Homebrew_PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "\\M" <yahell@...> wrote:

>
> 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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Any word on the cost of PCB Wizard? preferably the pro version.