Hey, wait a minute there buddy-boy! Not if you're a shareholder or a Altium sycophant.
<le cough> aj >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bagotronix >Tech Support >Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 10:40 AM >To: Protel EDA Discussion List >Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel Documentation > >> Protel documentation has always been a basket case, and with DXP has >> reached new heights of unfathomability! > >Shouldn't that be "depths of unfathomability" ? ;-) > > >Best regards, >Ivan Baggett >Bagotronix Inc. >website: www.bagotronix.com > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Craig Findlay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Phillip Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Protel EDA >Discussion List" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 11:57 PM >Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel Documentation > > >> Protel documentation has always been a basket case, and with DXP has >> reached new heights of unfathomability! >> The DXF help almost never tells you what you needed to know, and the >> PDF on-line docs are textbook cases of how NOT to write technical >> documentation. To say they are wordy and unfocussed is understating >> it, they should immediately sack their technical writers. >> >> Having said that, I think the best way to learn is by >tackling simple >> projects and being prepared for a fair bit of trial and error . Use >> this list also, as most people are sympathetic toward inexperienced >> users. By all means read the Protel docs, after reading >pages of words >> you may be able to glean the point or two that is actually relevent! >> >> Cheers, >> Craig >> >> Phillip Stevens wrote: >> >> >The problem I have often had is that usually there is no >> >"minimum test case" provided on a particular topic. The >examples provided include >> >whole projects. They often seem to have been created to >illustrate >> >certain features (good example = nanoboard, embedded CPU's, etc) >> >that perhaps I am not using at the moment. >> > >> >This adds an extra level of complexity to the examples provided. >Sorting >> >through them to discover what is really required (vs the >extraneous >> >info) to get the example down to a more minimal level has always >> >been a >bit >> >frustrating and time consuming. It might be better to start with >> >some "lower level" examples and then build upon them. >> > >> >---Phil >> > >> >FTH> Users just beginning need the most help. I urge Altium >to create >> >FTH> documentation that helps users get started. Good examples and >> >FTH> how-to >topics >> >FTH> are essential. Well-structured reference works are needed also. >> > >> >FTH> I have had difficulty getting work done using SimCode and the >XSPICE-based >> >FTH> simulation tools because of the lack of both good examples and >how-to >> >FTH> topics, along with the lack of well-made comprehensive >reference >> >FTH> information. >> > >> >FTH> Tim Finks >> >FTH> Engineer >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum >> >> To Post messages: >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Unsubscribe and Other Options: >> http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com >> >> Browse or Search previous postings: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > >____________________________________________________________ >You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > >To Post messages: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Unsubscribe and Other Options: >http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > >Browse or Search previous postings: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search previous postings: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
