>         I also use Autocad for PCB layouts. Most of my reasons are
>         the same as
> yours. I would appreciate having the chance to look at some of your
> blocks, menus, etc. Thanks in advance.


Increvable!  So there is another humanoid out there doing this!  I'll
zip 'em up tonight and post them on
HTTP://members.sockets/~llile/index.htm under AUTOCAD SUPPORT TOOLS