eagles build in libs are far from perfect, you always need to double check again your PCB fabhouse DRC file 2017-02-14 17:02 GMT+01:00 Francesco Messineo <francesco.messineo@gmail.com> : > On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 4:51 PM, Jim Brain <brain@jbrain.com> wrote: > > > I envy folks like Steve. I didn't know either of the apps in 2004 but > > learned EAGLE as it seemed the best choice at the time. Now, I've gotten > > very adept at the tool, but the tool has fallen somewhat out of favor. > I've > > attempted to migrate, but I am simply too efficient in EAGLE, and it's > hard > > to justify using limited hobby time to learn a new tool when I can > > immediately deliver something with EAGLE. Thus, if you are just learning > > PCB CAD apps, I think learning KiCAD is a better choice. When KiCAD > > supports back annotations, I'll try once again to migrate. > > what do you mean? It does support back annotations if we are speaking > of the same thing. > I migrated from gEDA to KiCAD in a week btw, and all eagle libraries > can be converted to KiCAD (I have a huge collection of such libraries, > downloaded from somewhere) but I often prefer to make my own as I need > them, since anyway it is often the best practice to check all > dimensions, pinouts and so on before sending files to PCB farm. > I think eagle libraries are tested and perfect, but why would I risk? > > Frank > > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2017-02-14 19:03:01
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