I have tried freepcb a while ago and found it lacking many many
functions. That may have improved meanwhile.
Gavin is right, filling large planes of copper is an important feature
for SMPS layouts. This is just about the only thing i like with eagle,
it does that OK.
ST
On Nov 15, 2007 6:19 AM, Gavin Dingley <dingley76@...> wrote:
> Hi, new to the group,
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> I've wondered about using a CAD package like AutoCad to get large planes of copper for switch mode circuits, rather than using a PCB package, not sure if you can fill polygons in AutoCAD though.
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> I know it's not an industry standard, but what about freePCB?
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> http://www.freepcb.com/
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> I've had a play with it and it seems quite good - and it's free, compatible with TinyCAD, and generates gerbers (which I thought was the universal way to send a design to a manufacture?)
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> Gavin
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> Ben <bhleavi@...> wrote: AutoCad can do just about anything you want but it is very expensive.
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> Not sure if anyone has mentioned DipTrace, give it a try, you can
> download a free version to try it out.
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> So far a like it.
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> Ben
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