At 12:55 PM 11/27/02 -0800, you wrote:
> >     MS Visio can draw schematics, I tried. I hope, there
> >  are parts libraries somewhere on the Net for Visio.
>
>Any drawing package can be used to lay out a PCB.  It's not worse than the
>old "black tape on clear film" techniques that used to keep engineers with a
>lot of experience employed doing little more than that...  It's not much
>better, either...

If the board designs might be commercially produced it's just crazy to
use any method than can't directly produce Gerber file output.

The digitizers at the short run places I use are covered with dust,
they'll soon be out in the dumpster.

Best regards,

Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..."            "The Journey is the reward"
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