Interesting, they state they they are 'Headquartered in the heart of the
New Silicon Valley' but their state code is 'CO' rather than 'CA'.

Yet another wannabe ...  ;-)

Tal

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> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of David Minkler
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 5:11 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [EE]: PCB design with Corel.
>
>
> How do you send your files to a board house?  They're looking
> for Gerbers.  Why not use a tool suited for the purpose which
> already has the "grouped elements" and keeps track of your
> connectivity as well? Price is free (up to a faily
> sophisticated board).  Try the freebee at Cadint (
http://www.cadint.com - integrated schematic capture and PCB layout).

Dave

Mike Singer wrote:
>
>    Could anybody estimate the stupidity level of
> the idea of designing PCB with Corel?

Fairly high, considering the alternatives.

>    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.

Seems like a lot of work to avoid a free download!

> Thanks in advance.
> Mike.
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