17 Feb
2017
17 Feb
'17
5:50 p.m.
On 02/17/2017 01:35 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
I do some 4-layer and 6-layer boards,
where the possibility
for things to get shorted together multiply,
and it is easy to overlook it when manually checking. I
can't say about KiCad as I have not done anything over 2
layers with it.
EVERYTHING on Protel is configurable, you can add items to
the menus, create the picture for the menu item, etc.
As for libraries, I really don't trust ANYBODY else's
library parts, at least until I've checked them. Protel's
are actually pretty bad, by the way, so most of them are now
MY parts, not theirs.
Jon
From: Jon
Elson
I'm most concerned about the reliability of
the design rules check
...
If these checks miss errors, I REALLY don't want to use the package.
I'm not quite sure what's covered here, but I have used the checker on my
admittedly-tiny projects, and been happy with it.
and layout vs. schematic.
Again, Dave has used it to lay out at least one moderately-sized card, and
seems to have been happy with the results. (KiCad seems to still require picking operations
from a menu, Protel
has user-configurable keyboard shortcuts that are a big help. Maybe
KiCad has that and I just need to learn them.)
KiCAD does have keyboard shortcuts. I don't know if they are configurable.