Re: Cheap Schematic Capture

"Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" <dirk.bruere@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 12 Feb, 15:38, FrankW <fw...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The cheapest and best for the layout guy
would be a pencil and a piece of paper (napkin even) :-)

Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:

Hi

I'm looking for a cheap (or free!) schematic capture package that can
output in PADS format. I'm not the layout guy but it will certainly
save him time compared with me drawing out the circuit in a normal CAD
package. Pin count around 1000 at present.

Dirk

Not at $60 and hour it wouldn't, since I would already have done the
work.
Can I have some sensible answers please.

Dirk

I've not used PADS, but have used Protel almost daily for the last 8 years,
and OrCAD before that. If PADS works in a similar fashion, then you won't
really be helping.

I've also had people generate schematics for me in Protel thinking they were
saving me time. It doesn't. Not unless you have my libraries. Regardless of
how pretty the schematic is, I will always have to completely redraw it to
work with my existing libraries which are usually not drawn is the same way
as the client would have. Since the library part defines the footprint it'll
always need redone. Incidentally, I can import schematics from several other
CAD packages, but would never use it for anything other than a template to
help redraw the schematic. Imported schematics never seem to work in the
same way as a natively drawn one.

Seriously, just give him what you have and let him do his part without the
constraints of a crappy imported schematic.

Chris


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