I am interested to know how many companies there are out there who have switched from PADS to Protel or another package - I have worked for several years with Protel products (hapy years with minor bumps and bruises) I then moved to another company and I am now working on PADS. The number of 'undocumented features' and features missing that I'd expected there to be is astounding! The software is Very unstable (crashes several times a day) and extremely slow! If/When I move jobs I am wondering if I'll accept a PADS job ever again. Oh, for a Protel job again! Has anyone else had this experience with PADS? Regards, Richard Patrick Surrey UK These are entirely my own thoughts and views and not of the company ! ################################################################ TechNet 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 TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ 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 ################################################################