Homebrew PCBs

Dip Trace imports EAGLE libraries very well, too.

Ted

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "phildimond"
<my-yahoo-groups@...> wrote:
>
> Phil (from Phil)..
> 
> I want to thank you for that note. I'd vaguely heard of DIPtrace, but
> never hard anything about it. I've tried a bunch of PCB packages,
> trying to find one that had as intuitive and simple a user interface
> as the ancient Mentor system I used 20 years ago, in front of a
> logically operating engine with a decent and solid built in auto-place
> and auto-route.
> 
> I just gave DIPtrace a try and knocked out 2 boards in a couple of
> hours. First rate! Thanks for that tip.
> 
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "pgdion1" <pgdion1@> wrote:
> >
> > I use DipTrace. I really like it a lot for both schematic capture and
> > routing. A couple of things took a little getting used to or searching
> > to find but overall it's pretty straight forward and all of the
> > packages work very well. It's really an excellent product. I really
> > like hoe well the copper pours work.
> > 
> > I hand place the components and then run the Auto-Router. If I don't
> > like it, I rip it all up, change the settings, and run it again. When
> > I like what I see, I then rip up the few traces I don't like, hand
> > push the others, and then route by hand the few remaining traces.
> > There are usually just a few to deal with like this on each board.
> > 
> > - phil
> > 
> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Dennis Waggoner" <wagelec@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >    Some one ask me what I use to route my pcbs. I use Eagle but
I hand
> > > route all of my traces.
> > > 
> > > Ive found that I can logically route my traces manually much better
> > > than autorouting them. I takes a lot more time but there are
much less
> > > via's to contend with by placing manually.
> > >
> > > Dennis Waggoner
> > >
> >
>