Brian Gracia wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>  I am looking for links, or people who have worked trying to write their
> own pcb routing software.  I am trying to this as a programming hobby.
>
> TIA,
> Brian
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I can't remember wher I got it but QCAD works pretty good. after you
draw the schematic in one section it makes a netlist and a partlist and
then you move to the layout stage then to the routing stage.. I haven't
made any boards yet but it looks pretty good. In the unregistered
version you can't print BUT you can get the measurements so I hit
printscreen and through it in photoshop. crop it to the circuit board
outline and then rescale. I printed one out and on an 18 pin DIP the
holes lined up.. just remember to flip it correctly and only display the
layers you need.. I might register this if i really end up making some
boards I think its like $50 or so to print.
If you find some other windows based autorouting program let me know..
the cheaper the better, as always..

                        Damon Hopkins