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Article #11234I need a good drawing program to make pc boards
From: NEIL GANDLER
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 19:00
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 19:00
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I am sick of pc cad programs. Some like padsdemo are too complicated for my uses and programs like pc-trace are too simple and are terrible. I decided I want to make my pc boards the way I used to. Drawing them on graph paper using rub ons. But I can do that on a computer also. I just need a good drawing program that I can define chips and pads as macros. I also need a program that uses coordinates and allows you to scale. And of course it has to be able to make good printouts on a laser or 24-pin printer. I dont need a cad program to autoroute. For my designs the human brain does a better job. Is there a program out there that will help me? Thanks in advance for any help. I am also experimenting with a new way to etch pc boards. It includes printing your designs on a special piece of paper coated with a thin layer of copper. You then peel off the copper. It still has some adhesive left and you attach it to your board and etch. It is still in its experimental stage. But by results are getting better. Neil Gandler
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ames!pacbell.com!network.ucsd.edu!rutgers!ub!acsu.buffalo.edu!ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu!v064mb9k From: v064mb9k@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (NEIL GANDLER) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: I need a good drawing program to make pc boards Message-ID: <Bvx644.Bws@acsu.buffalo.edu> Date: 10 Oct 92 19:00:00 GMT Sender: nntp@acsu.buffalo.edu Organization: University at Buffalo Lines: 19 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41 Nntp-Posting-Host: ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu