[sdiy] Schematics Software

[Dave Leith]

On Mac I've used this:

http://www.osmondpcb.com/

The program is fully functional and allows you to design boards up to 700
pins without restriction. If your design has over 700 pins, you will need
to purchase a license to print, or to output Gerber files, or to output
Postscript files.

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 1:47 PM, Quincas Moreira <quincas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Eagle is not super Mac friendly though..  Maybe you guys are right, I
> should just try to get what I want out of diptrace which I already know a
> little bit
>
> On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 3:41 PM, <rsdio at audiobanshee.com> wrote:
>
>> I recommend Eagle. It is supported directly by many PCB fab houses, and
>> that's quite an advantage. I learned Eagle when the free version was
>> perhaps more capable, and I eventually purchased a full license. I'm not
>> sure how the free version stacks up against the competition these days, but
>> I still think Eagle is worth learning.
>>
>> Tom has a great point: It might be quicker to learn the tool you have.
>> All of these CAD programs take time to learn. If you jump around, you won't
>> have the advantage of deep learning on any one of them. Whichever one you
>> choose, though, be sure to learn as much as you can and take advantage of
>> the various communities around the tools, such as the CADSoft and Element14
>> sites for Eagle.
>>
>> By the way, the stock Eagle libraries have two different symbols for
>> resistors (and capacitors), calling them European and US. I use the box
>> symbols for 0-Ohm jumpers and other option jumpers, while I use the zig-zag
>> symbol for "real" resistors. Both symbols are attached to the same package
>> footprints, so the layout is not affected by the difference - just the
>> schematic printout. I find that it makes more sense to me to see an empty
>> rectangle any time I'm looking at an option jumper, even if it is populated
>> during assembly by a 0-Ohm resistor. The zig-zag only appears in the
>> schematic where there is an actual V=IR equation to solve. I've also build
>> my own devices, packages, and symbols in Eagle. The synth world has lots of
>> interesting and unique parts like OTA (although I believe Eagle already has
>> OTA devices in the standard libraries, or at least in the community
>> libraries that can be downloaded).
>>
>> Brian
>>
>>
>> On May 19, 2017, at 11:41 AM, Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net>
>> wrote:
>> > What's wrong with the Diptrace schematics? (Personally, I find them
>> pretty good). You could tweak the symbols or colours to get them more how
>> you like them, couldn't you?
>> >
>> > It seems to me it'd be a lot quicker to make what you've got better,
>> rather than start again with something else.
>> >
>> > Tom
>> >
>> > On 19 May 2017, at 19:18, Quincas Moreira <quincas at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Hello friends,
>> >>
>> >> I need to make a nice looking schematics for the build doc for a
>> module kit. I have diptrace but I don't really like the way the schematics
>> end up looking. Normally I use icircuit on my ipad, but the library is
>> limited and not expandable, and I need OTA symbols...   Are there any
>> decent free schematics drawing apps you folks might recommend?
>> >>
>> >> Cheers
>> >
>>
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