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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: culturejam on June 17, 2016, 07:00:29 PM

Title: Possible old news? -- OshPark.com now accepts KiCAD native files
Post by: culturejam on June 17, 2016, 07:00:29 PM
Just thought I'd point it out in case anyone didnt' know. Noticed just now when uploading.
Title: Re: Possible old news? -- OshPark.com now accepts KiCAD native files
Post by: gtr2 on June 18, 2016, 12:24:41 PM
Off topic, but your post made me wonder...  How do you like KiCad?  After spending so much time in eagle I am hesitant to take the plunge but the board size and layer limitation even for the cheap paid license is so restricting. 
Title: Re: Possible old news? -- OshPark.com now accepts KiCAD native files
Post by: culturejam on June 18, 2016, 12:51:42 PM
I tried it for about 30 seconds a couple years ago. So I really don't have an valid opinion on KiCAD.  ;D
Title: Re: Possible old news? -- OshPark.com now accepts KiCAD native files
Post by: gtr2 on June 18, 2016, 01:53:12 PM
Ha, well that is super helpful  ;)

Maybe one of these days I'll give it a try.
Title: Re: Possible old news? -- OshPark.com now accepts KiCAD native files
Post by: culturejam on June 18, 2016, 01:58:37 PM
I can tell you that at the time, I thought it was clunky and non-intuitive. But so is Eagle, so I think it comes down to what you learn first or what is the first one to "click" mentally.

I've been meaning to get really get into DipTrace, but when I have some specific job to do with a layout, I always end up using Eagle because I already know how to use it and I have tons of customizations to my library.

Momentum is clutch.
Title: Re: Possible old news? -- OshPark.com now accepts KiCAD native files
Post by: rr0727 on April 13, 2017, 05:21:24 PM
I need to give KiCad a try myself.  I need to be able to export in Gerber format