Harry Selfridge wrote:
>I have not done any serious design work with it. Out of curiosity, I >"tinkered" with it by doing a simple two-sided hobby board. > >I had to do a bit of source compiling to get it set up. It's the >usual Unix collection of tools to do the job - it's not tightly >integrated as you expect from commercial EDA software. > >Unless they've done something with it recently, it's limited to an 8 layer PCB. > > Could you compare it in ease of use, flexibility, ability to set up libraries, etc. to P99SE? 8 copper layers (signals plus planes) would not likely be much of a restriction. 8 total layers, including silk screen, solder mask, paste mask, mech etc. would already be a limitation. >If you're looking for a free open source professional package to run >under Linux - it doesn't exist. > > I'm less concerned about free as with maintainability. Some day my P99 CD's won't be readable any more, and I'll be in big trouble. I paid a fortune for P99SE, and I'm damned if I'll pay another fortune for Altium's latest boondoggle. Jon ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
