DPRG mailing list archives: DPRG: Boards 'N Stuff

Fri May 22 06:07:24 CDT 1998

At 08:54 PM 5/21/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Jim:
>	The more PC boards, the better, as far as I am concerned.  I know this
>was covered before, but what layout software do you use?  I am tempted
>to use Autocad to lay out a few simple single sided boards, unless I can
>find something better (Better be freeware, or I can't afford it!)

Actually, the files that I have been sending in PostScript are just
that, raw PostScript.  What I'm doing is using PCWrite which allows
me to do graphics characters easily, and then I edit my PostScript file
to add my layout using the graphics characters.  The PostScript program
will interpret those graphics characters and then it draws
a nice PCB.  If you can read postscript code, then just browse through
it and you'll see what I did.  There's a data block where it's
just a bunch of graphics characters.  If anyone were to use an editor
like PCWrite to edit that data block, then they too could layout their
own single sided pcb for etching.  I doubt anyone would want to do it, 
though, because most people are afraid of PostScript, and you could only
use this method for acid etching (you can't send this to a professional).
So if you want to use my PostScript file that I wrote from scratch
and make your own PCB, then feel free to do so (so yep, it's freeware!!!).
I guess I'm peculiar doing things like this, but hey, such is the spice
of life.  Maybe someday, I'll write a java program that will output
a postscript file, a gerber file, and a nc drill file, but at the moment,
I really have little free time, and that would take bunches of free time.

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