone know of a PCB package that will take an LTspice netlist as input ?
>>
>> I'm looking at DesignSpark (RS /Allied) now.
>>
>> Free is a good thing.
>>
>> I run under windows (whatever, XP, 7 etc)
>>
>> Let the wild post-fest begin...
>>
>> H^) harry
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