Colin, Let me take this offline my email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please send me yours
Mike > > Why are you calling Expedition "a closed system"? If the source > schematic is from another package, generate or translate the netlist > into Keyin (Integraph) format and you're away. There may be a bit of > work required to map the footprints/packages referred to in the > source netlist into Expedition's PDB names, but this is easily handled by a > translator (e.g. Omninet or equivalent). Similarly, components could be > renumbered in Expedition, a "was/is" file generated, and > back-annotated into the schematic. > > Most of my Expedition work arrives as a Protel or OrCad netlist > supplied by the client. I can't see Expedition being any more "closed" > than any other system. The overall integration (specifically > forward and back annotation) is simpler when used with Mentor's "Design > Capture", but that's generally true for the schematic/PCB product pairings of all > vendors. > > Colin > > Colin Earl > Optimum Design Associates > www.optimumdesign.com > > Mike wrote > > > First requirement PORTABILITY......need a key to load it on my laptop > > not a real show stopper so I can live with it. Files can be transferred too > > Requirement 2 Compatibility.......FAILED my second test. I receive > > netlist in any of 100 different formats, I receive schematics from fed-x, > > faxes, Orcad, Protel, viewlogic, pdf, and on Kleenex. Why did it fail? > > because to start the darn PCB package, you must have a complete schematic > > entered into MENTOR schematic. I don't enter , re enter or trust myself > > to copy someone's schematic. There is no way I can guarantee the accuracy > > again and again without making a silly mistake somewhere along the line. > > I make my customers understand that they and they alone are responsible for > > the accuracy of the information I receive, even if this is only a netlist. > > I decided on step 2 that I can not use this program as much as I my mouth > > salivates for it. I never got a chance to test the other 98 on my list > > because you cant start the pcb editor without a schematic. A closed system > > I can not work with. > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
