Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Homebrew PCBs

Stefan Trethan wrote:

> Well, even if you have a fully paid eagle license you'll still feel as
> if you were working with a crippled free test version, so bad is the
> lack of functions.
> I asked the support what was the best way to add outline measurements
> to your layout (you know the arrows and stuff). Guess what the reply
> was, can't do that. I was however pointed to a ULP, which i installed,
> and which inserted some very rudimentary lines and numbers in places i
> didn't care for. Total waste of time that. If i'm paying for a
> commercial software i expect it to at least perform all elementary
> tasks of PCB design, _without_ external user supplied ULPs. A lot of
> the stuff i draw, i have to draw by coordinates. I feel like i'm using
> a 20 year old system just short of feeding it with punch cards.
> After a day of working with this awful thing, i really can't fully
> express my opinion about it within the constraints of polite
> conversation so i won't go any further.
>
> As a regular user (not by choice) i can only recommend to stay well
> clear. There are many much better packages, even in the same price
> range.
>
> ST

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