I've been following bits of this thread. What I've heard from a recent grad. is that Mentor is very big on licensing schools cheaply of for free.
I also use Mentor and like the ability to view the changes I've made in layout through the back annotations Design view point. Good luck. -----Original Message----- From: Keith Outwater [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: gEDA: design decisions: PCB<->schematic Hi Andras - > -----Original Message----- > From: Major A [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 11:47 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: gEDA: design decisions: PCB<->schematic > > > > Hi all, thanks for the overwhelming amount of thought that trickled > into my inbox in the last 24 hours! > > Keith: I've never seen Mentor or the other really professional tools > you use(d), is there a free trial version of it somewhere? It might be > useful to get to know it first. I would probably be pretty hard to get a demo of the tools - Mentor will want to know lots of details about your potential use, number of seats, etc... Your page says you are studying at the University of Bristol - perhaps they have the Mentor software or can get it. Mentor has a strong university licensing program that lets schools get the software cheap (or maybe even free). Keith Keith Outwater Sr. Staff Engineer Microvision, Inc. 19910 N. Creek Parkway Bothell, WA 98011
