On 15/12/2010 10:54, V G wrote: > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Oli Glaser wro= te: > >> I have a licensed version and still use it very occasionally, pretty >> good for the price I'd say but not my first choice. It's not really that >> much better than some free offerings like say, Kicad. >> That said, the version I have is the "Lite" version( I think it just >> limits number of pads to 500 or so) and a few revisions old, so there >> may have been some improvements in the last couple of years, but I don't >> think I would pay for another license. > > What do you prefer? Difficult one - not really settled completely since I "moved" from=20 Diptrace hence the reason I still use it a bit. Probably between one of the decent free ones like Kicad, or the licensed=20 version of Eagle (the free one cannot be used for commercial purposes,=20 as is the case for a lot of other free versions of design software) I will keep Diptrace too as it's not a bad program and pretty solid=20 (even if I don't upgrade it) Whatever I settle on needs to be stable, capable of reasonably complex=20 multilayer design and bug free, which rules 95% of open source stuff=20 out, but I will give Kicad a good try as I have heard good things about=20 it, and although it's not the easiest to pick up, it looks quite powerful. Sorry I can't be more specific as I'm still in the process of trying new=20 stuff out, though I can say Diptrace has done fine for quite some time -=20 no real complaints (just decided to see what else was out there) --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .