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Gene · 23rd February 2003, 04:18 PM

I was wondering what software members of this forum use to draw schematic diagrams. Any suggestions?

bogdanfirst · 23rd February 2003, 04:43 PM

orcad9.1 form caddence.com(orcad.com) and eagle form cadsoft.com

Pilot · 23rd February 2003, 08:26 PM

Ultiboard, Protel 99 & Powerpcb used to develop circuits here.

:lol:

Paprika · 23rd February 2003, 10:32 PM

Yeah, I use Eagle. At first its very duanting btu then I got ahold of a full Tutorial on using it and now its pretty easy to use for me. I reccomend Eable because there is a free version avalbile for downloa d & there are a few tutorials for the software.

john1 · 27th February 2003, 01:02 AM

Hi Gene,

Paint,
or Pbrush.

You can keep little BMPs,
and paste them in as required.

( cant afford that sophisticated stuff )

John

Gene · 27th February 2003, 03:12 AM

Thanks for all the suggestions. I found a copy of Electronics Workbench on the web and am trying to work with it. It seems to react slowly and, if I get going too fast, it crashes. PATIENCE! :x

john1 · 27th February 2003, 03:35 AM

Hi Paprika,

I found this,
is this the 'Eagle' you mean?

http://www.cadsoft.de/

Those sizes, 5 and 6 megs are a bit big
for dial-up 56k

John

Paprika · 27th February 2003, 04:43 AM

they are not really that big man, go get download accelerator plus, it can induse your download speeds dramaticly - I'm on cable and it dose wonders for me! But yeah, anyway try that but the software is worth it, after you read the tutorial that is -- that way you can take full advantage of the software. but if you don't want to take the download and just wait a few more minutes, maybe hours, than usual then thats ok too.

**kinjalgp** · 27th February 2003, 12:07 PM

If 5-6 MB seems big to you, just try to download Demo of Protel99SE :lol: ~49MB

hantto · 27th February 2003, 12:34 PM

Or Protel DXP 182Mb... :wink:

bogdanfirst · 27th February 2003, 02:45 PM

some sites offer instead of the download, a free cd...
i asked for one with orcad and i got it in a couple of weels(im not from us), but i never got the cirucuit maker cd....

arcom · 27th February 2003, 06:42 PM

or DirectX 8.0 SDK ~ 150MB over 56K. I took me two weeks to download this monster...and worst of all...shortly after that my hard drive has gone to heaven :cry:

to john1: I recently downloaded Eagle. It took me only 20 minutes without all those (questionable) "accelerators" :lol:

bogdanfirst · 27th February 2003, 08:17 PM

well if we are talking about software, i have POWER PCB, but i dont know what to use to make the schematic and then to make it's pcb.
also i am interested what software everyone around here uses to design there pcb.
please give me an advice....

Paprika · 27th February 2003, 08:25 PM

just as I said before, Eagle + Tutorial = nIceness

bogdanfirst · 27th February 2003, 08:27 PM

i agree with eagle. it works fine, but it doesnt have simulation and it is limited.....to the size of the pcb and it doesnt have autoplace.

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23rd February 2003, 04:18 PM	#1
Gene	Schematic Software I was wondering what software members of this forum use to draw schematic diagrams. Any suggestions?

23rd February 2003, 04:43 PM	#2
bogdanfirst	orcad9.1 form caddence.com(orcad.com) and eagle form cadsoft.com

23rd February 2003, 08:26 PM	#3
Pilot	Ultiboard, Protel 99 & Powerpcb used to develop circuits here. :lol:

23rd February 2003, 10:32 PM	#4
Paprika	Yeah, I use Eagle. At first its very duanting btu then I got ahold of a full Tutorial on using it and now its pretty easy to use for me. I reccomend Eable because there is a free version avalbile for downloa d & there are a few tutorials for the software.

27th February 2003, 01:02 AM	#5
john1	Hi Gene, Paint, or Pbrush. You can keep little BMPs, and paste them in as required. ( cant afford that sophisticated stuff ) John

27th February 2003, 03:12 AM	#6
Gene	Thanks for all the suggestions. I found a copy of Electronics Workbench on the web and am trying to work with it. It seems to react slowly and, if I get going too fast, it crashes. PATIENCE! :x

27th February 2003, 03:35 AM	#7
john1	Hi Paprika, I found this, is this the 'Eagle' you mean? http://www.cadsoft.de/ Those sizes, 5 and 6 megs are a bit big for dial-up 56k John

27th February 2003, 04:43 AM	#8
Paprika	they are not really that big man, go get download accelerator plus, it can induse your download speeds dramaticly - I'm on cable and it dose wonders for me! But yeah, anyway try that but the software is worth it, after you read the tutorial that is -- that way you can take full advantage of the software. but if you don't want to take the download and just wait a few more minutes, maybe hours, than usual then thats ok too.

27th February 2003, 12:07 PM	#9
kinjalgp	If 5-6 MB seems big to you, just try to download Demo of Protel99SE :lol: ~49MB __________________ "There is no way to peace, peace is the way!"

27th February 2003, 12:34 PM	#10
hantto	Or Protel DXP 182Mb... :wink:

27th February 2003, 02:45 PM	#11
bogdanfirst	some sites offer instead of the download, a free cd... i asked for one with orcad and i got it in a couple of weels(im not from us), but i never got the cirucuit maker cd....

27th February 2003, 06:42 PM	#12
arcom	or DirectX 8.0 SDK ~ 150MB over 56K. I took me two weeks to download this monster...and worst of all...shortly after that my hard drive has gone to heaven :cry: to john1: I recently downloaded Eagle. It took me only 20 minutes without all those (questionable) "accelerators" :lol:

27th February 2003, 08:17 PM	#13
bogdanfirst	well if we are talking about software, i have POWER PCB, but i dont know what to use to make the schematic and then to make it's pcb. also i am interested what software everyone around here uses to design there pcb. please give me an advice....

27th February 2003, 08:25 PM	#14
Paprika	just as I said before, Eagle + Tutorial = nIceness

27th February 2003, 08:27 PM	#15
bogdanfirst	i agree with eagle. it works fine, but it doesnt have simulation and it is limited.....to the size of the pcb and it doesnt have autoplace.