Cad Program for Schematics?

Gary Lecomte · Dec 4, 2003

Does anyone have suggestions for a simple, but good Cad program for
drafting Schematics?
Preferably one that will save directly in a JPG, TIF, GIF or simular
types of these formats.
Shareware would also be nice!

Take care....Gary

Chaos Master · Dec 4, 2003

Gary Lecomte(chemelec@hotmail.com) roars furiously:

Does anyone have suggestions for a simple, but good Cad program for
drafting Schematics?
Preferably one that will save directly in a JPG, TIF, GIF or simular
types of these formats.
Shareware would also be nice!

EAGLE is free for small projects. www.cadsoft.de - saves to BMP only, IIRC, but
you can use any image viewer (e.g. IrfanView) to convert to GIF/JPG.

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Robert Baer · Dec 4, 2003

Gary Lecomte wrote:

Does anyone have suggestions for a simple, but good Cad program for
drafting Schematics?
Preferably one that will save directly in a JPG, TIF, GIF or simular
types of these formats.
Shareware would also be nice!

Take care....Gary

Why those formats; none of them are vectorand so are useless for
making Gerbers for a PCB.
If you want to fiddle with a freebie for smapp production runs, try:
http://www.expresspcb.com/

Terry Pinnell · Dec 4, 2003

Robert Baer <robertbaer@earthlink.net> wrote:

Gary Lecomte wrote:

Does anyone have suggestions for a simple, but good Cad program for
drafting Schematics?
Preferably one that will save directly in a JPG, TIF, GIF or simular
types of these formats.
Shareware would also be nice!

Take care....Gary

Why those formats; none of them are vectorand so are useless for
making Gerbers for a PCB.
If you want to fiddle with a freebie for smapp production runs, try:
http://www.expresspcb.com/

See my notes and links to some 60 ECAD programs at
http://www.terrypin.dial.pipex.com/ECADList.html

Terry Pinnell
Hobbyist, West Sussex, UK

maxfoo · Dec 4, 2003

On 3 Dec 2003 18:35:24 -0800, chemelec@hotmail.com (Gary Lecomte) wrote:

Does anyone have suggestions for a simple, but good Cad program for
drafting Schematics?
Preferably one that will save directly in a JPG, TIF, GIF or simular
types of these formats.
Shareware would also be nice!

Take care....Gary

you can save to those file formats with any program if you use "ALT -PRT SCREEN"
to copy into the windows clipboard then paste into a freeware paint program like
paintshop.

Remove "HeadFromButt", before replying by email.

Boris Mohar · Dec 4, 2003

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 14:04:09 +0000 (UTC), "Abbie" <Terri@btinternet.com.nospam>
wrote:

You left out autocad, they have a library for electronics ?

He also left out Etch-A-Sketch.

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Bob Stephens · Dec 4, 2003

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 14:04:09 +0000 (UTC), Abbie wrote:

You left out autocad, they have a library for electronics ?

Some of the non-electronic guys here use VISIO. There are numerous
collections of templates - they're called something else in VISIO -
available for free on the Web, including electronic schematic symbols.

Bob

Abbie · Dec 4, 2003

You left out autocad, they have a library for electronics ?

Richard Henry · Dec 4, 2003

"Bob Stephens" <stephensdigital@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:v01dqvfzx2lu$.rbkt8ow4f49r.dlg@40tude.net...

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 14:04:09 +0000 (UTC), Abbie wrote:

You left out autocad, they have a library for electronics ?

Some of the non-electronic guys here use VISIO. There are numerous
collections of templates - they're called something else in VISIO -
available for free on the Web, including electronic schematic symbols.

Will it generate a partlist and netlist?

Bob Stephens · Dec 4, 2003

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 08:27:23 -0800, Richard Henry wrote:

"Bob Stephens" <stephensdigital@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:v01dqvfzx2lu$.rbkt8ow4f49r.dlg@40tude.net...
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 14:04:09 +0000 (UTC), Abbie wrote:

You left out autocad, they have a library for electronics ?

Some of the non-electronic guys here use VISIO. There are numerous
collections of templates - they're called something else in VISIO -
available for free on the Web, including electronic schematic symbols.

Will it generate a partlist and netlist?

