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Old 19th March 2008, 03:59 PM   (permalink)
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It is good of Cadsoft to provide a free program as powerful as Eagle. I think we all agree that Eagle is a complex program and it could have a better UI. They are working on that.

Most gripes I have heard about it here are nonsense. If you do not to use it, for whatever reason, I can understand that. It is wrong for people who do not use it for layout to tell others how bad they think it is. Their view of what it can and can not do is flawed. Trying it once or twice is not enough experiance to learn much anything about it.

With eagle you can turn schematic details on and off. The most useful ones are nets, buses, pins, names, and values.
I wholeheartedly agree.

Mike.
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Old 19th March 2008, 07:14 PM   (permalink)
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Most gripes I have heard about it here are nonsense. If you do not to use it, for whatever reason, I can understand that. It is wrong for people who do not use it for layout to tell others how bad they think it is. Their view of what it can and can not do is flawed. Trying it once or twice is not enough experiance to learn much anything about it.
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I don't know what you are talking about, I have not seen or posted any other comments about Eagle other than it has a steep learning curve and a cumbersome interface.
I am not in the habit of torturing myself using programs like that, when there are others with a conventional interface that suit my purpose just as well.
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Old 19th March 2008, 07:37 PM   (permalink)
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I don't know what you are talking about, I have not seen or posted any other comments about Eagle other than it has a steep learning curve and a cumbersome interface.
I am not in the habit of torturing myself using programs like that, when there are others with a conventional interface that suit my purpose just as well.
The general tone of the people who do use Eagle makes it sound like it is much more difficult to learn than it is.

Do not recall the thread but I was helping someone, maybe cry_wolf", who was learning Eagle. Another member came in, said Eagle is too hard to use, use mine. Then there was the flap about the parts libraries are ordered. All that happened in the last day or two.

We all like to use what we know how to use. If I had listened to what is said here I would never have tried Eagle.

But it is a free country and you has just as much right to say your say as I do mine.

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You picked the wrong program. With ExpressPCB the all components are listed alphabetical and the resistors are labeled by wattage and pin spacing.
Capacitors are grouped by electrolytic and non polarized, etc. So if you know the common name and the pin spacing you are all set.
Try it you will like it and it is free.
Thanks for reminding me why I didn't chose Eagle.

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