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Designspark mechanical linux11/2/2023 ![]() I looked at whether I should change and part of the criteria was it needed to be at hobbyist prices (I don't mind paying reasonable costs for good software) and had to be cross platform or run in parallels, wine etc. 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. 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.
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