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That is hardly any standard.

Manpower, around here at least, is only useful to provide warm bodies,
not engineers. The staff is certainly not qualified to compile a list
of qualifications.

Orcad could as well be dead since Cadence bought it. Eagle, well,
we'll see what Farnell does with the company. There's been so little
improvement if I didn't exchange emails with support every now and
then I'd be unsure if they are still there....

I have found a decent list of PCB cad packages, including price indication:
(It's german, but the table itself will be useful)
<http://www.elektroniknet.de/home/designtools/fachwissen/uebersicht/l/leiterplatten-design/software-fuer-jedermanns-brieftasche/druckversion/>

I'm afraid they did miss diptrace....

ST



On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Steve Greenfield <alienrelics@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Interesting... it has been impossible to get a consensus about which software package(s) are "industry standard". However, Manpower.com lists two on their "skills" list, OrCAD and Eagle.
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> Drat, Dip Trace has been really easy to use...
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> OrCAD is out of the ballpark on cost. No way I can afford it.
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> Eagle has the free and cheaper versions, and has a lot of users of those cheap and free versions.
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> Gosh darn it, I like Dip Trace!
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>  Steve Greenfield
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