Resending to make sure it went through. Sorry if you already received this!
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Bill is exactly right. We are releasing the results of our survey looking at
how designers benchmark potential CAD tools in the December issue of PCD&F
(www.pcdandf.com). However, we will publish the highlights to Board Talk
early next week. Go to www.boardtalk.com to see them.
More than 450 designers responded, so we are pretty happy with the turnout.
Many thanks to those of you who took the time.
Best,
Mike
Mike Buetow
PCD&F/Circuits Assembly
w/m: 617-327-4702
@mikebuetow
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-----Original Message-----
From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brooks,
William
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 6:31 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [DC] Starting out in the design industry
Also ... to answer your other question, there are numerous CAD tools to use
to help you layout a board.
I use Altium Designer... Mentor has a couple of tools, one that used to be
called Pads PCB and another called Expedition, and another called Board
Station. Mentor seems to have the best auto-routing solution out there...
Cadence seems to be selling the old Orcad package as their entry level
design package... they also have a very well established auto-router tool...
I think PCB design magazine is doing a survey of the CAD tools and users
preferences... which may come out in their magazine sometime in the
future... just guessing though... I recently changed jobs so I haven't
received my copy of the magazine as yet...
Basically you need to look at cost of ownership balanced against functional
performance when choosing a tool. It's an involved process... It depends on
what sort of design you plan to do.
There are many specializations in the PCB design industry...
RF, Analog, Digital, Power, low volume High reliability, Military, Space,
Telecommunications, Commercial, low density, High density, HDI, Microwave,
low cost high volume consumer electronics, Automotive, the list goes on...
:)
William Brooks, CID+
Senior MTS (Temp)
2747 Loker Ave West
Carlsbad, CA 92010-6603
760-930-7212
Fax: 760.918.8332
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