> Out of curiosity, how did you go about running gEDA on Windows? > Which of the binaries are you using or did you build it yourself?
I've been using the gEDA+PCB work flow for all of the projects I have done since I started my business, and that has been a very successful choice for me (versus having to find capital to purchase an EDA package). Originally I was running on cygwin, and then started using Peter's Win32 builds, and recently I have been building it using minipack (I wanted to change the font scaling). I have mingw installed and use a Makefile as the glue between schematics, PCB, bom, drc etc. (I posted the makefile here recently). Further to that I use a python script I have written (and still working on) to generate IPC-7531 compliant footprints (based on dimensions from the PCBMatric land pattern calculator). I output all my schematics to PDF for printing, and transmission to clients. Outputs from PCB are gerber files for manufacturers and I have never had any issues with the format. I also use the XY output for generating pick and place files. I didn't really find gEDA any more difficult than learning OrCAD or PCAD. Everything that most people need can be done - easily. I suspect the real issues have little to do with the work flow and more to do with the question, "How easily can I created something useful?" I think gEDA is *possibly* more suited for professionals than hobbyists, as I has the flexibility to do really useful things (like scripting repeatable work tasks). I really believe that gEDA offers the potential to increase productivity dramatically when its features are fully leveraged. The challenge is to get more professionals to adopt it....which means proving its worth with the hobbyists. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user