Choong Keat Yian--You seem to have mastered Orcad Layout very well. We found this very difficult to do. We found it very hard to figure out how to use the template files and spreadsheet settings, that may have been our problem. However we were able to start laying out boards with early versions of Protel within a very short period of time.
Another factor. Fairly early licensee of Protel, have kept up the license upgrades but until recently stayed at 3.x PCB. Are now jumping all the way up to DXP, but we never actively used the intermediate versions. It always seemed that it might be worthwhile upgrading some time in the future, but, let's wait until we finish THIS project. Short efforts in the intermediate versions--especially when they forced you to use a special database--discouraged a switch over. Seemed then as though Protel was trying to solve problems we didn't have. Anyway that's ancient history.... But agree that some of the Protel versions that came out after 3.x weren't very attractive, probably lost them a lot of business. Still, having said all that, the temptation ever to jump to Orcad layout is zero from this corner of the world.... My informal survey is that probably one of the most popular combinations out there is Orcad schematic, PADS layout. Best regards, Kerry Berland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Silicon Engines 2101 Oxford Road 847-803-6860 Fax 847-803-6870 Des Plaines, IL 60018 USA -----Original Message----- From: Choong Keat Yian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 6:50 AM To: "Protel EDA Forum" Subject: Re: [PEDA] Orcad vs. Protel (was: Leaving Protel) Maybe you should let us know your level of skill in OrCAD Layout becaouse strangely i am using it to route my Protel files and speed up the job.I have tried 99SE and now even my supervisor who was educated with Protel since his colledge days abandon it and go back to Protel 2.8 insteadmy solution is to use the universal translation power of Layout 9.2 to do the routing perfectly most of the time and even if i use manual routing comparison between Protel 99se with Layout,OrCAD interactive manual routing still a good tool and its autorouting is consider as superb all this while,finishing job which took days in just a few second or minutes.The key in succesful usage of OrCAD Layout is in the knowledge of its Technology Template files and Spreatsheet setting,and its inter-translation utilities for P-CAD,Protel,Allegro and other very good,of all the Protel Import and Export,its just help me alot in using Protel too.One thing for sure,after 6 yrs with OrCAD,i dont encounter many crash or hang and this involve all the PC's that i have been usig all this years. Choong Kerry Berland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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. > >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. > >Have heard of a lot of people using PADS, some using PCAD, some Protel, but >very rarely run into people using Orcad for layout. > >Maybe that's just one prejudiced point of view.... > >Best regards, > >Kerry Berland >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Silicon Engines >2101 Oxford Road >847-803-6860 >Fax 847-803-6870 >Des Plaines, IL 60018 USA __________________________________________________________________ New! Unlimited Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Act now to get a personalized email address! Netscape. Just the Net You Need. NÅÂÃzÃÂÃÅ[ÂÂzWiÃÂkrÂÃqÃNâjÃâ+ÅÃÅÃâÃÃÃÃÃâÃÂ)râÂÂz[zÂâÃzâ*ÂÂÂÅÃjvzÂÅ[ÅË ÅxÂÂÂÂrÂÃqÃÅËkuÃÂÃÂWâÃÃÃÃÃâÃÂ)râÂÂz[zÂ~ÅÅÂzÃÅP ÂÂjÂÂÂÅâÂâÅxâÃÃÃÃfâÂâ+râÂÂzWiÃÂkrÂÃqà * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This message is sent using PostCast Server Professional Trial: http://www.postcastserver.com/
