Re: [PEDA] Protel Documentation

[Joe Sapienza]

"Shouldn't that be "depths of unfathomability" ?  ;-)"
Ivan I never knew you were such a wordsmith.

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From: "Bagotronix Tech Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Protel EDA Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 10:39 AM
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 
>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
>
>
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