Andy,

 

Do you know about how much Altium costs? 

 

I’ve used Allegro Lite (marketed as OrCAD PCB Designer) and Eagle.  I’ve used PADS to review files, but I haven’t designed a board in it.  They all seem roughly the same.  Some things are harder to do in one than the others, but none of them seems completely superior.  PADS and Allegro Lite cost around US$6000, and they try to get maintenance on top of that.  Electronics WorkBench is about the same, and I used to think of it as the inexpensive one.  EagleCAD, however, costs $1000 for full schematic and layout.

 

Do you know what makes some packages (such as Eagle) less expensive than others?

 

BTW, this funny ad has gotten on talking about their product.  They did a good job on it.

 

CJ

 

 

Great ad. Very catchy.

 

Thought I should comment, seeing as it’s an Australian product. I’ve been using Altium (Summer ’08) for just over a month now, and it blows me away about how it gets the job done. I’ve been around a long time and used more than a few cad tools, and this one is right on the money. Speaking of which, it’s not very expensive and represents fantastic value with what it can do. And the 3D scenes in the blurb are really that quick – I couldn’t believe it when I was having a look at how it works.

 

No , I don’t make commissions. No, I don’t sell it. And no, I don’t have any relatives working in the company. But yes, I’d like to spread the word about anything that helps board designers. And let me tell you, once you learn the funky Altium does some things, it’s nothing short of brilliant.

 

 

I just about spit my milk through my nose when I saw this.  Pretty clever...  It's on the main page at PCBD&F.  Can't help but relate (sadly).

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