Hmmm. Well I've used various commercial CAD packages over the years, and I've found them expensive (ludicrously so if they have a name as an industry standard) and unreliable, and they invariably seem to have a dreadful user interface invented about thirty years ago that the developers proudly hang on to no matter how weird it is or how badly it fits in with current operating systems. So I guess kicad compares pretty badly with industry standards ;).
Regards, Robert. rtnmi wrote: > Can someone tell me how Kicad compares to commercial software for the > same purpose of Electronic Design. > > My son is working toward his degree and I wanted him to use Kicad if it > will help him with software that is industry standard. > > I am using it for my hobby of Ham Radio. > > tnx Bob > > > > 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: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.30/1125 - Release Date: 11/11/2007 21:50
