Hi, you might want to see about taking a class from the Copper Connection -I've heard really, really good things about their classes! I'm pretty sure if you do a websearch you will find them... This can be a quicker way of coming up to speed... Lynn Isaacson, C.I.D., Sr. PCB Designer Medtronic Physio-Control 11811 Willows Rd. N.E., P.O. Box 97006 Redmond, Washington 98073-9706 425-867-4443 Direct 425-867-4462 Fax > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Priority: 3 (Normal) > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 > Importance: Normal > Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 14:04:06 -0400 > From: Dewayne Lawson <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [TN] Training > To: [log in to unmask] > > I hope this is a valid question for this particular forum. > > Recently I have been transferred to the Engineering Department at the > company I have been employed with for over eight years. This is a promotion > for me. > > I have an A.S. degree in electronics and started out as a calibration/repair > technician, moved up to Technician supervisor/trainer. I worked in the > manufacturing side for most of my eight years here. > > I have been given the challenge to learn PCB layout. I was wondering if > anyone could provide me with some ideas on how to get started. I have > AutoCAD and ORCAD experience, however, I have never performed any PCB > design. My company is currently using Protel for the PCB layout software. > (our former designer relocated, so I do not have the luxury of an > experienced person in-house). > > I appreciate any advice you may provide. My boss signed me up with IPC > immediately, so I figure that's a good start. > > Dewayne E. Lawson > American Magnetics, Inc. > Oak Ridge, TN USA > 423-482-1056 (Ext. 30) > [log in to unmask] > > ############################################################## > TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c > ############################################################## > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the body: > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET > ############################################################## > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information. > If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.5365 > ############################################################## ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################