Homebrew PCBs

Monte,

>Markus,
>   Thank you for the pointer to AutoTRAX.  I actually ended up with a
>number of suggestions from folks on this list but, since you suggested
>that AutoTRAX is fairly new, I thought I'd give it a try.  I'm not
>sure I understand why these software companies make their product
>available for nothing; what's up with that?   Is the competition in
>this market extremely strong?

I don't know why it's free. I figure they calculate on selling
documentation and support and want to get a big marketshare. Let me
state that I'm an eagle user, that is I quickly looked at it and was
fairly impressed by the features present. There is also a support
e-mail list for it and responsivness of the developper behind the
product is outrageous. I stopped reading the list after a while -
again cause it does not make too much sense to me. The impression I
got is that the support is excellent.

>I don't really know how to assess one PCB design software package
>against another since I don't know enough about how to build a board.
> So, I'll get a copy of AutoTRAX and try to let the group know if I
>discover anything interesting.  

I downloaded the full version over the internet - there is IMHO no
need to order a CD (well unless you have a slow internet access only).

Markus

>Thanks again for the help....
>Monte
>
>--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Markus Zingg <m.zingg@n...> wrote:
>> Check out autotrax. Pretty powerfull and - belive it or not -
>> completely free!
>> 
>> http://www.autotraxeda.com/
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