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Subject: RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Software Recommendations

From: Anthony Toft <toftat@...>
Date: 2004-05-01

> decide. I really like the idea of printing the traces with my printer,
> making a negative, and exposing and etching my own boards.

PCBExpress can't do this directly, they add a grey background and dots
to the printout to prevent it. You can futz with the image and remove
this but it's a pain, especially as you don't have the elements that
make more complex boards more simple. Like transferring netlists, (most
useful) the DRC (pretty useful for double checking your work) and
autorouting (quite useful to get you quickly to 90% done)

I switched from PCBExpress to Eagle and never looked back (except to
transcribe some older projects) yes the user interface is a bit klunky
but it's livable with

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Anthony Toft <toftat@...>