Homebrew PCBs

I believe that intuitive is only so to those who "get it". And every person's intuitive is different.

I can't "get" Mac, but the Unix (now Linux) command line and command chains were totally intuitive to me. Windoze is half and half - half of it I "get", the other half (about 98% of the admin stuff and 60% of the user-level stuff) is totally obscure and fights me every step of the way.

KiCAD has lots of components, a great Yahoo! support group, and good tools for making your own footprints and symbols. Other tools probably have similar (though different) support environments; I don't know.

So - try gEDA, try KiCAD, try DesignSpark, try Orcad or Protel or DipTrace or whatever - choose one you like, that doesn't get in your way, that works with you, and roll on!

Donald.
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Zoran A. Scepanovic" <zastos@...>
> To: "Homebrew PCBs" <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 6:31:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: pcb video
> On 21-Apr-12 02:05, Branko Badrljica wrote:
> > KiCAD is _very_ nonintuitive, at least for me. I like much better
> > gEDA+
> > PCB combo.
> >
> > It feels much more like good old DOS Tango. Not terribly
> > sophisticated,
> > but transparent.
> >
> 
> Sorry, that bird is very non intuitive for me.
> I used to use sMartwork, Tango, Protel (DOS), OrCAD (DOS), many other
> Protel incarnations and stopped on Protel 99SE SP6.
> 
> I use KiCAD for commercial designs both on Win and Lin OSes.
> gEDA?? Tried, abandoned. Too clumsy and non intuitive package. (My
> apologies to one of our list members, gEDA geek :-), developer)
> 
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