Help Please, with JSchem tools.

[Willabe]

   
   Hi,  all

  Ive been reading on this forum for a month or two now and this is a wonderful site ! 
 
  Thank You  Doug !    

  And thank you to all who make this place happen !  

  Any way, Im a newbie to computers, this is my first one. Should have got one a long time ago   Its a PC with windows 7, and Ive had it for a little over a year. I can do simple things, like E mail, get around a forum and read, post simple things, but Im having no luck understanding how to open the JSchem files    

  I down loaded the files from here but I cant get them open. Im thinking I need to down load some kind of file to open them, because when I try to open a file a box comes on the screen saying no associated program. I am also having a hard time with the JSchem. I was able to down load it from Dougs post here but when I try to open it a warning strip comes up on the screen across the top saying something about active content, and the screen is filled top to bottom with different codes. 

  I have seen many different schemos,layouts of tag/turret boards, chassis layout templets, and face/back plate layouts/templets here on this forum which all look great!
  I would sure like to learn how to use these tools

  Any and all help/direction will be greatly appreciated !


  Thank You ,   Brad   

[tubenit]

JSchem is a good program. 

You can also try ExpressSCH which is also a free download.

http://www.expresspcb.com/expresspcbhtm/Free_schematic_software.htm

With respect, Tubenit

[Willabe]

    Hi all,
 
   Tubenit thank you!  I down loaded ExpressSCH and got my neighbor to come over and help me, and we got it open!    :toothy9:
 
   Took a little while, but we got it. We had to figure out how to unzip the files.   

   Learning how to use a computer reminds me of when I was first learning how to play guitar. Each new chord was a -- BIG -- deal and I just didnt/couldnt get it at first but I wanted it so bad, I wouldnt give up. Now that was a long time ago and I had more patience back then, but I think I can hang in long enough to learn some things on a computer with out throwing this thing out the window.      So right now this is a big deal to me just to do something as simple as opening a zip file.
 
   Id like to say --- Thank You ---  to all of you who have posted so freely, sharing so many hours of R&D work. Dont let anybody kid ya, still a lot of good people in this world and it seems like a lot of them are showing up here.         

       Thanks,   Brad