Since you guys made me wade through all those damn emails -- which I get a kick out of reading -- it's your manager(s) and their budget that will dictate what tools you will be using anyway.
Besides, you guys initially stepped off the track with the first response. You evaded the initial question which was: "We are looking for some Mentor Expedition PCB Designers for a client of ours in Colorado."
That's my 2 cents worth.
Dave
From: Robert Wolfe <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Monday, May 7, 2018 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: [DC] Expedition users..?
Well if there are holes in the parts I expect them
to be in the step output and so does out Mech group.
I all honesty from a documentation standpoint where our Mech group does wiring to our PCB assemblies
And provides a wired tope assy, having silkscreen in that output is very helpful also. Our customers love it. Currently
To make that happen the Mech group has to manually add that information to the model.
It does provide value in the total doc package
especially when wiring to terminal blocks etc on the PCB is being documented.
-----Original Message-----
From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter G. Houwen
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2018 9:54 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [DC] Expedition users..?
PADS, not Expedition here, but a couple comments on the thread:
PADS does have an optional MTHSD package for interactive matched length routing. It works pretty well, some minor glitches (being corrected). It's not full auto, but more likely you want to interactively route anything matched anyway.
IMHO, 3D modeling in PCB programs is for marketing, not design. Will the mechanical designers working on the enclosure for your board use the PCB program, or MCAD? My preference is to use software for it's intended use. The IDF export into Solidworks is quite effective ,I generate very complete and accurate board models for the mech team, we work on mechanical constraints and interferences in the MCAD software. Of course, returning that work to PADS isn't as easy. I would prefer that the ECAD vendors put their 3D efforts into more seamless integration to the IDF interface than pretty 3D pictures in ECAD software.
Pete
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