Lyn,
I agree.
However, being able to output to any "windows" printer as your plotting
device is pretty darn useful! I use an HP ink-jet printer. Color
schematics, PCB layouts, and drawings are really very useful and the
printers are quite inexpensive.
Also, directly supporting schematic development is pretty darn useful!
Probably more so than any specific output format given the number of
translators that are available.
Circad can produce DXF, EPS, and HPGL files (Remember that Windows allows
you to direct printer output to a file). There are a number of tools that
can translate these formats into JPEG or any of the other formats required.
..Eugene.. AE2F
-----Original Message-----
From: LYN [mailto:designserv@ipass.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 11:21 AM
To: AE2F
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com; dick.green@valley.net
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Schematic Drawing Program
Eugene Skopal wrote:
> Dick,
>
> I have had good luck with CirCad from Holophase. It is very powerful and
> reasonably priced for Hams. It produces windows printer output (which you
> can capture to a file), AutoCAD (DXF) files, and "Gerber" output.
"Gerber"
> allows me to order circuit boards over the Internet from APC in Canada.
> Costs about $100 for a pair of smaller boards. Only takes a couple of
days
> to get your circuit boards back.
>
However, the literature for Circad does not list his specified requirements
that the program be able to output in his needed formats. It did list a
useful capability of accepting other formats as input.
Gerber is the preferred output for board layout, but is of little value for
a schematic plot. Dxf, hpgl, jpg, and bmp are more useful for schematic
plots.
Lyn
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