Maybe they come out OK on a post script printer but I don't have access to one. The schematic printouts are terrible on my little Brother HL-2040 with 0's and O's being indistinguishable and some alpha/numeric characters quite hard to read. Adding your schematic to the PCB as a ratsnest goes well. The schematic layout software is pretty good and good BOM's, pricing and part numbers are easy so you can get good ordering data. The biggest mindset change was understanding that a component footprint and 3d view needed to be assigned to the schematic component instead of the schematic component having a physical component associated as of its inception.
I switched to KiCad a year ago and found it worked well and was not too difficult to get my head around. “With tools to help from conception to prototyping, this partnership is a powerhouse of resources for PCB designers.I was a user of expressPCB which was probably one of the most intuitive pieces of software of any kind I have ever used but of course it is somewhat limited but perfect for hobby boards. “Partnering with DesignSpark is giving engineers the ability to have a full circle experience of tools to simplify and advance their design process,” said Frank Frank, founder and product architect at Ultra Librarian. “Our new partnership with Ultra Librarian solves this problem by adding free, drop-in CAD models via the DesignSpark platform. “Part selection and design-in can be major bottlenecks in the electronic design process because engineers have to source digital models for each component,” said Carol North, senior digital development manager at RS Components. The DesignSpark platform is a suite of free-to-use rapid PCB prototyping tools that provide schematics unlimited in number and size, layers, nodes, pads and connections, integration with the company's parts libraries, and a library editor to produce custom libraries, and integration with free DesignSpark mechanical and electrical CAD systems.ĬAD models can be viewed, downloaded for free, and imported directly into DesignSpark or any other major PCB CAD tool.
Members can now access the Ultra Librarian Parts Finder to access millions of free 3D models, greatly lessening PCB design cycle times. RS Components and Ultra Librarian have combined the Ultra Librarian CAD models library straight into RS’s DesignSpark online platform.
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