I've not seen an answer to this, but I hope this at least partially answers your question.
I'm a long-time user of Proteus, largely because I couldn't find anything better at an affordable price. Proteus is a collection of DOS programs designed by a committee and rammed into a Windows graphical interface (minus conventional Windows controls). It is unstable, and the antique interface is self-inconsistent, which means after a couple of hours with it I was ready to start smashing up office furniture. It's not the only CAD program not to have left its DOS/Unix origins behind. I was just about ready to jump ship for Eagle when I found KiCAD. I can spend all day on KiCAD and feel completely calm throughout the day, and satisfied with the end result. That's because the applications are stable, and the interface is modern and intelligently designed. It has some quirks and oddities, but the overall experience compensates for that. Add to that the fact that it's free, and I hope you can see why I recommend you look at it seriously. Is there anything Proteus does better? One or two things, but the only one of note is that it does power planes much better, or at least it would do if it didn't routinely crash when redrawing. Robert. suktan wrote: > I am new to kicad. How does it compare to Eagle/OrCAD/PowerPCB? > > Thanks! > > > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > Kicad. > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-devel > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.5/990 - Release Date: 9/4/2007 22:36
