--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Leon Heller" <leon.heller@...>
wrote:
>
> ----- 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
>
>
> [deleted]
>
> > 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:
I'll give GC-Prevue a look see. I think it is Windows only,
so I'll have to fire up my Windows partion to give it a try.
Since, I'm a Linux kind of guy, I tend to look for Linux
based solutions tho'.
Later,
-Wayne