Mike Loewen wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
Has anyone got any recommendations for PCB CAD
software on Linux?
Xcircuit for schematics:
http://opencircuitdesign.com/xcircuit/
PCB for layout:
http://pcb.sourceforge.net/
Do these two tools sync the schematic with the PCB and allow
backchanges? I find that feature of Eagle very useful.
Having watched the previous thread on PCB tooling, I saved all the
links, but I currently use Eagle (on Windows and Linux), and I have no
issues moving pads on the board. I have the free version. You can;t
move parts off the limits of the board size (3x4 for the free version,
as I recall), but you can move parts around the board.
I tried the gEDA suite a while back, and I found it significantly harder
to use than Eagle.
I plan to give the other options previously described a try, but it's
hard to beat the install base of Eagle. (I do intend to try the library
converter mentioned in another thread)
Jim
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