> -----Original Message----- > From: Kerry Berland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 11:11 PM > To: 'Protel EDA Forum' > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Orcad vs. Protel (was: Leaving Protel) > > We did a custom project last year in which we were asked to > use Orcad Layout in place of Protel. It was an ordeal. Lacked > behind Protel in dozens of ways. Error checking was poor, > user interface difficult to learn, limited undo, many other > shortcomings. Our opinion--their schematic capture program is > decent, their layout program was truly awful.
Kerry, Yes their layout tool is awful indeed, but keeping up some knowledge of Orcad capture is still a good skill to have as it is very popular & still the preferred tool for design entry for many large companies. In any event if you have to translate any designs to Protel it is handy to know where the errors came from in Orcad. > Later on we did another custom project with some very > talented engineers. > Got to talking about layout packages. One engineer said, > well, out here in Southern California, a lot of people use > Orcad's schematic capture program, but virtually nobody uses > their layout package. For the period of time I worked in sunny California I was used to using Orcad capture/Pads layout as this was the most common combination deployed throughout the design team (60-70 seats Capture, 10 or so of Pads) I found there. It is also a very common combination in Asia as well. > Have heard of a lot of people using PADS, some using PCAD, > some Protel, but very rarely run into people using Orcad for layout. Pads is extremely popular. They have respected their users investments in training, experience, familiarity with GUI etc much more than other vendors by keeping the GUI the same for many years, just adding to it, so it looks clunky, outdated and ugly, but like most tools, once someone has experience, shortcut keys make light work of any job. Does not have to look nice to work good. PCAD is the same in many respects, except the latest evolutions after the Altium influence. They both have good points & bad, just like Protel, guess its down to which tools you can use to get the job done well and in the least time. Best Regards John A. Ross RSD Communications Ltd 8 BorrowMeadow Road Springkerse Industrial Estate Stirling, Scotland FK7 7UW Tel +44 [0]1786 450572 Ext 225 (Office) Tel +44 [0]1786 450572 Ext 248 (Lab) Fax +44 [0]1786 474653 GSM +44 [0]7831 373727 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW http://www.rsd.tv ========================================== * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
