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I am looking at making an intervalometer for a camera - this in the absence of anybody so much smarter than me that they actually know what is required. I am coming to the conclusion that it is actually cheaper to get a circuit board made than it is to wire up a prototyping board, not to mention a lot less stressful.

Making up the "artwork" for a PCB in DataCad is easy enough, I know essentially what it should look like. The objective now is to convert DataCad to gerber files.

Has anybody had experience with that?

I have concluded that this is not the greatest idea. I have used a CAD that is made for the job - called KiCAD. It is a freebie. The design was originated in DCad so I stayed with that but I had to re-draw it in KiCAD as I could not import from DCad. However, KiCAD does export DXF, so I was able to check it all in DCad. Using DCad enabled me to bypass some of the learning process, which seems quite appropriate for the work I am doing.

Well that's an innovative, thinking outside of the square use of DataCAD - good luck with the outcome!