Hi,

you could look at www.easytrax.co.uk, and look their Ranger2 software. We
use its predecessor in production. Its strength is the ripup-and-retry
autorouter which saved us hundreds of working hours. The pin count is
theoretically limited, but 16384 pin is really not a pain. The price is
affordable, indeed.

Regards,
Imre

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On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, PicDude wrote:

> I was actually experimenting with this over the weekend, but as you know,
> there's no price yet ... until middle of the year.
>
> Cheers,
> -Neil.
>
>
>
> On Monday 12 April 2004 10:53 am, Matt Pobursky scribbled:
> > You might try this new software package:
> >
> > http://www.otl.co.uk/
> >
> > It looks promising and getting in on the ground floor could be an
> > inexpensive way to have the fully released version in the future.
> >
> > Unfortunately, EDA software is a niche market with relatively few
> > target "seats" and requires an incredible effort to produce
> > professional quality tools -- hence the large prices of most good
> > tools.
> >
> > Matt Pobursky
> > Maximum Performance Systems
> >
> > On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 00:58:17 -0500, PicDude wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I need to get schematic & PCB layout software that supports a large-sized
> > > PCB ... ~14" x ~6" .... and possibly larger.  I really like Eagle, am
> > > very familiar with it, and there's trememdous support for it (in the way
> > > of available libraries).  But the Eagle version that supports this board
> > > size, the Professional version, is $1200.... ouch!
> > >
> > > But time is easier to find than money nowadays, so I'm willing to
> > > re-create all my own libraries if necessary.
> > >
> > > However, it must have an autorouter, and be able to generate 274X Gerber
> > > files.  I'd really like it to have the ability to rotate parts to
> > > arbitrary angles, like Eagle 4.11.  Linux or Windoze is fine with me.
> > > This current app will have ~1,800 pins, so I prefer not to have pin
> > > limits.
> > >
> > > Any ideas on which software might meet my needs?  I have $200 budgeted
> > > for this, but would prefer to keep it under $200.  Do-able?
>
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