Vincent, My two bit(che)s in reply: See inserts
Igor -----Original Message----- From: vincent mail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 2 August 2002 6:42 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Not DXP or P99SE, but have you seen the Cadence offer! !!! Darryl Newberry wrote: >Ah, but does Cadence offer semi-functional, non-extensible, and pathetically >sloooow 3D viewing? Or automated online submission of your precious > Get a PIV-2.53 ghz with a gig of RDRAM If you want realtime 3d play quake or doom or duke nukem. Board layout is not about 3d viewing. Bit(ch) 1: We have a purposeful 3D interface between Protel and our Mech CAD. It is not Protel 3D, but it is 3D and can't live without it. >design data to dozens of unknown PCB vendors? Or half-assed SPICE and SI simulations >that make your entire computer system unusable for other tasks? Does it offer a >proprietary (but broken) multi-user sharing and permissions scheme? How about metric >conversion that changes your XY locations without > use imperial like the rest of the world. Bit(ch) 2: Are you joking? Where is your Smiley sign? Which world do you live in? > >warning? Limitation of 16 hole sizes in the drill table? > >All these benefits and more are yours with Protel....and probably with DXP >too! > >IMO Specctra kicks all kinds of major bootay. No comparison to anything else I've >ever seen. Even using default settings the route quality is comparable to manual >design. > peuuuut . wrong answer. i'll get you a couple of 5.4 GHz strip line designs and we'll see how good your router does on them. >If you make your daily living routing PCBs (note that I don't), I'm sure Specctra >will easily pay for itself in reduced layout time, with the caveat that you have to >become expert at scripting (DO files) to get the most out of it. > autorouters suck . including specctra. they can't even route a ingle sided board decently . they are great for all digital boards. analog noise sensitive precision electronics . no way jose ! >BTW, anybody going to join Altium's DXP list? I bet the real reason they are >creating their own list is so THEY can filter and control the distribution. >I prefer to bitch here in a public forum where the world can read about it. > well , feel free to bitch about this email too if it makes you feel happier >> >> >>************************************************************** >>********** >>* Tracking #: 9F99C2AB242EB74C8A0A5720AFFABE62032500E6 >>* >>************************************************************** >>********** >> > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _____________ /____________/ Vincent Himpe // _____ ___/ Lab Manager / \ \ / / / ST Microelectronics /___\ \ / / / 5510 Six Forks Road . Suite 200 /______//_/__/ Raleigh NC 27612 Tel : (919) 850 6070 Fax : (919) 850 6689 e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
