I would pick the "Dream machine" from Cloud Nine, Inc. a division of Utopia Maximus Corp. RICK MERLIN [log in to unmask] 1845 McCandless Drive Milpitas, CA 95035 1-800-538-5150 ext. 4161 >---------- >From: Charles Barker[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Thursday, March 05, 1998 9:28 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [DC] Present CAD systmes > >Charles Barker@I-O INC >03/05/98 11:28 AM > >If you were going to set up a new PCB Design Service from scratch, what >system would you buy and why? > >The system must have schematic capture, auto-route, auto-place with manual >override. >DRC at all stages of the physical process. >SMT, Top & Bottom, output usable for Pick and Place programming, Solder >stencil, glue stencil. >Data extract, back annotation, BOM generation to feed into master database >system. >Ability to panelize arrays. >On-grid, off-grid abilities. >Good archiving and retrieval capabilities. >Create assembly drawings...................... > >In other words, a full blown system > >################################################################ >DesignerCouncil E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV >1.8c >################################################################ >To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following >text in the body: >To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE DesignerCouncil <your full name> >To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil >################################################################ >Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional >information. >For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or >847-509-9700 ext.311 >################################################################ > > ################################################################ DesignerCouncil E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE DesignerCouncil <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ################################################################