Nope, just graphics as far as I know. You will need a real schematic
capture package to generate a usable netlist. I haven't looked into it for
a number of years, but the ECAD vendors used to practically give their
schematic packages away to lure new users into their camp, planning to sell
them the pricey stuff - PCB layout, autorouters etc - down the road.

Bob

Jim Thompson · Dec 4, 2003

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 08:27:23 -0800, "Richard Henry" <rphenry@home.com>
wrote:

"Bob Stephens" <stephensdigital@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:v01dqvfzx2lu$.rbkt8ow4f49r.dlg@40tude.net...
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 14:04:09 +0000 (UTC), Abbie wrote:

You left out autocad, they have a library for electronics ?

Some of the non-electronic guys here use VISIO. There are numerous
collections of templates - they're called something else in VISIO -
available for free on the Web, including electronic schematic symbols.

Will it generate a partlist and netlist?

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Bill Sloman · Dec 4, 2003

chemelec@hotmail.com (Gary Lecomte) wrote in message news:<ca76d1a9.0312031835.60ceaf22@posting.google.com>...

Does anyone have suggestions for a simple, but good Cad program for
drafting Schematics?
Preferably one that will save directly in a JPG, TIF, GIF or simular
types of these formats.
Shareware would also be nice!

http://www.terrypin.dial.pipex.com/ECADList.html

For Linux freaks, there is always gEDA

http://www.geda.seul.org/

which is included in Terry's list.

-------
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

Ken Smith · Dec 4, 2003

In article <ca76d1a9.0312031835.60ceaf22@posting.google.com>,
Gary Lecomte <chemelec@hotmail.com> wrote:

Does anyone have suggestions for a simple, but good Cad program for
drafting Schematics?

If you just want to draw a schematic, you can look at Linear's free spice
program. The schematics it makes are not bad to look at. It will output
a spice net list for the circuit.

You can convert to a graphics format by printing to one of those
converting printer drivers.

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Gary Lecomte · Dec 4, 2003

Robert Baer <robertbaer@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<3FCF8E8F.30C7DC09@earthlink.net>...

Gary Lecomte wrote:

Does anyone have suggestions for a simple, but good Cad program for
drafting Schematics?
Preferably one that will save directly in a JPG, TIF, GIF or simular
types of these formats.
Shareware would also be nice!

Take care....Gary

Why those formats; none of them are vectorand so are useless for
making Gerbers for a PCB.
If you want to fiddle with a freebie for smapp production runs, try:
http://www.expresspcb.com/

I didn't say I wanted a PCB Program, I have one and it generates
Gerber Files. But when I draft up a Schematic to post on my site or
send to a friend, I have to Print it and than Scan it. I find some of
the fine Detail gets lost in the scan.

I want a SIMPLE program Only for Schematics, that generates a standard
Viewable Format!
Could care less if it has symbols, I prefer to make my own.

I didn't think this question was so hard!

Take care......Gary

qrk · Dec 5, 2003

On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 10:24:26 -0700, Jim Thompson
<invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 08:27:23 -0800, "Richard Henry" <rphenry@home.com
wrote:

"Bob Stephens" <stephensdigital@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:v01dqvfzx2lu$.rbkt8ow4f49r.dlg@40tude.net...
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 14:04:09 +0000 (UTC), Abbie wrote:

You left out autocad, they have a library for electronics ?

Some of the non-electronic guys here use VISIO. There are numerous
collections of templates - they're called something else in VISIO -
available for free on the Web, including electronic schematic symbols.

Will it generate a partlist and netlist?

Track down a copy of PSpice Schematics. IIRC *none* of the versions
require a key... only PSpice (the simulator) looks for the
key/license.

...Jim Thompson

I believe I saw a download for schematics on the Cadence web site a
month or two ago.

Mark

Jim Thompson · Dec 5, 2003

On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 16:00:14 -0800, qrk <mark@reson.DELETE.ME.com>
wrote:

On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 10:24:26 -0700, Jim Thompson
invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 08:27:23 -0800, "Richard Henry" <rphenry@home.com
wrote:

"Bob Stephens" <stephensdigital@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:v01dqvfzx2lu$.rbkt8ow4f49r.dlg@40tude.net...
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 14:04:09 +0000 (UTC), Abbie wrote:

You left out autocad, they have a library for electronics ?

Some of the non-electronic guys here use VISIO. There are numerous
collections of templates - they're called something else in VISIO -
available for free on the Web, including electronic schematic symbols.

