Anyone tried this...

[Nick]

Is Eagle free - I notice you need a licence key to use it?

I'm a heavy long-term user of Eagle - 12 years or so - its command structure is sometimes counter-intuitive, but once you're used to it, its great. I use it for all my boards and most schematics...

There is a "FREE" version - not to be confused with the "Freemium" version which is a 30-day or so free trial of the professional version.

The FREE version of Eagle, which is limited in the board size and number of layers, is available from http://www.cadsoftusa.com/download-eagle...anguage=en

There are more fully functional (and paid-for) "Hobbyist" and "Light" variants available on http://www.cadsoftusa.com/shop/pricing/

I have written a tube base footprint calculator for Eagle at http://www.desmith.net/NMdS/Electronics/soculator.html - mainly this is used for nixie footprints, but it works for any tube. There are a (very) few of my projects written up on that site - the schematics and boards for all those there were done with eagle... Below, I've shown a little SLA charger project that I knocked up very quickly in Eagle...

Any questions about Eagle, just ask...

HTH