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Amp Stuff => AmpTools/Tech Tips => Topic started by: DummyLoad on February 08, 2008, 11:51:28 pm

Title: CAD tools - PCB & schematic capture...
Post by: DummyLoad on February 08, 2008, 11:51:28 pm

what do you use and do you like it?

i have an old copy of circuitmaker 6 pro and traxmaker 3.0 pro... i have problems editing new part symbols in circuitmaker under XP. the app. is no longer supported, and the publisher was bought by intuit - they want big $$$ for their app...  :(  

thinking about eagle CAD or vutrax...

any input is greatly appreciated...  :)





// pete

Title: Re: CAD tools - PCB & schematic capture...
Post by: EL34 on February 09, 2008, 05:59:22 am

Look two more boards down from this board.
PC express

Title: Re: CAD tools - PCB & schematic capture...
Post by: tubesornothing on February 10, 2008, 11:12:38 am

I have tried a few inexpensive ones.  The big thing was they needed to make large boards.  Ended up using Novarm DipTrace.  Why?  Double sided, traces move with pads.  Can be free if you have less than 100 pads.  Supports very large boards. Exports to all the typical stuff.

Title: Re: CAD tools - PCB & schematic capture...
Post by: Animatic on February 16, 2008, 07:20:00 am

Sadly almost nothing for Mac's.
I rarely ever get my homebrew twin AMD
processor PC on line.

Title: Re: CAD tools - PCB & schematic capture...
Post by: jhadhar65 on February 16, 2008, 08:21:14 am

Here's my favorite and it speaks fluent Mac:

http://www.el34world.com/Forum/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1179526778

Title: Re: CAD tools - PCB & schematic capture...
Post by: Nigel on May 31, 2008, 04:13:05 pm

Quote

what do you use and do you like it?

i have an old copy of circuitmaker 6 pro and traxmaker 3.0 pro... i have problems editing new part symbols in circuitmaker under XP. the app. is no longer supported, and the publisher was bought by intuit - they want big $$$ for their app...  :(  

thinking about eagle CAD or vutrax...

any input is greatly appreciated...  :)

// pete

HAve a look on ebay, thats where I got mine and got a great package for just a few quid.

Title: Re: CAD tools - PCB & schematic capture...
Post by: escopunk on August 29, 2010, 01:35:52 pm

http://kicad.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Title: Re: CAD tools - PCB & schematic capture...
Post by: DummyLoad on August 29, 2010, 02:22:14 pm

Quote from: escopunk on August 29, 2010, 01:35:52 pm

http://kicad.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

have been using for a while now.....  :wink:

Title: Re: CAD tools - PCB & schematic capture...
Post by: escopunk on August 29, 2010, 04:53:54 pm

How do you like KiCad? I just started and I like what I see, I am redoing a design that was started in PCB Express. I like the 3D.

Title: Re: CAD tools - PCB & schematic capture...
Post by: DummyLoad on August 29, 2010, 06:52:54 pm

Quote from: escopunk on August 29, 2010, 04:53:54 pm

How do you like KiCad? I just started and I like what I see, I am redoing a design that was started in PCB Express. I like the 3D.

richard, (butterylicious) and i have been using it for a short while now, we like it, but it is tedious (as all are), the schematic capture has some drawing editing quirks, but otherwise, for a 0$ application it gets a 9 on a 1-10 scale.

--pete

Title: Re: CAD tools - PCB & schematic capture...
Post by: scarlett amps on August 31, 2010, 11:14:14 am

Kicad is great! It already has most tube type symbols out of the box. :headbang:

Title: Re: CAD tools - PCB & schematic capture...
Post by: escopunk on September 06, 2010, 04:47:29 pm

Well, this is a start of the new design, Scarbelly, this is just a start, getting use to the tool.

Cheers,
BrainTM

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/broper63/Scarbelly-1.jpg)