LibrePCB 0.1.3 released, now with DRC

Re:LibrePCB 0.1.3 released, now with DRC by q3k on Sunday December 01, 2019 @01:51PM (#21677109)

See also: HorizonEDA [1], which I've used for a handful of projects and are really happy with - mostly due to how much its library/parts UX is better than anything I've every used before.

[1] - https://github.com/horizon-eda/horizon

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Re:LibrePCB 0.1.3 released, now with DRC by atoav on Sunday December 01, 2019 @02:37PM (#21677356)

I agree. Used it for multiple projects already. As one of the main contributers to the parts library I especially like Horizon's parts pool concept for these reasons:

- the modularity (+inheritance) allows you to reuse a lot of existing stuff and change things in one place while affecting all

- the simple json format allows you to create parts/packages/etc from scripts very fast

- the package footprint editor is great and has generation scripts for a ton of existing packages (SOIC, QFN, etc.)

I heard it was planned to release a 1.0 on the next FOSDEM in january.

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Re:LibrePCB 0.1.3 released, now with DRC by wrs on Sunday December 01, 2019 @07:40PM (#21678939)

I discovered Horizon just now from the LibrePCB site and will certainly give it a try. The part management looks so much more sensible than anything else.

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