Homebrew PCBs

I used to work with EdWIN ver 6.?? but was rather disappointed when the 2000 or XP came out with new functions ... I'd love to lay my hands on the good old Edwin. Check with the Swedish distributor and see if I can shake loose an oldie.

I use S-plan today and I am not happy with that kind of programs. You make your schematics in one program and then you have to swap to the layout program called S-print and redo everything. I haven't found any import/export function.

/Magnus

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: roycepipkins 
  To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 7:15 PM
  Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: What is your favorite free PCB-CAD Designer


  PCB Wizard from New Wave Concepts. The library is a bit weak but the
  UI is so friendly that its a snap to make a new library component.

  PCB Wizard is the only PCB-CAD program I have ever seen that at all
  adheres to Microsoft interface standards. The UI navigation skills you
  have from MS Word, Excel, Visio etc., etc, etc. will transfer to this
  program. It is obvious how to do most things if you use any sort of
  common PC program.

  To be sure, it is a hobbiest grade tool. No one would ever be able to
  make a PC motherboard with it. But I find the UI more than makes ups
  for all of its short comings. I have to re-learn Eagle *every time*
  becuase I don't use it enough to remember the click patterns to
  activate functions. The click patterns don't make enough sense to me
  to do any thing but wrote memorization of them.

  I don't know for a fact, but it sure feels like most PCB-CAD programs
  are trying to adhere to some UI standard that dates back to DOS or
  even eariler. I find them quite alien.

  With PCB Wizard I can just sit down, work, and work quickly. I don't
  have to fight it.

  --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "jdizzlemynizzal"
  <jdizzlemynizzal@...> wrote:
  >
  > The program database on this group is a bit small. Name yours, and why
  > you considre it better than average.
  >



   

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