PCB Design Using AutoCAD (EDN Series for Design Engineers) Paperback –
August 29, 1997
by Chris Schroeder  (Author)
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> Can't give you any recommendations,  however, I did witness some students
> doing quick layout: photocopy a semi complicated board, delete parts not
> in need, reconnect wire and modified to compliance of rules, such as 45
> degree corner fan out, etc. After few weeks, they were looking somewhat
> pro-ish.  No kidding,  I am sure it is far from impedance balancing act,
> but good enough for some robotic control, visual image processing.  Scary.
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Many of you know me, and know that most of my career has been a
>> hands-on,
>> out on the production floor kind of process guy , but now I'm looking at
>> trying to do board layout.
>>
>> Yeah, yeah I know, forget about it. But I'm not looking to do anything
>> complicated, it's a small 1" X 2.85", 2-layer board with 3-LED's, a
>> through-hole right angle push button switch, 5-holes that a little wire
>> harness can be soldered into, and two mounting holes.
>>
>> I've often thought about learning more about board design and layout,
>> but
>> my plate always fills up with the day-to-day production and process
>> issues
>> so I wind up pushing that off to the back burner and don't think about
>> it
>> again for a while. So now the idea has popped up again. The story is
>> that
>> we build this little board for a customer and now they want to change
>> the
>> size and layout and use a different switch. So my boss asks me if this
>> is
>> something I can do, we don't have any design guys here. I have
>> Pentalogix
>> ViewMate Deluxe and do gerber edits to apertures in the solder paste
>> layers
>> for the stencils I buy, but don't really change the layout of boards,
>> ViewMate is not meant for that. I explain that to him and he asks if he
>> bought the software would this be something that I would be interested
>> in
>> doing, so now the opportunity has presented itself again.
>>
>> So I've been looking around and I'm not looking the buy a seat at a
>> full-blown CAD station, just something inexpensive and simple to use. So
>> I've been looking at Eagle, and my question is, have any of you used
>> this?
>> Is this software a good starting point for a rookie like me? I know
>> there
>> is an IPC Designers Council forum, but those guys are so far ahead of me
>> that I don't want to waste their time. Any feedback is welcome.
>>
>> Steve
>>
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