I recommend PADS PowerPCB. It has all the capabilities you have listed. >---------- >From: Matthias Mansfeld[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 10:17 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [DC] Microvias / SBU with Midrange CAD? > >Hello, > >I must purchase a new CAD (upper end midrange) system next year >(budget 10,000- 20,000 $, maybe higher). The system must be able to >handle microvias and should have some functionality for wire bonding. > >I would like to know good/bad experiences about COB / microvia >designs with such systems especially concerning ease of use with via >type selection during interactive routing, keeping design rules, >maybe depth of necessary workarounds, hidden costs for necessary >options etc. > >The designs to be made with this system will be mostly MCM-L, 4-10 >layes (signal and plane) overall, and 2-4 outer layers from that >number made with microvias in laser drill or photo etching technique >in sequential build up. > >Thanks in advance, regards > >----------------------------------------------- >Matthias Mansfeld Elektronik >* Printed Circuit Board Design and Assembly >Am Langhoelzl 11, D-85540 Haar, GERMANY >Phone: +49-89-4620 0937, Fax: +49-89-4620 0938 >E-Mail: [log in to unmask] >Internet: http://www.mansfeld-elektronik.de > >################################################################ >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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section >for additional information. >For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or >847-509-9700 ext.312 >################################################################ > > ################################################################ 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################