Looking for a good PCB layout program

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I am using ORCAD to do schematics capture but their Layout program is
impossible to use. Can anyone suggest a SIMPLE PCB layout program. I am
doing small Audio boards with a few sockets and R's and C's etc. Nothing
fancy. I want to put down sockets and draw some lands.
Thanks for any help. Please email me!

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Tom
graefe@gate.net

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Richard,
Thanks a lot. This program will not import ORCAD netlist and is about a
easy as ORCAD Layout. I am looking for a SIMPLE program where I can just
draw lands between pads like prototyping on Perf Board. Any ideas?

Thanks

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Tom
graefe@gate.net
"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xpr7t.net> wrote in message
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> "Tom Graefe" wrote ...
>>I am using ORCAD to do schematics capture but their Layout program is
>>impossible to use. Can anyone suggest a SIMPLE PCB layout program. I am
>>doing small Audio boards with a few sockets and R's and C's etc. Nothing
>>fancy. I want to put down sockets and draw some lands.
>> Thanks for any help. Please email me!
>
> Eagle from http://www.cadsoftusa.com/ (they have a free version)
>
> With which you can create Gerber files and email them to....
>
> http://www.sparkfun.com who will make you double-sided, plated through
> boards with solder mask and white silkscreen on both sides for $5 per
> square inch, one inch minimum.
>

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"Tom Graefe" wrote ...
> Thanks a lot. This program will not import ORCAD netlist

You didn't specify that as one of your requrements.
It would save everyone's time if you disclose ALL
the requirements up front.

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Thanks

--
Tom
graefe@gate.net
"Ben Bradley" <ben_nospam_bradley@frontiernet.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 04:48:10 GMT, "Tom Graefe" <graefe@gate.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Richard,
>> Thanks a lot. This program will not import ORCAD netlist and is about
>> a
>>easy as ORCAD Layout. I am looking for a SIMPLE program where I can just
>>draw lands between pads like prototyping on Perf Board. Any ideas?
>
> You want to be able to import ORCAD netlists? The program at
> http://www.expresspcb.com/ won't do that or other things you might
> want to do, as it's only designed to make boards orderable from their
> service, but it's about as simple and easy to use as you can get.
>
>>Thanks
>>
>>--
>>Tom
>
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> http://www.mindspring.com/~benbradley

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On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:51:51 +1200, "Geoff Wood" <geoff@nospam-paf.co.nz>
wrote:

>
>"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xpr7t.net> wrote in message
>news:11geli7nqmdbl51@corp.supernews.com...
>> "Tom Graefe" wrote ...
>>> Thanks a lot. This program will not import ORCAD netlist
>>
>> You didn't specify that as one of your requrements.
>> It would save everyone's time if you disclose ALL
>> the requirements up front.
>
>I would have thought teh terms 'something simple' and 'imports OrCAD
>netlists' were mutually exclusive !
>
>geoff
>

Orcad Capture (Windows) can output EDIF netlist which Orcad PCB386 (DOS) can
use. I do it all the time. If you want PCB386 contact me.


Regards,

Boris Mohar

Got Knock? - see:
Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs (among other things) http://www.viatrack.ca

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In article <mbQQe.31307$Tf5.9640@newsread1.mlpsca01.us.to.verio.net>,
James Lehman <james[remove]@akrobiz.com> wrote:

>Thanks for sharing that. That's one of the neatest things I've read in this
>group for a while!
>
>It looks like the $49 to register Eagle CAD is necessary if you want to be
>able to use the library of parts.

Not in my experience. The freeware version comes with a reasonable
basic set of parts in its library, and I've had no trouble doing
schematics and layouts using them.

The only restrictions on the freeware version that I know of are the
size of the schematic and PCB, number of layers, and the
no-commercial-use rule.

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"Peter Larsen" <SPAMSHIELD_plarsen@mail.tele.dk> wrote in message
>
> Might Quickroute (british) do, dunno whether it is still around, nor
> whether it still has the same name.

Great name, at least !

geoff