> Anyway, IMHO learning how to make symbols and footprints should be > part of the evaluation of any cad package, since you end up doing it > anyway. Granted. The question is how much time will it take, which depends on how easy it is and how many need to be made. While it may not take long to get a feel for the editor, browsing and selecting things like components and footprints is often awkward even in commercial software. Anyway, I got the answers I was looking for in the responses here. Speaking of old-timers, I used to etch my own circuit boards back in the 60s when I was a teen-ager. I was a little surprised to see so many people still doing it these days with services like ExpressPCB available. -- Phil Mattison http://www.ohmikron.com/ Motors::Drivers::Controllers::Software
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Re: Newbie to list, old timer to this hobby and others
2006-12-27 by Phil Mattison