15 Apr
2004
15 Apr
'04
6:48 a.m.
>>>> "steve" == steve
<gkicomputers(a)yahoo.com> writes:
steve> --- Paul Koning <pkoning(a)equallogic.com> wrote:
> On the other hand, I found the process with Eagle
CAD to be both
> very painless and very quick.
steve> That wasn't my experience with Eagle, I tried the demo for a
steve> few days and wasn't able to penetrate thru the user interface
steve> to do even the simpliest of things. Its interface seemed
steve> completely counter-intuitive as it doesn't adhere to typical
steve> windoze interface standards which unfortunately have been hard
steve> wired into my brain( eagle maybe a DOS port?).
It certainly is a DOS port; the version I have (2.6) is straight DOS,
straight command line. Those commands still work, and the manual may
emphasize those, I'm not sure. There are also buttons.
And yes, some other aspects are odd because they go back to the DOS
code when there wasn't a windows graphics UI convention to adhere to.
Things like what happens when you right-click during drawing, or the
selection mechanism. It isn't bad, just different.
Have you tried the tutorial? (I haven't but I remember it's there on
the website.)
paul