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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better)
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:59:50 +0100
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On 19/06/2025 22:21, john larkin wrote:
> I barely remember when draftspersons would draw schematics on vellum
> and tape PCBs on Mylar. I am too young to remember inked drawings on
> starched linen, and inked PCB layouts too.
> 
> It  was adventurous to run a trace between two pins of a DIP ic.

Being old and cantankerous that is exactly how I do my simple PCBs to 
this day, except that I use Corel draw and layers.

I spent a week trying to get a PCB cad program to work, gave up and did 
the PCB in a day.

There is an online website that will convert Corel drawings to the 
correct format for PCBs.

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