Yeah and it wastes money. I get PCAD2001 brochures from Protel, I mean Accel, I mean Altium and don't they realize I've been a Protel user for over 12 years and don't want to switch within their product line? Probably not.
I have the same feeling about PADS PowerPCB. It too requires jumping through hoops to get simple stuff done. I also hope Protel, I mean Altium, doesn't screw with our tools in a negative way. I want to see the same forward progress as we've seen in the past, only at a quicker pace. :) Tony Karavidas Encore Electronics http://www.EncoreElectronics.com Designers of "The best MIDI to CV converter on the planet." -Keyboard Oct. 1997 > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Reagan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 8:45 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] I cant be silent about this anymore > > > I just received a PCAD file from a customer. He wants me to > modify it, so I > pulled the PCAD demo out to use an ASCII translator. I has been a while > since I used ACCEL so of course I am a little slow at it, but I > used it for > 2 years, went to training and taught the instructors how to use > it ( I am > serious). I just want to reinforce my comments from 2 years > ago....ACCEL is > a piece of CRAP and I hope Altium doesnt get a bug up thier butt to > implement Accel into Protel. I gave a list of 100 useless commands to > Accel 3 years ago and the program looks the same as it did then. > It was then > as it is now BIT MAPPED CRAYOLA and that is compliment to crayola. If > Altium starts giving PROTEL the look, feel and menus this junk has then I > will definately without hesitation switch to Cadence. The only > reason I use > Protel is because of it is easy and quick to use , period! No other > reason. The menues make sense, the cursor works, zooms fast. > I am in and > out of a design in a few days to a week, not spending half the > day setting > it up. Every other program I have used or encountered takes an act of > congress just to modify a netlist, lib part or a via. I sort of read > between the lines with ALTIUM that they are going to hose up library > management in Protel so that it starts to look like and feel like Accel, > I want to remind everyone the "EXCUTIVE LIB MANAGER" is $4.5 k more in > Accel) . As soon Altium changes this strategy with Protel, I m > moving on to > a another product. > > Im not even goin to bid this PCAD job because I need an open > ended contract > to make any money on it. Thats the whole point, what is simply a double > click to modify parts, traces, vias, colors, layers, filters in Protel is > cryptic mouse driven menues in ACCEL. You cant move a part > once the board > is routed, and I can go all night about what you cant do with > this program. > No one can make a living using ACCEL. not even ACCEL either, > they went out > of business. Piece of crap.....and I keep getting email from ALTIUM to > purchase ACCEL too. They irritate me everytime they email or > mail me ACCEL > brochures > > > > I HATE ACCEL, My opnion only > Mike Reagan > EDSI > Frederick MD * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
