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If you're looking for free PCB software, please save yourself the time and frustration and look elsewhere. I spent countless hours making custom land patterns for over 30 parts and creating PCB layouts ready for production. The manufacturers I reached out to said they could not make my board unless I increased the copper pour clearance, the space between a pour and features like traces or pads. Changing the value for this setting in the software resulted in the clearance getting bigger only around N/C pads, but not traces or any connected pads...I reached out to PCBWEB's support with no luck. I'll consider these many hours wasted a learning lesson to do my own homework on software next time instead of just trusting articles titled "5 Best Free PCB Programs." I'm not confident they provide support for the software any longer as it seems like the software hasn't seen an update in years and their email support team does not respond. Again, save your time, don't let the DigiKey catalog fool you into downloading this like it did to me. The catalog didn't even have a single part I needed.
woof, not bad for a free tool, but has some major issues due to it's HEADY purpose.
1. Part library is woefully lacking in selection.
2. Clunky UI requires very close zoom level to pick function you want, and if it is a route or move, the tiny window doesn't scroll to new location with mouse. hint hint developer!
3. lag is painful - why?
4. no combining of routes (x+y+z) and start plus end point restrictions on the same net = lame!
5. no correlation of catalog parts and "quantity available" often = to '0' is a deal breaker IMHO. Which is the WHOLE appeal of this FREE tool.
other than those issues, it's okay for some proto stuff to get at least the correct footprints in the pcb and generate accurate gerbers, though the BOM is going to be almost completely worthless.
After a week of designing and an update, the program is not opening my project anymore with the error "Not a valid project file" although it was saved and closed with no error. I just discovered that it is a known bug and even after 3 updates is still there. I reinstalled the original download and restored the computer to an early date without success. Moreover, I got no help after 2 days of reporting it. I'm done with it.
The tool is easy to use. It lets you generate gerbers, share your project through Publish, and create custom parts. I think the integration of Digi-key parts in the tool is a big thing. Not all tools have this. Add to that the freedom of the users to choose from different boardhouses. However, there are still many areas to improve on. But, considering that the tool is still young, it's a nice start. I would love to see the tool improve in the future. It has a lot of potential.