Your vote for best PCB software?

[Paul Marossy]

I like ExpressPCB

[davent]

I like ExpressPCB

Me too! Free and incredibly easy to figure out for doing diy boards.

If i ever need or want a board produced commercially, chances are pretty good that someone already has a PCB available for sale for a far less then what it would cost me to send out a gerber file and have a pcb produced.

[Keppy]

I draw my layouts manually in Illustrator. I use the layering function so I can see the traces under the components under the graphics under the drilling template, and select any or all that I want to see at one time. It's not free, and it's nowhere near automatic for this type of thing, but it allows me to keep an entire project in one place. As I've gotten used to it, I've had far fewer problems with stuff running into other stuff because I can see everything at once, and I've been able to use more board-mounted pots and switches because my drilling template is overlaid on the PCB.

Funny thing is, I do schematics in Eagle, but I've never done a layout with it.

[John Lyons]

Someone needs to reverse engineer express PCB with gerber output!!
Dave?   

[MoltenVoltage]

Someone needs to reverse engineer express PCB with gerber output!!
Dave?   

No doubt.

I still use Express PCB to draw schematics for datasheets, but Eagle for making layouts.

[davent]

Someone needs to reverse engineer express PCB with gerber output!!
Dave?   

Oh man... i'm so shallow i couldn't even scratch the surface.

dave

[jymaze]

I think that basically Design Spark is the same core as Express PCB, but with unbridled output (including Gerber).