Well said, Kevin !

Regards.

"Kevin L. Seaman" wrote:

> Comparing CAD Tools
> -------------------
>
> There has never been (nor will there ever be) the PERFECT
> cad tool.
>
> And...
>
> There has never been (nor will there ever be) the PERFECT
> pcb designer.
>
> That being said, ALL cad tools (and pcb designers) are more,
> or less, imperfect. Some more. Some less.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Give a good CAD tool to a bad designer and you get bad
> designs faster.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Give a bad CAD tool to a good designer and you get good
> designs slower.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> To me, the difference between a good CAD tool and a bad one
> is how it compares to it's own "claims of perfection". It's
> OK with me (heck, it's reality) that a CAD system has bugs
> and limitations. What erodes your productivity, is when the
> vendor misleads you in the demo, won't acknowledge a problem
> when you discover it (in the middle of a hot project), and
> then subsequently refuses to fix it.
>
> Give me a CAD tool - any CAD tool. Just make sure that the
> vendor is willing to accept ownership of every bug I find and
> will fix it in a timely manner. Then get out of my way and let
> me design boards!
>
> One final thought...
>
> If, in a job interview with a CAD vendor, you mislead them
> about how good your programming skills are, they will
> probably fire you when they found out the truth.
>
> Conversely, in a demo or benchmark, if a CAD vendor misleads
> you about how robust and bug-free their software is, there is
> very little (if anything) you can do about it.
>
> Buyer beware.
>
> Kevin Seaman
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