Re: advice on selecting new PCB design package


DMBPrescott@xxxxxxx writes:
Look, common sense must tell you that you aren't going to get a
product to handle 6 layers for nothing.

PCB (part of the gEDA project) handles 8 layers by default, for no
cost. Minimum board size is, as I posted before, about a third of a
mile square in the development version (the latest released version is
"limited" to 32x32 inches, just for you convenience, you can change it
if you want). You can easily rebuild it for more layers if you need
to (I've built it for 50+ layers before). Did I mention it's no cost?

So, your common sense needs adjusting.

And if it doesn't happen to do what you want, you have options that
the commercial vendors can't offer you:

* You can change it yourself.

* You can get a friend to change it.

* You can pay a contractor (your choice!) to change it.

* You can pay (or bribe) one of the PCB developers to change it.

* You can ask nicely and someone may change it for you for fun.

* You can complain that it doesn't do what you like (ok, the
commercial vendors offer this one as well ;)
.

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