Check out autotrax. Pretty powerfull and - belive it or not -
completely free!
http://www.autotraxeda.com/Note, I don't know the package in detail cause I discovered it after I
decided to use eagle (which I'm quite happy with) but if I would have
to start over again I definately would take a very close look at this
one.
Markus
>Hello to all... New member here and not real knowledgeable regarding PCBs but am hoping to learn. If you guys can stand a few "neophyte" type questions for a while, I would be most appreciative.
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>I joined because I am wanting to learn how to design and build a few simple, small boards; initially just two-sided, plated hole boards. Not sure I really want to actually make them at first, may want to just send the design off to a prototyping house to have them made in very small quantities.
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>Can anyone recommend a good, but fairly inexpensive, "starter" software program that I could learn to use and would produce the file types (whatever they are) that are compatible for PCB manufacture? Later on I may need to upgrade to something more sophisticated, but for now, I'd like to keep it pretty simple and not too expensive.
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>Thanks,
>Monte
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