Re: advice on selecting new PCB design package

which of the budget packages produce the highest quality actual pcb
Colin (colin_toogood @ yahoo.com)

Terry Porter used to post links
to photos of his output from gschem / pcb / gEDA
but he has switched servers so often
that none of those links are still valid.
They looked good, apparantly he was making a good living,
and the cost of gEDA is ZERO.

I figure that choosing an ECAD is like selecting a car.
All posts in this thread should conclude with a YMMV.
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I need...good control over split planes

Ever done that before? Are you quite sure you want to?
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.design/browse_frm/thread/1656681d9bef69bd/9d104f8f54b69ee7?q=*-*-never-seen-split-grounds-work-well+save-a-plane-*-do-it-right+*-causes-*-as-many-problems-as-it-cures+Splitting-grounds-rarely-makes-sense+c-shaped-*-*+zzz+wrong-reason&fwc=1
The thread is indexed to specifics
(in Courier so you can see Ken Smith's diagram);
Larkin and Joerg give the overview near the beginning of the thread.

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