Started using DipTrace myself a few months ago. Used to do all of my
designs with OrCAD 9.2 Demo (9.2 was less limitted than later
releases). It was great for schematics and even spice but was very
limited for PCB stuff (very small boards only). Since the cost is to
high to license OrCAD (they need to offer a home license) I started
checking other packages. DipTrace is by far the best I've seen. It's a
pretty darn good program straight up against the others and for the
price, it just can't be beat in my opinion. I really like it a lot,
the more I use it, the more I'm impressed with how well it works. The
best part is the demo package is very functional and the upgrades to
licences are really reasonable. I'm going to licince mine this month
(when there's a fresh batch of those 30 day dollars).
- phil (KA0HBG)
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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "mycroft2152" <mycroft2152y@...>
wrote:
>
> An upgrade has just been published for Diptrace, v1.40. There were
> many significant additions and improvements. For this group the two
> new goodies are the ability to set the colors on the printout (direct
> to inkjet printing). and the free version now supports manufacturing
> file outputs. like DXF and gerber. Included is a isolation milling
> output.
>
> Oh yes, for those EAGLE users, Diptrace now includes a couple of
> ULP's to allow Diptrace to import EAGLE schematics and board files.
>
> The free version is limited only to the number of pins, not the size
> of the board.
>
> Myc