I also use Protel easytrax, its free and does all I need to do with a pcb
(including smd's).  It's main problem is lack of any drivers for modern
printers. However the demo version of their "Advanced PCB2" (available from
their web site) will read easytrax files and print them using your windows
printer.

Cheers, Ken,vk7krj
vk7krj@southcom.com.au
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Webster <Ken@WEBSTER.ORG>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: 2000-January-05, Wed 9:08
Subject: Re: PCB Layout program..


> Am I the only one that uses Protel's EasyEdit?
>
> It is freeware and has no size restrictions (that I am aware of).
> I have a copy of it (and a link to Protel's site) here:
>
> http://scooby.flysaturn.com/projects/poscalc/easyedit.html
>
> The only drawbacks are that it is a DOS program (but it has nice menus and
> works fine from a DOS prompt in Windows NT) and lacks an autorouter (but I
> personally haven't run across an autorouter that produces decent results
> anyway unless you don't care about board size or via count).
>