Good Program for Design Schematic?

[Tom McCurdy]

What is a good free program for drawing and steamlining circuit schematics? If not free than something that is good. I currently have crodile physics which is nice for building and testing circuits, but I need something that I can use to produce professional looking schematics

here is what I have to do now...
www.quantumninja.com/hw/Circuit.pdf

 

[williB]

Eagle Layout software works well for me..

www.cadsoft.de/freeware.htm

 

[Tom McCurdy]

thx for the advice, I am downloading it right now

 

[Tom McCurdy]

seems like it will be good... its real ... complicated looking right now

 

[Oznog]

seems like it will be good... its real ... complicated looking right now

Eagle's complexity is reasonable for the job. The thing to realize is that this will also make a board from schematics and do a damn fine job of autorouting it! You can then home etch a board or send the files out to mfg.

 

[zachtheterrible]

the computer will automatically make the PCB!?!?! :shock: suweet! how do i do it?

 

[Tom McCurdy]

Do you know where I could find any good tutorials?

 

[Tom McCurdy]

How

How do you simply just click on things like to select something

I am trying to create this circuit on there as a beginner's circuit

**broken link removed**

How do I add single reistors
Single capacitors
Optimize circuit upon completion
Create into board
Label everything as it does in the examples

thx a lot
:roll: :cry:

 

[williB]

ok crash course in Eagle..
lemmy know when your ready..

 

[williB]

select file --> new-->schematic

 

[williB]

over to the right choose add..
at the bottom of the add screen type in timer..