Homebrew PCBs

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Harrison" <peter.harrison@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 12:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: new pcb layout program..


> Andrew wrote:
>>>> mhel wrote:
>>>>
>>>> hi group, just found out this. 'just thought i'd post it here
>>>> http://www.liquidpcb.org/UserInterface/userinterface.html
>>>> interesting interface.
>>
>>> Steve wrote:
>>>
>>> Interesting. Have you downloaded and tried it out yet?
>>
>> Just downloaded it to play.
>>
>> It certainly isn't a useful tool yet and may never be developed far
>> enough.  At present it just seems to be showing off the user
>> interface and menu system.  It is not a terrible idea and may
>> actually be much better/faster for new users.  I myself and a fan of
>> keyboard short cuts over mouse gestures.
>>
>> However the "nudge routing" is very very interesting.  I hand route a
>> lot of boards and I would love to have a feature like this.
>>
>
> I had a little play with Altium. It will let you push existing tracks
> aside as you drag a new track on the board. Good fun.
>
> Of course, it will cost you all your disposable income for 10 years and
> the soul of your first-born if you want your own copy so that's not very
> practical.

Pulsonix does that, and also does it if you move parts around, and pushes 
parts, tracks and vias out of the way. It's a lot cheaper than Altium.

Leon
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