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|  | | | "Ok but lacking"
by: Dane
PCB Artist Layout Software 1.3
Other Thoughts: I've found designspark's tools (also free) to be easier to use and you do not have to use AC for fab: www.designspark.com/pcb It was recommended to me by the guys at San Francisco Circuits whom I have used as my PCB provider: www.sfcircuits.comWas this review helpful?   14 out of 28 users found this review helpful.
|  | 2010-12-13 | | | | "Excellent!"
by: Abhishek
Other Thoughts: Excellent freeware alternative to costly packages.Was this review helpful? 26 out of 44 users found this review helpful.
|  | 2009-05-13 | | | | "Won't Run :("
by: CharlieOrlando
Other Thoughts: I had high hopes for PCB Artist. However, after installing it, I received an error message stating that BCGCBPRO710.dll couldn't be found. That prevented PCB Artist from launching. So, I hunted down a copy of BCGCBPRO710.dll and placed it in the PCB Artist program folder and tried to launch the program again. This time I received another BCGCBPRO710.dll-related error message. So, I've given up on PCB Artist -- at least until its authors fix the program's installation problems.Was this review helpful? 22 out of 45 users found this review helpful.
|  | 2009-05-12 | | | | by: Mike
Other Thoughts: Why pay so much for a package when this tool does the job FOR FREEWas this review helpful? 26 out of 50 users found this review helpful.
| | 2009-05-08 | | | | "very good"
by: Dave va3**
Other Thoughts: It seems to be a very nice package. Nice surprize after Mentor, pcad, etc. The gerber generator needs small tweak to enable microstrip and stripline transmission lines traces without the hooks under components. For mixed signal it is fine.Was this review helpful? 25 out of 50 users found this review helpful.
|  | 2009-03-09 | | | | "Pleasant Surprise"
by: Dave Werner
Other Thoughts: I was rather skeptical with this software being Advanced Circuits software outing. I was expecting something several steps behind current EDA tools. I found this tool to be surprisingly deep. Despite its deceptively simple looking tool bars, very great depth is in the right-click menus. This keeps the new user experience from being overwhelming. This tool is not behind the state of the art, it will hold its own against commercial versions in terms useability. Not only that, Advanced Circuits sent me my Gerber data after my first order. I was not expecting much, and I was pleasantly surprised. Was this review helpful? 30 out of 65 users found this review helpful.
| | 2007-08-26 | | | | "honest opinion"
by: sandman
Other Thoughts: The software is actually quite good, except it does not output gerber files. The pcb file format, in the version that I used, requires you to use advanced circuits for fab. Not the best source on the planet in my experience. If there are other versions that output gerber files I'd be intersted.Was this review helpful? 30 out of 52 users found this review helpful.
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