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See I was loathed to do a free version and preferred one price. ItвЂ™s like selling a 4 seater car but there are chains on the back seat that will be unlocked when you pay the extra $$$. So satisfying and thatвЂ™s partly why! I also hate the dishonest pricing policy of ALL of the commercial EDA companies out there. After a few months I went down to manufacturing and saw my program running on 100вЂ™s of computers. I wrote an O/S that loaded the programs and ran them.

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The software tested the computers and did burn-in test in production. I wrote all the test software for their computers (except the hard drive). My first ever contract was with Apricot Computers in Birmingham, England.

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I though I had purchase the full version (Well I paid $1000!) but they were functions missing. I restarted AutoTRAX in 2000 after being fleeced of $1000 US for an educational copy of Multisim/Ultiboard. I even formed a limited company AutoTRAX Ltd. I used the software to develop an AutoCAD add-on. It had a maze auto-router and that's why I called it AutoTRAX. Perhaps they could make a new cut-down free version of CircuitMaker called AutoTRAX! In 1981 I developed the first version of AutoTRAX on DOS (Not the Protel version) but decided not to sell it. Can't see them ever using the AutoTRAX name - too much connection to the long gone founder of Altium. Like that Parrot, Protel AutoTRAX could be deceased. Then all of a sudden Protel AutoTRAX appeared on their website as a free download. The only reply I got from them was basically they reserved the right to use AutoTRAX in Australia. I emailed Nick Martin in 2002 that I intended to market AutoTRAX. When I registered the trademark I searched the Protel web site for AutoTRAX.

Protel (now Altium) never trademarked AutoTRAX. The 3D is automatically generated for parametric parts, so no need to bulking 3D model libraries. You can use the Part Builder Panel to change the footprints from say DIP to SOIC and alter the pad pitch and size. AutoTRAX allows you to edit the placed symbols and footprints in place in projects. AutoTRAX indexes the parts library in the background for fast search. The AutoTRAX parts panel has a multi-threaded search function that searches all the parts for matching search patterns. AutoTRAX parts contain all the information for a parts symbols and footprint/land pattern, the part files are XML and do not refer to any other files so they are extremely portable. These are converted from the separate symbol and footprint libraries into a collection of separate AutoTRAX parts.

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You can download the AutoTRAX 109,951 parts library from hereвЂ¦ These are all the parts in the Eagle library together with all the community parts from the Element 14 site (up to end of 2013). If this is a descendant of Protel Autotrax, in private-use freeware form, and I can load old projects and libraries, it's an answer to my prayers! Thank you! Pic: my old Protel manuals. If I ever do make a profit (unlikely) I'll be glad to pay. On principle I prefer free software (unless I'm making a profit by it.) Also in a practical sense since I'm poor AND one needs so many different software tools to do much, buying isn't really an option. Just sticking with my old tools seemed like a good idea, since gerbers are presumably still the same. Lately I've been planning to do design work again, but hadn't decided what schem/pcb package to use. Downloaded! email: Is this software a descendant of the old Protel Autotrax? If so, are old Autotrax custom parts libraries compatible? Old projects? I used to use Protel Autotrax a lot, years ago when still working. Oh excellent! From the description page on the web site it looks great. Enjoy Regards Iliya Kovac, Developer of AutoTRAX DEX Spreading the joy

Now that's a refreshing change! Visit the web site for more. If you are making $$$ out of your design then it is only fair that you pay an equally fair single price. Simply put, non-commercial use is totally free, commercial use is not. Non-commercial use is totally free with no limits except it must be used for non-commercial use. Unlike other EDA programs, DEX has just one simple to understand price for commercial use. The BOM does not вЂguideвЂ™ you to a major component distributor.There are no adverts for PCB board manufacturers.There are no layer limits or PCB size limits.There is no limit to the number or size of sheets.You do not need to register for the free software.There is no demo program thereвЂ™s no need! The only restriction is that it must be used for non-commercial projects. It is the identical version as the commercial version. This is the non-commercial (not for profit) version. I am pleased to announce the Free version of AutoTRAX DEX.