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Subject:	Happy Altium Designers?
From:	Scott McCurdy <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	(Designers Council Forum)
Date:	Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:20:54 -0700
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Jack,
I’m not actually a designer, but as president of the largest IPC Designers Council chapter, I run into a lot of designers using the Altium tool.  Across the board, I’d say they’re pretty pleased with the tool.  We had one of Altium’s FAE’s make a presentation at our November Designers Council meeting about the integration of MCAD and ECAD and our audience of 60 was quite enthralled by the 3D features in the tool.  Mind you, these type of presentations can be a bit staged, but it seemed quite real-time and impressive to the group.
 
I’m a sales guy for a large PCB design service bureau who’s primary tool is Allegro, but I must say that I’m seeing more and more users of Altium all the time.  We don’t have Altium, but we need to keep our eyes on them as their market share is growing.  It’s tough to beat the Altium’s price and it appears that you get a lot of bang for your buck…
 
Best regards,
 
Scott McCurdy, President
IPC Designers Council - Orange County, CA Chapter


Business Development Mgr - Western Region
Freedom CAD Services, Inc.
Office:    714-480-7600
Cell:       714-425-3235
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From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jack Olson
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 2:40 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [DC] Happy Altium Designers?
 
I'm tempted to buy a seat of Altium for home use, but in order to get the "amnesty" pricing I need to make a decision sooner than I intended. (like tomorrow!) 
 
So, I was hoping to lean on any of you out there willing to voice an opinion (privately if you prefer) if this is a good product, as I'm reluctant to buy into a system without some asssurance that the company has a solid future. 
 
Any satisfied customers out there willing to speak up and calm my nerves? Any horror stories? 
 
It looks fairly full-featured... Any severe limitations?  
 
thanks,
Jack



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