Cadence has confused everyone by selling a package that should be called
"Allegro Lite" under the name OrCAD PCB Editor.  This leads to confusion
with OrCAD Layout, which was a less advanced program that ten years ago
they pushed as a companion to OrCAD schematic capture.  

Someone on this board said Cadence is going to start calling OrCAD
schematic capture "Allegro".  If this is true Cadence will lose simply
because of name confusion.

I suspect OrCAD is killing off the old OrCAD Layout but keeping various
levels of "Allegro" and "Allegro Lite".  

OrCAD for schematic and Allegro for layout are a good pair.  I can't
imagine either one going away.

-----Original Message-----
From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jack
Olson
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:38 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [DC] CAD tools for PCB layout and Schematic Capture

Its interesting that in our last Mentor Graphics bulletin,
they announced that Cadence was officially killing off OrCAD Layout,
but
I just went to the Cadence website and don't see any mention of it!

Anyway, I would be very cautious about looking in that direction.

We are transitioning from Mentor DesignArchitect>BoardStation
to Mentor DxDesigner>Expedition.

From what I have read on the PADS user forum, Mentor doesn't seem
to be putting much effort into PADS features or releases (if you can
believe the public postings aren't just from an unsatisfied vocal
minority),

and I haven't seen ANYTHING new for BoardStation in the last five
years(!)
but I believe Expedition has a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG future.

Jack


.


On 7/17/07, Brooks,Bill <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi fellow designers...
>
> I'm looking for an up-to-date evaluation on the latest CAD tools for
PCB
> layout and Schematic Capture...
>
> Has anyone seen an evaluation on the Major CAD software market anytime
> recently?
>
> I'd like to know what the word is on the street... Who is up and
coming?
> Who
> is getting sold off? Who is developing new tools and capabilities? Who
is
> poised to dominate the PCB CAD market? Who is fading away... Who gets
> it...
> and who doesn't have a clue...?
>
> Inquiring minds want to know.... I
>
> What sort of CAD tool will YOU be using in 10 Years?  What will it do
that
> the tool you are using today does not?
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Bill Brooks
>
>
>

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