Does it stretch traces when components are moved, interface with a
circuit drawing package, show you the unrouted traces, do design rule
checks, generate gerber files or whatever a PCB manufacturer can handle,
does it have a big package library and accept packages defined by
others?

Wouter van Ooijen

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Singer
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 11:23 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: [EE]: PCB design with Corel.
>
>
>    Could anybody estimate the stupidity level of
> the idea of designing PCB with Corel?
>
>    I have access to a computer with legal Corel 11,
> I messed with it a bit and what I've found:
>  Corel
>  - has layers;
>  - can draw various elements, that could be grouped;
>  - elements could be snapped to grid;
>  - has VBA, you can store anything in a normal
>    database (even SQL server), manipulate it as you
>    need and then draw with Corel;
>
> If the idea with Corel happened to be workable, Corel
> could be changed to plain VB application with DirectX.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Mike.
>
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