Steve,
I only have CDX/VeriBest experience. However when we did see demos about two 
years ago on both these, Cadence Allegro I believe it was called did have an 
outstanding auto router. The rest of the software was only ok due to the too 
many menu/icon picks you needed just to do the simplest of tasks. They may 
have improved that since. If you purchased or can get a hold of EDIF out for 
BOTH the PC Board and the Schematic for CDX or Cadence has another plan for 
conversion you will be dealing with two CAD systems for a long time.   If 
Cadence it turns out that you likeCadence far better than VeriBest and can 
work out the translater part go for it.
The translator for CDX to VeriBest does work well however its not quite push 
a button you need to make sure of what you have in the CDX design before you 
translate.
VeriBest's best part is the Advanced Editor (very slick), however it does 
not have all the functionality it should yet but that should not be too far 
off.


We're in the process of evaluating new CAD tools to replace our
     Intergraph CDX (Cadnetix) systems.  I'm in search of feedback from
     designers with experience on VeriBest PCB and/or Cadence's Prevail
     Router.  Any opinions and/or comments, positive or negative, will be
     greatly appreciated.

     Thanks in advance.

     Steve DiPrizio
     508.392.3215
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 We're in the process of evaluating new CAD tools to replace our
     Intergraph CDX (Cadnetix) systems.  I'm in search of feedback from
     designers with experience on VeriBest PCB and/or Cadence's Prevail
     Router.  Any opinions and/or comments, positive or negative, will be
     greatly appreciated.

     Thanks in advance.

     Steve DiPrizio
     508.392.3215
     [log in to unmask]