Rene Show a man what to do and he will retain 50% of what he is told at the most, maybe :-) a day is nothing, even with an experienced user.
Make a man do it himself and that ratio is a lot more :-) No pain, no gain as they say sometimes. John > -----Original Message----- > From: Rene Tschaggelar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 2:32 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] OT: Mentor PADS comparison > > John A. Ross [RSDTV] wrote: > > > > > > What I would strongly advise is that you make a design spec, say a > > small micro that flashes some LEDs, well, it may as well > look good, and do it in the most complex and difficult way. > > > > Keep notes & times on this exercise, likes dislikes, put 1 LED per > > sheet, the micro on another, draw ALL the Decals/Footprints > yourself, > > bring the design into PowerPCB and make a complex board > outline and a > > few copper / board cut-outs and some polygons / copper pours. Then > > produce the fab files (if you use your own SMT place equipment then > > you will like the CAM outputs) > > > > Now repeat exactly the same process & design in Protel and > when you are finished compare notes. > > > > Then you will have a well formed opinion and substance to > back it up > > when confronting your colleagues. > > > > Anytime I have seen some-one that impressed with a Pads > demo was when > > it is done by an experienced Pads user/sales person. > > While that would be great it is not payable in terms of time > spent to become familiar. Rather spend a day with a > professional user and go through all that. > > Rene > -- > Ing.Buro R.Tschaggelar http://www.ibrtses.com Your newsgroups > @ http://www.talkto.net > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
