Re: gEDA-user: Help with creating schematics that can be netlisted/placed via PCB

[Dave McGuire <mcguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 2, 2005, at 2:57 PM, Samuel A. Falvo II wrote:
> Geeeezz -- PCB has got to be the all-time hardest program **EVER** to 
> use.
>
> I cannot fathom how anyone can actually work with this program.  :-(
> Are there any plans of modernizing the user interface so that it
> actually kinda sorta half-way conforms to some kind of user interface
> standard?
>
> The learning curve for this program is rediculously steep.  :(

  It is somewhat steep...When I first tried with it a couple of years 
ago, I felt exactly the same way you do.  But after I got used to 
it...wow, it just *flies*.  Now I love it!

  If you take your time and give it a chance, I'm sure you'll feel much 
better about it.  CAD software is usually so full of functionality and 
user interface elements that it's difficult to make it easily 
learnable, or even *usable* at first.  (anyone ever play with BRLCAD? 
;))

            -Dave

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