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- From: dlatimer@iris4.chem.arizona.edu (Darin Latimer)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Printed Circuit generating Software?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.173951.7346@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 4 Jan 93 17:39:51 GMT
- References: <bhertz.3285@terapin.com> <00966196.5B59D140@Msu.oscs.montana.edu>
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- In article <00966196.5B59D140@Msu.oscs.montana.edu>, uchrgrh@Msu.oscs.montana.edu writes:
- |> In article <bhertz.3285@terapin.com>, bhertz@terapin.com (Ben Hertz) writes:
- |> > Hi everyone. I'm a high school student who's interested in
- |> >electronics. I enjoy building little circuits and reading all the stuff in
- |> >this conference that I know absolutely nothing about.
- |> > After seeing some new "iron-on" sheets for making P.C. boards
- |> >advertised in several catalogs I began considering generating my own boards.
- |> >What I'm looking for is a Shareware, or relatively cheap program that will
- |> >generate patterns for me. There is a review of such a program in the May
- |> >edition of Computer Craft, but after reading it over I'm not so sure if it does
- |> >what I originally thought it did. I am hoping for a program which I tell what
- |> >I need connected to what other things, and it spits out a pattern. Maybe that's
- |> >too much too ask, I don't know.
- |> > Anyway, if someone out there knows of a shareware program that creates
- |> >Printed Circuit patterns, or where I could get one, I'd like to hear from them.
- |> > Thanks.
- |> >
- |> >P.S. Anyone know how many people are connected to this conference?
- |> >
- |> > Ben Hertz (bhertz.terapin.com)
- |> > Richmond, California
- |> Ben,
- |> I just recently read something on this network concerning PCB software and
- |> called the company, Protel technology, with great success.
- |> Their number is 1-800-544-4186. Just tell the person on the other end
- |> who you are and tell them you are interested in Easytrax. It is shareware
- |> and really does quite a lot. I am not well versed in it but I am pretty sure
- |> it will at least get you started. I would send you a copy of what they sent
- |> me but if you call them you will get all of the information on their other
- |> software also.
- |>
- |> good luck
- |>
- |> Richard
-
- I too have tried the Easytrax --- I much prefer PADS-PCB. The Easytrax is
- quite simple to use but the router uses a TON of vias which is painful if you
- are building your own boards. Additionally, the PADS-SCHEMATIC is a great
- tool for building schematics; the output is easily imported to the PADS-PCB.
- If you have $300 to spare then you can buy the newer version from Protel (which
- is supposed to be nmuch better). My $0.02, Darin.
-