Jeff King wrote:

>Anyways, anyone have any feedback on the product Eagle from CadSoft?
>I've seen postings that it might generate non-standard Gerber files and
>others
>praising the product.
I'm a relative newbie, so take this for what it's worth, but I've never
had a board manfacturer complain about (or even mention) the Gerber
output. (I've done 4 or 5 boards in the last year with it, using 2
different board houses.)

The Eagle interface is a little quirky, but definitely learnable. My only
real complaint about the interface is that it's very mouse-intensive:
without a good "mouse hand" you're sunk. Often I wish I could use the
keyboard for moving things around precisely.

Other than that, though, I find it to be a very capable program, and if
you're willing to learn the built-in scripting and user-programming
languages, you can customize it completely, including the output it
generates.

Again, I'm no expert, and I don't have experience with other
schematic/layout program, so I can't make any incisive comparisons. But I
like it just fine.

Dave Johnson