Re: alternatives to EAGLE cad?

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> Lately I've been annoyed and frustrated with EAGLE.  No big problems,
> just lots of seemingly minor things - like lots of paper cuts.  I
> download Pulsonix's demo many months ago and was impressed that it
> im****ted one of my EAGLE projects without too much input from me.  And
> it's auto router blew me away.  Although I did had a hard time
> figuring out how to manual route in Pulsonix.  After using EAGLE's
> "backwards" interface all these years, I guess a 'normal' interface is
> difficult for me to use ;)
>
> I don't have a clue how much Pulsonix is, but I suspect it's more than
> the full version of EAGLE ($1,500).  Pulsonix: "Contact sales" is a
> clue.  I have used EAGLE to design some boards for other people.  But
> using EAGLE is time consuming, and thus I'm hoping to find a more time
> efficient PCB cad system.  Any suggestions?  And if I could get enough
> clients to pay for a PCB cad system that would be great, too ;)
>
> -Dave Pollum

A solid alternative could be Proteus (www.labcenter.co.uk). I'm not linked

with them but we do use their package for now 3 years with great pleasure.

Especially for RF & mixed signal designs.

Cheers,
Robert