Hi, IMO (from the designer's point of view) it's not important which program was used to design the board. It's important that the design was done professionally. For the software developers it's important that they see their product in use and they are proud that it gains popularity. A bad PCB designer always blames the software for his problems.
As there are many CAD programs on the market and all of us have put enough years to face at least two of them, we'll be always comparing them and favouring the one we know best. I met Protel99SE a couple of times in the past but this was like driving through an intersection where you may always expect an accident to happen even if you wear two safety belts. I've evaluated almost all Protel-like versions in the past and none was even close to be a candidate for replacing PCAD. I'm currently using Altium Designer 6 and I'm worming up to it. There are still features, which I'm not quite familiar with or they don't exist but overall the product is good and the Altium's enthusiasm to satisfy the customers' needs make me think that the program will only get better. I've used Orcad and I can live with it but it was put to rest too. I met Allegro twice and I fell in love with it but it's like buying an expensive (transparent) dress. I had to walk out of the deal because I didn't like the idea to walk naked on the street and be a proud Allegro owner&user. No matter which program I'll use my designs will be done well and that's what matters to my customers and me. The CAD program is there only to help me do my job. I don't expect it to do it for me. Mira --- Geoff Harland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike Reagan wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > To those of you that live in Virginia, Maryland, > USA area. We have > > asked Altium host one of our IPC Designer's > Council Meetings in June > > 2008. We are working with Altium on exact > details. The topic will be > > centered around the FPGA tools and integration > tools. More information > > can be found on the IPC website: > http://dcchapters.ipc.org/ches/ If > > you wish to attend the first meeting please RSVP > me at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > FYI, The AirBus A380, largest passenger plane in > the world has several > > systems designed by Fairchild Controls Corp. > using Altium Designer. I > > had some problems with a bad install but after a > re-install, version > > 6.7 is a very solid program. All the discussions > about jumping to later > > versions....6.x is better than 99SE. Make the > move and don't look > > back. > > > > Mike Reagan > > After reading your report that AirBus A380 planes > incorporate systems designed by Altium Designer, I > will refrain from responding that I would never want > to travel in any of them - but bear in mind that I > have assessed that you take the responsibility of > getting the design of those systems correct in a > serious and professional manner. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.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]
