Re: Newbie guide to "Eagle"?

boB wrote:

On 12 Dec 2006 16:02:16 GMT, Robert Latest <boblatest@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


On 12 Dec 2006 07:00:41 -0800,
rickman <gnuarm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
in Msg. <1165935641.022758.183880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I have used Eagle before and I found it to be very clumsy to learn.

That's because its user interface predates anything resembling modern
GUI standards, but once you get the knack of it it allows you to
work very quickly.

robert



I used to use PADS many years ago, then used Eagle for a few years,
and am now back to PADS again... EAGLE was OK for those few years,
but now that I've gone back to PADS again, I believe that the
developers at Eagle should look at what their competition does.

Eagle could be MUCH better if they'd do some engineering on it.
Having said that, there ARE a couple (few??) things that even Eagle
does better than PADS, I think. Like, the pan and zoom methods.

Eagles BOM capability sucks big time !


It does but you can write ULPs for that or take an existing one and modify it. The lack of additional part fields is, however, a huge minus IMHO.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
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