I've been using stuff from Advanced Microcomputer Solutions for 10 or 15
years. Seems to work well. I do a board or two a month. It includes
schematic capture through board layout. It checks the board against the
netlist created by the schematic capture program. It does clearance
checks. It generates gerber and drill files.

There is a demo version on their website (http://www.advancedmsinc.com/).
I understand they also have a free version that restricts you to using
their fab services or plot services.

Harold


On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 00:53:30 -0500 Steve Ruse <steve@WOTELECTRONICS.COM>
writes:
> What are the popular software titles for PCB design? Are there any
> decent free/inexpensive or evaluation packages out there? Also, what
> are some of the most important featurs to look for? (schematic
> drawing,
> rule checks, schematic->PCB, which ones will output GERBER files,
> etc.)
>
> Basically I think this stuff is probably pretty important and I
> would
> like to know it. So far all the PCBs I've done were created from
> manufacturer specific software.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steve Ruse
>
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