I just wasted the evening trying to design a board in Eagle ( www.cadsoft.de/freeware.htm ).
It was a real learning curve! =P The parts library is awful... There was no organizing principles, everything was just a jumble and difficult to use. You had to select "add", dig your part out of the library, then you're in part mode so you stamp down your part each time you click your mouse. if you want a slightly different version of part X, you have to dig it out of the library again, You seem to need to decide your actual part before you're done with the schematic. There's no wire routing in the schematic view. The EL84 implementation (you can download it separately), didn't correctly display the heater connections so it's impossible to connect the heater! =0 Still, the file formats are interesting and there are already large parts libraries so we should definitely look at. Long term, ktechlab should allow you to go through the entire design cycle leading up to a gerber file that can be sent to the fab: http://www.pcbfabexpress.com/ And do it better and with 1/10th the learning curve of Eagle. ;) -- New president: Here we go again... Chemistry.com: A total rip-off. Powers are not rights. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Ktechlab-devel mailing list Ktechlab-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ktechlab-devel