Will it generate a partlist and netlist?

Track down a copy of PSpice Schematics. IIRC *none* of the versions
require a key... only PSpice (the simulator) looks for the
key/license.

...Jim Thompson

I believe I saw a download for schematics on the Cadence web site a
month or two ago.

Mark

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DG · Dec 5, 2003

Robert Baer wrote:

Gary Lecomte wrote:

Does anyone have suggestions for a simple, but good Cad program for
drafting Schematics?
Preferably one that will save directly in a JPG, TIF, GIF or simular
types of these formats.
Shareware would also be nice!

Take care....Gary

Why those formats; none of them are vectorand so are useless for
making Gerbers for a PCB.

I think he might be less concerned about making PCBs and more concerned
with drawing schematics for strictly visual purposes. In this case,
visio is actually a good option. Otherwise almost any CAD program will
do the trick.

If you want to fiddle with a freebie for smapp production runs, try:
http://www.expresspcb.com/

Rich Grise · Dec 5, 2003

Depending on what version of windows you have, you can capture the
screen to either the clipboard or, for example, Paint Shop Pro.

I think ALt-PrtSc, (or Shift, or Control- or Control-Shift, or
whatever) will put the screen on the clipboard, and you can paste
it into any image viewer. I've done this with OrCad, both ways.
(i.e., using PSP's capture function, as well as the PrtSc-> clipboard
method.)

You might have to do it in segments and splice them together, but I'm
sure you'll figure it out.

Good Luck!
Rich

Gary Lecomte wrote:

Robert Baer <robertbaer@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<3FCF8E8F.30C7DC09@earthlink.net>...
Gary Lecomte wrote:

Does anyone have suggestions for a simple, but good Cad program for
drafting Schematics?
Preferably one that will save directly in a JPG, TIF, GIF or simular
types of these formats.
Shareware would also be nice!

Take care....Gary

Why those formats; none of them are vectorand so are useless for
making Gerbers for a PCB.
If you want to fiddle with a freebie for smapp production runs, try:
http://www.expresspcb.com/

I didn't say I wanted a PCB Program, I have one and it generates
Gerber Files. But when I draft up a Schematic to post on my site or
send to a friend, I have to Print it and than Scan it. I find some of
the fine Detail gets lost in the scan.

I want a SIMPLE program Only for Schematics, that generates a standard
Viewable Format!
Could care less if it has symbols, I prefer to make my own.

I didn't think this question was so hard!

Take care......Gary

Jim Thompson · Dec 5, 2003

On 4 Dec 2003 15:57:16 -0800, chemelec@hotmail.com (Gary Lecomte)
wrote:

Robert Baer <robertbaer@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<3FCF8E8F.30C7DC09@earthlink.net>...
Gary Lecomte wrote:

Does anyone have suggestions for a simple, but good Cad program for
drafting Schematics?
Preferably one that will save directly in a JPG, TIF, GIF or simular
types of these formats.
Shareware would also be nice!

Take care....Gary

Why those formats; none of them are vectorand so are useless for
making Gerbers for a PCB.
If you want to fiddle with a freebie for smapp production runs, try:
http://www.expresspcb.com/

I didn't say I wanted a PCB Program, I have one and it generates
Gerber Files. But when I draft up a Schematic to post on my site or
send to a friend, I have to Print it and than Scan it. I find some of
the fine Detail gets lost in the scan.

I want a SIMPLE program Only for Schematics, that generates a standard
Viewable Format!
Could care less if it has symbols, I prefer to make my own.

I didn't think this question was so hard!

Take care......Gary

480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax

Chaos Master · Dec 5, 2003

Gary Lecomte(chemelec@hotmail.com) roars furiously:

I didn't say I wanted a PCB Program, I have one and it generates
Gerber Files. But when I draft up a Schematic to post on my site or
send to a friend, I have to Print it and than Scan it. I find some of
the fine Detail gets lost in the scan.

I want a SIMPLE program Only for Schematics, that generates a standard
Viewable Format!
Could care less if it has symbols, I prefer to make my own.

EAGLE generates .BMP files, and you can convert them to .JPG or .GIF, using free
software such as IrfanView. Or get a CAD program which exports .DXF format
(AutoCad is the obvious) - there's a free viewer from AutoDesk (sp?) that opens
them.

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