> 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

I don't know what kind of Gerber output you get from Eagle software, but the
only limit I recall from Advanced Circuits is that the files not use RS274X
(embedded apertures).  With Microcode's Traxmaker and Protel, RS274S is an
option and not generally the default.  I would expect something similar from
most PCB CAD programs.

Mark Walsh