Re: PCB design software for Mac?


zwsdotcom@xxxxxxxxx writes:
A $0.02 observation: If you are designing PCBs, per se, you ultimately
want to be able to output standard CAM files that can be used by a PCB
house. IMHO, working with drawing packages and the open-source
offerings to hand is merely wasting effort that would be better spent
learning how to do the basics in a real CAD package.

Er, gEDA's PCB is open source, and produces perfectly valid gerber
files as output. PCB houses don't seem to have a problem using them,
either, and PCB doesn't place artificial limits on board size or
complexity like some proprietary offerings ("trial versions") do.

Please don't disparage "open source" en masse. If you have complaints
about specific packages, fine, but lumping them all in a "broken"
category does a disservice to us all.
.

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