2 votes for eagle is all i need, Ima make that 3! I was able to complete sch and pcb in 4 hrs, just a small circuit anyway and was very simple and smooth to use, i like also how it shows you footprint and dimensions as im selecting part, and when you get a node error it points you right at it, and i had no problem placing components, it was like i just had to throw them in there, especially compared to my old method!, one thing i did notice thou was that after i annotated the design and my wires turned blue and red (im guessing those are layers), it did not reassess after i moved a component, even if i tried to re-annotate, so moving component meant i had to watch that nodes did not cross or over holes, also i couldnt create new "elbows".
And after this hangover i am starting to familiarize with these autodesks , one thing i worry about though is compatibility, is there generic form i should use when sending to a 3d printshop, i noticed that just exporting from fusions .igs files into Inventors .ipt or .iam, was able to copy shapes, but failed when copying over the cutout shapes(i just found out it was something to do with parent hierarchy in inventor), testing now i can't remember specifically why i didnt like inventor, but i m going to give it another shot, i foresee having a problem when i need to get in behind a shape when its blocked by another shape, plus i will need lots of plains which i will want to show randomly only when working on the objects..?
this is all very cool, and since im on topic anyway, i was asking in another post about G & M and MACHINE codes and such, i just wonder do my cads work with those systems aswell, also i have seen alot of diy xyz plotters and also wonder how the computer outputs that to their micro controllers, ie, usb connection & output encoding format, would it be hard to do my own?
and one last thing!? about servo motors.. i have been searching for good servo, but i notice that for a cheap one its • Speed (sec/60o): 0.16• Torque (Kg-cm): 4.1; so with torq if i have a arm that is 10cm long it will stall with 400grams at a horizontal plane? and takes over a second to do a 360 rotation? I am thinking of a hexbot plastic design, so 3 servos per leg, but i would like it to be a little faster than what iv seen on youtube, maybe even enough so it can do a hop and lift off ground a bit, but how would i math that, when i calc the mass on servo
do i just use the weight of the leg, or do i measure the weight of entire body on servo, or do I measure 1/6(or 1/2,on 3 legs) of body weight? and how fast is enough to do a hop? thats prolly unrealistic, but i would still want it fast enough to seem more instant(kno wat i mean) would x5 or x10 be adequate, also my range is over 180 deg, closer to 275. Maybe i should start thinking about different motors? I am fascinated with those new piezo motors, especially with their feedback response, but that is fur shure through the roof .