[TriEmbed] [Splat Space] Opinion: best schematic drawing software

[Antonious Iskander]

I use Pspice Orcad for my circuit classes.

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 7:14 PM, Scott Hall via TriEmbed <
triembed at triembed.org> wrote:

> I am already a KiCad user, have had an Eagle license in the past, and have
> used some cool expensive software at work.  Lately I have played with
> beginner software like Fritzing and FlowCode.
>
> And yes, I was aware that LTSpice is a Spice variation, which I first used
> with a Fortran deck of cards back in 1978 to analyze a tubed-TV circuit.
> It turns out I am not new to CAD software and other circuit drawing apps.
>
> The motivation behind my question, was what software should I steer others
> toward, what are you all's favorite and for what reasons?  I personally
> will likely stick with RFFlow simply because I have built up a big library
> of parts, and the results are in scalable vector format that exports well
> with most wordprocessing apps, and can be rasterized at whatever resolution
> I choose in gimp for webpage graphics.
>
> And if I need more advanced features, I'm likely to continue with KiCad.
>
> But I am used to both.  What would be good to get another user up to
> speed, without bogging down in the minutia of the drawing itself, but
> maintain focus on the circuit?
>
> - sgh
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 6:59 PM, Jeremy Davis via TriEmbed <
> triembed at triembed.org> wrote:
>
>> I strongly agree with Brian about CAD software being superior in the long
>> run. KiCAD looks nice!
>>
>> It is actually on my todo list to stoke up interest in open source CAD
>> software talks for an upcoming TriLUG meeting. Since 3dHubs came online, it
>> is really convenient to find people to print designs locally which is
>> awesome if you know how to create designs. Anyone interested in speaking at
>> TriLUG on this topic, feel free to send an email to steering at trilug.org
>>
>> Jeremy
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, September 13, 2016, Brian via TriEmbed <triembed at triembed.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Scott,
>>>
>>> I must strongly recommend against heading down the path of using
>>> graphics software to do electronics work, and instead recommend learning an
>>> actual electronics CAD package.
>>>
>>> Right now you don't need advanced electronics features, but down the
>>> road you might.  If you learn an electronics CAD tool now, you'll be in
>>> decent shape when you want more features.  If you learn a graphics tool
>>> now, you'll have a bunch of useless stuff when it comes time to take it
>>> farther down the road.
>>>
>>> Others have already provided links to lists of electronics CAD
>>> packages.  I use Eagle and KiCAD.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> -B
>>>
>>> <snip>
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