why not Mentor? - there is movement to a PC platform. It is the only vendor that is still in tact after our survey for PCB tools 10 years ago. The others have merged, sold, re-sold, etc. ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: PCB Design S/W - Soliciting Inputs Author: [log in to unmask] at SMTPpost1 Date: 11/26/96 1:25 PM We are in the beginning stages of trying to decide what PCB design software to migrate to. We are finding that our current systems which are PADS Logic, Power PCB, Cadkey & Gerbtool just isn't going to get the job done in the near future. The three systems that we have knowledge with & that we believe will do the job that we envision being required are Cadence, Zuken-Redac's Visula & Intergraph. We want a platform that will run on Window's NT with Pentium based hardware. We currently have 90Mhz Pentiums with 32 to 64 Meg of ram on each. I have experience with trying to get Cadence into a facility but would like to hear from others in the feild. What I'm looking for is good and/or bad experiences with each platform. Information from the representatives from these three vendors would be greatly apreciated. What we are looking for from a package is exceptional mechanical drawing capablilities (for doing the Fabrication drawing & Panelization drawing) with good GD&T utilization as well as ability to handle robust PCB design rules, checking, layout, Digital & analog design simulation. We also want to have Gerber 274X file manipulation as a standard feature to veiw and panelize A/W. We require real time back anotation. Also outputs for driving our automatic Pick & Place equipment. I don't think I'm looking for a dream system here and I know that whatever we end up with will be a hybrid of what we at this point envision so any input will be greatly apreciated. Thanks in advance; Steve Collins PCB Design Supervisor TSX Corporation El Paso, TX Ph: (800) 351-2345 Fax: (915) 543-4898 email: [log in to unmask] *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * ***************************************************************************