<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>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.<br><br></div>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.<br><br></div>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.<br><br></div>And if I need more advanced features, I'm likely to continue with KiCad.<br><br></div>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?<br><br></div>- sgh<br><div><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 6:59 PM, Jeremy Davis via TriEmbed <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:triembed@triembed.org" target="_blank">triembed@triembed.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I strongly agree with Brian about CAD software being superior in the long run. KiCAD looks nice! <div><br></div><div>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 e<span></span>mail to <a href="mailto:steering@trilug.org" target="_blank">steering@trilug.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>Jeremy<div><div class="h5"><br><br><br><br>On Tuesday, September 13, 2016, Brian via TriEmbed <<a href="mailto:triembed@triembed.org" target="_blank">triembed@triembed.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Scott,<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Others have already provided links to lists of electronics CAD packages. I use Eagle and KiCAD.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
-B<br>
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