Re: Eagle vs Protel
- From: Bob Stephens <roberts@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:43:58 -0700
On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:03:52 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:34:11 +0100, "Wilhelm Lehmann"
> <wilhelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am up to the point where I must now purchase my PCB software because the
>>complexity of the boards exceed the capabilities of Eagle Lite. (ie can only
>>do double sided boards of limited size)
>>
>>I see there are a few posts about Protel, and I was wondering if I can have
>>some coments about the two. As to what I should invest in. (keeping in mind
>>I know eagle quite well)
>>
>>For starters Eagle don't have auto placement of components, but the auto
>>router works great.
>>
>
> Auto placement is unnecessary, and doesn't work well even in high-end
> versions, and makes ugly boards. People are better at this. Hell,
> people are better at routing.
>
> John
I agree. I can't comment on the high end stuff, but AutoPlacement in Protel
is worse than useless.
Bob
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