Talk about starting a controversy! The bottom line is, you have to evaluate which one will work for you. They all have their strengths and weaknesses. They can sometimes do the same thing but in a different way. Only you will be able to determine what you will be more comfortable learning and working with. Ask them questions and demonstrations. If there is a users group around, go to it. Good luck. Larry Campbell BFGoodrich, Avionics Systems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> Khaled Hassan Fouad <[log in to unmask]> 05/06/98 06:14am >>> Dear designers, My company is establishing a new devision for PCB design, so we are goining to buy cad software,but we are confused with all the cad software on the market. I have to choose from these 4 alternatives: 1. Mentor graphics Board station on windows NT 2. ACCEL EDA 3. PADS 4. Ultimate So please help me with my decision. ################################################################ 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 ################################################################