Hi, Pro-E (Pro-Engineer) from Parametric Technologies and IDEAS from SDRC are both "mechanical" 3D design tools and not PCB design tools. They can read and write IDF data to communicate with PCB Design tools and both tools are known as high class, high end but to actually design PCBs, you need a completely different type of software. Regards Per Viklund Dansk Data Elektronik AS http://www.dde-eda.com ----- Original Message ----- From: GZ-MIS <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 2:19 PM Subject: [TN] PCB Designing software > TechNetters, > Did anyone can help to tell me the different of the following PCB designing > software : > Pro-E and IDEAS. > Which one is situable for PCB manufacturer to use for production ? > What is the advantage of each one ? > Regards, > > KS Wat > Charter Electronics Co. Ltd. / HK > > ############################################################## > TechNet Mail List 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 web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information. > If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.5365 > ############################################################## ############################################################## TechNet Mail List 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 web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################