Hmmm, Shame that Altium can't offer a leasing deal. I have been looking at Tsien's Boardmaker again. I used their layout software many years ago (under DOS!) and it was very, very good. Since then they have added schematic capture and XSPICE sim. Moreover it was always very fast and very, very stable. None of the contorted Orcad type manipulations, weird caching and "hidden" options either. The outright list price is something like £3000 + annual support but a commercial lease with full support is £350/year.... less than the light bill. However, it is not Protel/DXP, it doesn't have the silky graphics or the range of import/export options and over the years, despite the cursing, I have grown to love Protel. I would happily pay a reasonable annual lease for DXP if the support was good and they fixed the bugs before changing versions. It would make it much easier to up version and would avoid much of this messing around. Wonder what they would charge?
Rob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoff Harland Sent: 13 September 2007 06:18 To: Protel EDA Discussion List Subject: Re: [PEDA] DXP PCB -> 99SE Darren Moore wrote: > Hi Guys, > > There are two levels to this issue. Both are very easy > to sort once you know how. > > First is the pcb and schematic are just not in sync, 'Project, > Component Links...' (shortcut CK) will open a dialog, which the match > by designator check box should be checked by default, press the add > match pairs by button, then perform the update button, > should address this. > > The other issue can be the schematic has some components using the > same unique ID, this is addressed with the 'Tools Convert, Reset > Component Unique ID's' (shortcut TVR), this will assign unique ID to > all the components, you then need to do the first step above. > > Once you understand how this works it doesn't take long > to address, it's a pity the first time can be such a pain. > > Regards, > Darren That information will doubtless be of value to everyone who was not previously aware of it - but it still doesn't change the fact that nobody should have to "tweak" any files after they are opened using a more recent version of AD (than the version which had been used at the time that those files had previously been saved). It should be clear to everyone that I fully agree with what Jeff Condit said in an earlier message: > I think that you should be able to port a design forward within a > product > line effortlessly, errorlessly, and losslessly. I also think that process > should go backward effortlessly, errorlessly, and losslessly provided you > don't introduce any of the new features which are not backward compatible. > For example, if I take a P99SE design and import it into DXP 2004, I SHOULD > be able to take the resulting design (without any changes) and export it > back into P99SE and arrive at a functionally exact equivalent file I > originally started with. Regrettably though, accomplishing such an outcome would call for a far higher level of quality control than what Altium has managed to display to date (or at least up until the time that AD6 was released, though reading the release notes provided for its service packs suggests that it is still "business as usual" in that regard). I could say more, but what's the point? Until substantially more users start complaining much more vigorously about the level of defects within AD, Altium are just going to continue delivering more and more and more and more and more of the same... Regards, Geoff Harland. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Sick of deleting your inbox? Yahoo!7 Mail has free unlimited storage. http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/unlimitedstorage.html ____________________________________________________________ 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 Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): 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 Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
