> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Ancona [mailto:MattA@EDL.COM]
> Subject: Re: [EE]:Sch and PCB layout tools for Windows
>
>
> Thanks to all that replied to my post so far.
>
> I've noticed a couple of things.  1) No one mentioned Ivex or
> EWB. Why? 2)

I've used Ivex in the past. on the plus side, I found it intuitive to use.
Not really a steep learning curve. The tech support was pretty good. On the
down side, it needed a lot of tech support. The layout program would
routinely crash and corrupt the file. Then the only recourse was to send the
file to their tech support so they could fix it, or start over. Then there
were the constant upgrades. I finally got tired of persuading my boss to pay
for the next upgrade, and he tired of lost development time when the file
got corrupted. So we switched to PADS PowerPCB and ViewLogic (then Innoveda,
now Mentor Graphics)

> Why isn't there (unless there is and I don't know of it) a
> professional association pushing for such standards?

try http://www.pcbstandards.com/Default.php

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