Hello Everyone,

I would also like to include to your list of vendors the following PCB
Design/EDA Vendor:

INCASES North America, Inc.
Software: Theda 6.0

INCASES came out on top of last years PCB Design Conference West
Benchmark scoring the highest number of assigned tasks of all the EDA
vendors that competed. INCASES also offers an extensive and powerful set
of tools for Component/Part Management and EMC/Radiation Analysis.
INCASES will be at this years PCB Design Conference West if you would
like to see their suite of tools or contact INCASES directly.

URL:   http://www.incases-us.com  or  http://www.incases.com

Best Regards,

Tim Mullin
Product Application Specialist
INCASES North America, Inc.
Tel: 253-853-3860  *  Fax: 253-853-3861

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Baltus [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, January 29, 1999 8:12 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      [DC] Opinions needed on CAD software
>
>      Hello everyone!
>
>
>      Well its the new year and after seven years of the same design
>      software we are finally getting a chance to check out new
> software.
>      Of course just like the rest of you, who has that kind of time!
> So
>      I'm going to throw a list of packages at ya that we're looking at
> and
>      see if we can get a little help from the world wide Designer
> network.
>      OK here we go, listed below are the packages we have in mind, if
> you
>      use one of these could you take a minute and jot something down.
>      Remember it's nice to know about the good things as well as the
> bad.
>
>
>
>      OrCAD, Inc
>      Software: OrCAD Capture CIS (Release 9)
>                OrCAD Layout Plus (Release 9)
>
>      Zuken-Redac Inc.
>      Software: Cadstar
>
>      VeriBest, Inc.
>      Software: Ascent L2
>
>      Company: Cadence
>      Software: Allegro Studio
>
>      ACCEL Technologies, Inc
>      Software: Accel EDA
>
>      PADS Software, Inc.
>      Software: PADS Power PCB
>
>      Mentor Graphics Corporation
>      Software: Board Station
>
>
>      Hopefully this will help other designers also if their in the
> middle
>      of making a decision.
>
>
>
>                                              Thanks to everyone in
> advance!
>
>                                                 Brian J. Baltus
>                                                 Best Power, Inc
>                                                 608-565-5118
>
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