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----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne C. Gramlich" <Yahoo@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:31 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: KiCAD


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> Richard:
>
> Thanks for the review. It pretty much agrees with my
> experience to date.
>
> I'm hoping that the next board that I send out to Olimex
> will be done with KiCAD. There is still one remaining
> "gotcha" issue that I have to resolve with KiCAD. I need
> to figure out how to cram multiple 1.25" x 2.50" mini-boards
> onto a single 3.9" x 6.3" Eurocard board in KiCAD. I'm sure
> I'll figure it out.
>
> If you are finding that you can't get your latest project
> done using the free version of EagleCAD, you might want to
> give KiCAD a look.

It might be easier to use GC-Prevue for that, I think it can do
panelisation. The Pulsonix software I use has a nice step and repeat
function for multiple copies of the same PCB on one board.

Leon