

The software is not able to do shape pouring in the same manner of copper pouring. i don't like fills under small SMD parts. The software copper pouring is frustrating, I have to fill and refill up to 50 times and check where some fills look weird especially between a raster of vias or pads (this is managable). This didnt happen in the last 2 years due to improvements i guess. The software had sudden crashes while designing where it exist without warning, luckily DS had the auto-backup and i never lost anything. Now i can mention few errors that i struggled with in the early versions and also some functions that create some mental draining and frustration to make work:

I will get the license soon to begin with it. In the last months I wanted to buy Altium full edition which might cost up to 10K and an overhead of subscription fee, however due to financial circumstances we decided for the PRO version of DesignSpark. I've been doing DesignSpark PCB since its early stages started using it heavily for RF power design in the last 5 years and all my successful designs are based on it. Spend several hours trying to find out how I could do to get started but no, I'm stuck! I'm sorry RS (my key supplier ) but this is not good! The 'Pro' denomination is not worth it's name to Designspark! Better is 'hope you make it work' Designspark pcb elr (exhausting labor required) Started the other day but got stuck immediately.

Hooping that all the bugs had been fixed. Designspark pcb is not doing the job easyer but it's free!īut after more than 3 years I thought I should try it again. The real badge 'It might work but you have work real hard. It would have been cheaper than spending hours and hours of trying to make Designspark pcb work, at the end. I thought then of buying a professional suite the next time. The one thing that is working is the library loader in Designspark FREE (after some try outs, you have to guess all the way though)ĭid a Designspark job 4 years ago with success at the end but, Lord, how 'mecchy' it was and it took a very very long time trying out how you made it work. The help buttons are not working and I can't put a frame to start with. The Pro could be excellent - how knows? Can't start a new schematic.
