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Some of the big boys stepped in like Cadence. everyone was all of a sudden 'borging' everyone else. They were also the first to have schematic link realtime with PCB. And then the move from dos to Windows happened and EVERYONE, apart form protel, was late. but somewhere along the line they fumbled the ball a bit and Protel came to be ( out of frustration with OrCad's lack of support and willingness to listen to customers demanding some features ) by the way, OrCad = Oregon Cad. Sure there was Viewdraw and Ariadne and Pads and Hiwire and Smartwork (yikes.) and Tango and Layo and Ultiboard and Vanguard and Daisy and Circuitmaker and others.

Protel 99se to orcad Pc#

For years it was the reference for PC based schematic and PCB design. There WAS (not the use of past tense) nothing wrong with OrCad. I can't have that so I didn't took the chance and paid for Orcad. From what I've read the copy protection scheme could damage files or render files useless even if you are a paying customer. I've never used Eagle although I did consider buying it.

Protel 99se to orcad free#

Out of curiosity I have tried several other free packages including Kicad but with most of them drawing traces wasn't easy. I've also used Geda and PCB under Linux but I found using PCB challenging because the net names are not attached to the traces.

Protel 99se to orcad manual#

Altium is probably the only software package for which I really needed the manual to get going. I have used Altium for two projects but I found it very obfustigated even though I'm a former Protel Autotrax user. Recently I had to make some changes to a design made in Layo1 but I opted to redo the whole PCB in Layout to get the work done faster. The MS-DOS version worked great but the Windows version not so much. I've also used Layo1 for a long time but its cumbersome compared to Layout. Putting components somewhere at a certain angle is a matter of typing the coordinates and angle. A big advantage of Orcad layout is that it has spread-sheet like entry for lots of things. With those creating a bill of materials without errors / manual labour / correct part numbers is just a mouse-click away. The CIS option and a parts database is a must have. It has some quirks but it works really quick for creating schematics and PCBs.

Protel 99se to orcad license#

I have been using Orcad capture CIS for >10 years and Orcad layout for several years (I was able to buy a license relatively cheap). Though, I think with a bit more of development, DipTrace is a promising package. Even Orcad/SDT looked better in the 1990s. I also don't like the unpolished looks of the schematics. I guess it's just difficult to adapt after using another package for so long. I'm not too excited by it at all really :-/ The schematic editor cannot even do 45 deg lines I found out today! And both Schematic and PCB never do what I want, so they constantly annoy the hell out of me mainly moving around lines/traces and components is an annoying exercise as it always seems to select exactly what I do not want to select. Anyway, I had to design a simple PCB so I decided to give DipTrace a try. No decision has been made yet whether we'll move to do PCB things ourselves or keep it being done by third parties after all, no big changes or developments are planned.

At my new job they have no CAD package at all, as they outsourced everything. I think the old stuff worked pretty well. It has a couple of weird things, but I got used to them. I have been a long time user of Orcad Capture and Layout too, from V6.x up to V10.3. (I dare say it is even the way to go if you DO care about SI issues, if you can live with simplified SI analysis. If you do not care about SI analysis, Altium is definitely the way to go.

Protel 99se to orcad full#

The advantage of working with native Cadence or Mentor Graphics tools as I see it is the full compatibility with their SI tools. I have seen issues with the board stackup not being exported, in addition to missing passive component values after import.

Designing in Altium and trying to use the Hyperlynx for SI analysis is also not very straightforward since export/import is not really perfect. It is based on some rules of thumb and is not comparable with the more advanced signal integrity tools offered by Allegro and Mentor Hyperlynx. The weak point in it however is signal integrity analysis. I really see Altium as way ahead in both the integration and user friendliness it offers. Most of the other (even expensive) tools still carry on historical roots and the two tasks are sort of decoupled into different packages within the suite (whether it be Cadence Orcad/Allegro, Mentor PADS, or the others). From what I have seen, Altium is still the best package is the way that Schematic and PCB layout are both integrated into the same tool.