Re: [PEDA] OT: Mentor PADS comparison

2004-05-15 Thread Mira
Mike, He's either not using PCAD or has no problems with it. Besides, PCAD schematic is easy to draw. You can build the symbols on the schematic itself. Wires? Oh, that's one of the coolest things. You can just place the components pin to pin and they are connected. Net name is automatically

Re: [PEDA] VIA

2004-05-15 Thread Jeff Condit
10 mil wide minimum trace width is very wide by today's standards (very old technology) and widely supported at low production costs. If a similarly wide tolerance is assumed for via processing, you will probably be talking about drill diameters of 16 mils and annular ring requirements of 8 mils,

Re: [PEDA] 0 Gap Means Touch or Not?

2004-05-15 Thread Jeff Condit
I concur that DRC should assure minimum widths are attained. Further, I believe DRC should detect angles less than 45 degrees, and also trace ends incompletely buried in pads, vias pours, etc. However, it is best to learn to use the tools in such a way that you always end on centers. Employing

Re: [PEDA] Acrobat 6.0 troubles...

2004-05-15 Thread Jeff Condit
I use PDF995 too. Works great. Jeff Condit - Original Message - From: bob stephens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Protel EDA Forum' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Acrobat 6.0 troubles... I use a shareware pdf printer driver called pdf995 from