[sdiy] PC board from artwork?

[rsdio at audiobanshee.com]

In the beginning, EAGLE was (seemingly) the only option for OSX. Then KiCAD, which is free, came out after I bought a full version of EAGLE. There might even be more options besides EAGLE and KiCAD. I believe that EAGLE is still free for smaller boards like this one, especially single-sided and even double-sided. I've heard people who've used both say that EAGLE is a little bit more reliable than the totally free KiCAD.

Personally, I think it's well worth the effort to learn one of these tools so you can share your designs. An hour of work can be uploaded to OSHPark and then shared for other people to build the same projects at their own expense. There are many other ways to spend an hour working on a single board, but the end result cannot be easily used by others unless they put in the same amount of time. Something that puts out standard Gerbers is the way to go.

Brian


On Oct 19, 2016, at 2:14 PM, KA4HJH <ka4hjh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for all the replies, it's very encouraging. I'll think about all this some more. I guess I should take a quick look at what's out there while I'm thinking about all this. Is there any free CAD software for OS X, er, "macOS"? I know this has been discussed a million times already but there's no harm in asking again. 8D
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