Project on a program to take the drudgery out of the process. 'Tried to talk my brother-in-law into doing his Cal Poly Sr. I started making double-sided PCBs using colored plastic tape on clear acetate in college. yes it was an absolute PITA and Diptrace paid itself off in just a few hours. Or course prior to Diptrace I was literally doing PCB design in Autocad. And its just so simple to do layout/schematic capture and super fast library/component creation. that come with a high priced PCB package either and just didn't see forking out big bucks for tools we will never use. because we don't need any of the "fancy" analysis tools/rf/high speed,etc. We use Diptrace (Standard Version) where I work. There is just too much marketing blah blah out there now that can get you really excited at first only to be let down when you actually use the program. A hands on demo is the ONLY way to really nail down your needs. Take the extra time to really evaluate it now or pay later in lost productivity. Look at part/library creation/schematic symbol definition, schematic creation,etc. Make sure you run through all the functions not just pcb layout. Then, most importantly, get demo versions of each program and evaluate them to your companies needs by attempting to run through a couple of your companies current designs or something similar. Then gather initial purchase pricing/maintenance costs/subscription service costs,etc. You should put together a detailed list of features/functions that your company will require in a software.
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