In response to asking about complete design solution. The other packages may 
be right when considering only the board design side. But I believe when you 
consider the need for a robust drafting and beyond package and want it form 
one source that is very tightly integrated probably Intergraph/VeriBest 
combo is the only one that fits that bill. However there you are still 
dealing with three companies though VeriBest, Intergraph and Bentley. But 
the products are very tightly integrated. Just and opinion you really need 
to heavily benchmark all considerations. It seems to me that the CAD system 
choice may also be very different depending on use in a service bureau or a 
captive design group in a company. For this reason, especially if captive, a 
good test of a systems ease of use and speed is not just the router or 
design phase of the product but have a person add one pull-up resistor to a 
design that was already complete and time that process. And I MEAN 
COMPLETELY DOCUMENT THIS CHANGE, schematic, parts list and what ever other 
documents required. If all your design are perfect first shot or engineers 
never make changes just after you finish the gerbers maybe this is not an 
issue. The true way to evaluate each system is do a benchmark whether taking 
a demo copy and going thorough it or getting the CAD vendor to do it but 
this will tell you for your enviroment what is needed. Just an opinion
Bob Wolfe

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