[sdiy] Pulsonix PCB design software

[matt holland]

"If you want to hack on Kicad, the codebase is pretty clean and the devs
are a friendly bunch."

I suspect I would immediately want to change things to do with user
interface (a huge part of these tools is the muscle memory you develop for
key combos) and fundamental underlying philosophies of the tool (like
having a separate step/tool that ties generic components in the schematic
to specific footprints/part numbers) which would probably lead me to just
dream about forking it anyways.

Really I just want the ability to remove the useless stuff in Altium that
clutters it up and have them fix all of its bugs and annoyances, but they
have a history of instead just tacking on more cruft.






On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 1:46 AM, Gordonjcp <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 01:34:51AM -0700, matt holland wrote:
> > i've been using altium daily for about two years. it took about 6 months
> to
> > unlearn orcad/allegro. i now simultaneously hate altium and can't imagine
> > using anything else. anyone try this pulsonix (to return to the original
> > subject) from an altium pov?
> >
> > i dream of rolling my own some day but i'm not a practicing software dev
> > and something about the constant mention of cern employees working on
> kicad
> > makes me think this must be an especially difficult and complicated
> > application.
>
> It's actually really easy to use, and for you probably easier than most
> because:
>
> 1) you've climbed the learning curve of trying to learn how to lay PCBs
> and schematics out "visually" - ie. the art rather than the mechanics
>
> 2) you've climbed the learning curve of learning the mechanics of not
> one but two CAD packages.
>
> Where a lot of people struggle is that it's hard to learn how to lay out
> a schematic never mind a PCB, and when you're struggling with the actual
> application because it's a bit "designed by engineers" you've got two
> steep hills to climb at the same time.
>
> If you want to hack on Kicad, the codebase is pretty clean and the devs
> are a friendly bunch.
>
> --
> Gordonjcp MM0YEQ
>
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