<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I tried out kiCad today and it's on par with eagle seems like but a far cry from altium. It's a shame we can't see some of these cheaper editors come up with a product at least marginally comparable to a real PCB editor/schematic capture tool. <br><br>James F.</div><div><br>On Feb 17, 2015, at 3:27 PM, Stephan Henning <<a href="mailto:shenning@gmail.com">shenning@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Ya, libraries are one of it's biggest weaknesses. <div><br></div><div>It's not that bad to custom make a part, but it can get a little tedious. I also find it ends up creating a mess of files and locations in which things are stored. Still haven't quite figured out a good way to do that yet. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Erik Arendall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:earendall@gmail.com" target="_blank">earendall@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Its a great program, I do wish there was better component libraries. There might be now since it has been a year or so since I messed with it. </div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 3:16 PM, Stephan Henning <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shenning@gmail.com" target="_blank">shenning@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Cool, I knew CERN was taking an active role in KiCAD, good to see them still pushing it. <div><br></div><div>Hopefully KiCAD continues to grow without becoming overly complicated and cumbersome, I would hate to loose my favorite board editor. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Erik Arendall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:earendall@gmail.com" target="_blank">earendall@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="ltr"><div>Nifty</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://home.web.cern.ch/about/updates/2015/02/kicad-software-gets-cern-treatment" target="_blank">http://home.web.cern.ch/about/updates/2015/02/kicad-software-gets-cern-treatment</a></div><div><br></div></div>
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