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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: What is your favorite free PCB-CAD Designer

From: "Leon Heller" <leon.heller@...>
Date: 2006-09-06

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From: "roycepipkins" <royce.pipkins@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 6:15 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: What is your favorite free PCB-CAD Designer


> PCB Wizard from New Wave Concepts. The library is a bit weak but the
> UI is so friendly that its a snap to make a new library component.
>
> PCB Wizard is the only PCB-CAD program I have ever seen that at all
> adheres to Microsoft interface standards. The UI navigation skills you
> have from MS Word, Excel, Visio etc., etc, etc. will transfer to this
> program. It is obvious how to do most things if you use any sort of
> common PC program.

One of the reasons why Pulsonix is so eay to use is that it conforms to the
MS standards. I often cut and paste from other applications into Pulsonix,
it saves a lot of time when creating parts as the pin names don't have to be
typed in.

Leon