<story><title>Melting KiCad</title><url>https://mitxela.com/projects/melting_kicad</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>q-big</author><text>Relevant:&lt;p&gt;TopoR, an EDA program developed and maintained by the Russian company Eremex:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;TopoR&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;TopoR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;The most recognizable feature of TopoR is the absence of preferred routing directions, which results in unusual looking PCBs.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.eremex.com&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;topor&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.eremex.com&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;topor&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Melting KiCad</title><url>https://mitxela.com/projects/melting_kicad</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>zxcvgm</author><text>The author has also made a video about it recently: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=euJgtLcWWyo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=euJgtLcWWyo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It reminds me of Boldport, who made project kits that were also works of art [0]. The funky PCB traces and shapes were all hand-drawn, I believe, rather than drawn up in a regular EDA program.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;boldport.com&amp;#x2F;shop?category=Soldering+projects&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;boldport.com&amp;#x2F;shop?category=Soldering+projects&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>