Hi,
Do you know of good user guides and user guide videos for learning Easy PC PCB layout program?
I can only find the following two...which are quite poor

 

The Easy-pc Handbook: Pcb Layout and Circuit Design by Computer - AbeBooks

 

Try youtube video. The link shows many videos.

 

Thanks, but the videos are very poor....i have downloaded the easy PC demo version and it seems that you cant even add a component to a schematic, or try and put a component into the library. Is this right?

 

Hi,
If you want to learn Easy PC, there are very very few tutorial videos.
But is it the case that the Pulsonix tutorial videos are relevant because Pulsonix is the same as Easy PC, but just with more features.?

For example, is this Pulsonix tutorial about library part creation very relevant to library part creation in Easy PC?...

 

The free, open source version I have been using for while is Kicad.

 

Before you can benefit much from a PC design/layout program you need to understand PCB design and layout concepts and rules. The programs will possibly allow you to do decent layouts, but until you understand what the layout must do, the program is not much benefit.

 

The programs on using Kicad is quite extensive from thier tutoriol
https://docs.kicad.org/8.0/en/getting_started_in_kicad/getting_started_in_kicad.html

to a two and half hour youtube lesson on learning it. !
https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/comments/1i3vf2i

 

I can see that a thorough tutorial might be a benefit to those who already understand circuit operation fairly well. The benefit to a beginner in electronics would be a bit less.