Homebrew PCBs

Hi Dave,

It boils down to component placement to minimize wire lengths and 
crossings.  I used to do it on paper; now I use PCB layout software.

For simple circuits, I just do the layout and routing manually.  For 
more complex circuits, I might draw a schematic so the program can 
make routing easier and check connectivity.

In general, I don't use autorouting.

I use Eagle Lite. It's free, but can only autoroute small boards.

Regards,
Dennis

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, David Frascone <dave@...> wrote:
>
> How do you layout the stuff for point-to-point?  It always looks so 
neat 
> and clean, but, when I built my tube preamp, my wiring looked like a 
> rats nest . . . . Is there software or something to help with 
> point-to-point wiring?