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From: "Hugh M0WYE" <m0wye@thersgb.net>
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:03:39 -0000
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Subject: LF: Re: Schematic capture software
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Hi John,
I would suggest Circad by Holophase.
http://www.holophase.com/
It does both schematic capture, and PCB layout.

This is a professional package, but the downloadable demo appears to be in
use by amateurs for making circuit boards, because you can still print out
pcb patterns (Only the Gerber output and postscript printing functions are
disabled on the free version).

It has the interesting facility, where you can import image files (for
example a pdigital photograph of a circuit board) and use it as a
"background" to work on. This makes "reverse engineering" or bringing
existing non-CAD pcb's into Circad much easier, as you can just lay pcb
tracks down over the picture. Then you can take a net-list of this back into
the schematic capture and use it to generate a circuit diagram.

73
Hugh M0WYE

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rabson" <word.factory@zetnet.co.uk>
To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:46 PM
Subject: LF: Schematic capture software


> May I have suggestions, please, on a suitable software package to capture
> circuit diagrams. At the moment I'm using CorelDRAW and very powerful it
is
> but I am looking for something that will take me rather less time.
>
> Regards,
> John Rabson
> Editor
> Cave Radio and Electronics Group Journal
> British Cave Research Association
> Tel: +44 (0)1394 460 298
> Fax: +44 (0)1394 420 795
>
>
>