Who makes the PCB package "AutoTRAX DEX 2020". Autotrax's ShortfallsĪutotrax has had its name usurped by UK Kovacs, Much of an issue for those etching and drilling their own boards. The files are pretty much upwards compatible - justĮasytrax limited choices for track sizes and hole sizes - but this is not $2000 prototypes, you should probably be using the latest product fromįor many years Autotrax was the paid-for version, and the free version The otherĥ% is the complex stuff - if you are using large pin BGAs and you don't wince at PCB design work (my estimate) done today - and it is simple, fast, and free. The main advantage of Protel Autotrax is it quite capable of completing 95% of the
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Such as circular arrays of pads, bitmap to tracks (great for logos), PCB to bitmap.Īs Autotrax runs under Dosbox it is by default portable to any operating system. The file format is reasonably easy to manipulate, and people have written tools that provice special features Library components (new part footprints) are easy to generate in Autotrax. Panellising multiple PCBs for manufacture.Īutotrax is easy to drive with mouse, menu or keyboard commands. Autotrax can be used to produce PCBs with Most PCB manufacturers can import the Protel Autotrax format if you ask them, The file format is simple - which has resulted in manyĮngineers open-sourcing tools to support Autotrax. Protel in the early 1990's (See image, right).Īutotrax is capable of producing 6-8 layer boards (see image below) and Autotrax is a freeware PCB CAD package written by