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----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: freeware CAD EAGLE -> (Alan Marconett)


>I _SO_ agree with you!
> I suggested different color settings for the "rubber bands" of signals to
> the developers of my PCB software, they even called me back, but wouldn't
> quite see the value in the function as much as i would have liked.
> Orcad has this option, and it is dead useful to color ground and VCCs
> differently.
> A good placement means half the work, probably more, so this feature
> really helps. Of course you can select and highlight a net in most any
> software, but having them on special colors permanently beats that by a
> lot.

Pulsonix, of course, lets nets be assigned any colour. I tend not to use
the feature, though, and just highlight the net I am routing, for critical
nets.

Leon