![]() ![]() This made it a big hassle to use.īTW - I just got a 4-layer board with AutoTRAX made. If you want to move parts or place a newpart in the board, you have to clear all the routing in the board. Placing parts on the board is done, then the board is routed. Has QCad fixed the one thing that drove me crazy (and is why I dumped it): Just get rid of that pointer while it performs no function. I mean, if you can't do anything with that pointer before selecting a command, why bother displaying it, at all? "Look ma', my mouse works!" Sorry, I just don't get it. The most anoying feature is that pointer that doesn't, apparently, perform any function. I tried Eagle, too, but I have issues with it's interface. Yeah, that's one thing I could definitely encourage in the other EDAs: a tutorial right smack in the help file. ![]() The help contains a good tutorial that will get you started in no time. And, it makes working with projects really easy. Also, and perhaps most importantly, it does not seem to have any bugs. Qcad is also very stable, and has a decent autorouter. However, Qcad compares very favourably to Protel in several ways. Protel is the tool I would use for my own projects if I could afford it, and if I had the necessary Atmel libs (could not find them for Protel 99). Just to clarify where I'm coming from: Tango and OrCad inthe old days, more recently Protel and PCAD. It has quirks, like the lack of undo but it still generates nice schematics and PCBs, and is, indeed, logical to use and fairly easy to expand with your own parts. But still: I have tried Qcad after reading on these fora, several months ago. I imagine this thread is long dead and buried. ![]() PCB size 10x16cm 4 signal layers and unlimited schematic. I have attatched a picture of a Eagle design autorouted by Electra.Ĭadsoft have a non-profit version at a price around 125 Euro. It is about 6-50 times faster than Eagle autorouter. You can route vital parts manually in Eagle and then let Electra route the rest. A special library is made for Eagle.Ĭ have a specctra compatible autorouter for Eagle with extreme high performance. This is good when routing analog circuits.Įagle is supported by different other companies.ī2spice from have a Eagle compatible Spice simulator with 25000 spice models. The schematic have different netclasses meaning you can define the thickness of each of the PCB tracks that are routed by the autorouter. So there is a very closed releationship between Schematic and PCB. When you place a component on the schematic it will at the excatly same time be placed on the PCB. You can download a free trial version 8x10cm, 2 layers for free on Eagle freeware version consist of Manual PCB editor, Autorouter and Schematic editor. Eagle from Cadsoft is very popular (just search in news groups on google). ![]()
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