Re: [PEDA] OT: Mentor PADS comparison

2004-05-16 Thread Darren
Hi All, This break wire feature is new to dxp, 99 had no break function at all. Darren Moore > -Original Message- > From: John A. Ross [RSDTV] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > snip < > > >

Re: [PEDA] OT: Mentor PADS comparison

2004-05-16 Thread John A. Ross [RSDTV]
> -Original Message- > From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 12:17 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] OT: Mentor PADS comparison > > snip < > > Even with a net label on the wire, I still see a diode's pins > >shorted. Yes, I have

Re: [PEDA] OT: Mentor PADS comparison

2004-05-16 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 06:41 PM 5/16/2004, Mira wrote: I don't like editing the manual routing in both PCAD and Protel. Orcad and Allegro are much better. I wonder if you could describe what you don't like. What is difficult, or tedious, or whatever about "editing the manual routing" in PCAD and Protel? As for placi

Re: [PEDA] OT: Mentor PADS comparison

2004-05-16 Thread Jeff Condit
P-CAD has several methods of manual and interactive routing. Manual allows you to violate design rules but has its place for special problems. Interactive obeys design rules, has loop removal, auto-starts and auto-completes traces (from and to pad centers), has various hugging strategies, support

Re: [PEDA] OT: Mentor PADS comparison

2004-05-16 Thread Mira
Hi Abd, I appreciate your time to add more details about Protel's features compared to PCAD's. Besides, my intention wasn't to advertise PCAD, or to compare it with Protel or any other CAD tools. I just wanted to say that it's one of the competitive tools as Protel is. I don't like editing the ma

Re: [PEDA] OT: Mentor PADS comparison

2004-05-16 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
I'm not entirely certain that I'm not missing some context here, but, for the record: At 04:27 AM 5/15/2004, Mira wrote: [re PCAD] Wires? Oh, that's one of the coolest things. You can just place the components pin to pin and they are connected. This is also true for Protel. In 99SE, place two pin