![]() ![]() Under the old package I could always count on open part and schematic libraries, the KiCAD libraries are open too but the libraries supplied are much larger, the parts content is "a little" Eurocentric but in all cases if I hadn't bought a specific part already I was able to find a "near-equivalent" already in KiCAD, I haven't even needed to create any part outlines yet but I believe it isn't too hard. ![]() I had four projects (each 2 layer) under the old package that I upgraded to KiCAD and there weren't many problems at all. Now KiCAD has a terrific "shove" or "rip and reroute" router, technically it's not "part of the package" but actually it integrates pretty well. I'm intrigued that nobody here is talking specifically about the autorouter, that old package had one which worked OK for 2 layer boards but it really wouldn't allocate many traces to a third or higher layer unless those first two layers were power-only, it was a "Manhattan-style" router. ![]() OK I "cut my teeth" PCB-wise on an old package called Circuitmaker(schematic)/Traxmaker(PCB) which did the job OK but by modern standards it was pretty limited. ![]()
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