the protel print server is wonderful, my only gripe is that there are
many different places (different menus and dialogs) to set all the
various things and i can hardly remember them all from session to
session
Geoff Harland wrote:
>
> > Hello! As a newbie to Protel 99SE (long time user of Protel 16 bit) I must
> > say I like Protel 99SE very much.
> >
> > The Gerber File generation is great.
> >
> > The Printing Preview has been the hardest feature to use.
> >
> > The Protel 99SE manual is much better than their old ones.
> >
> > Jeff Adolphs
>
> As a long time user of both 16 bit versions of Protel and the more recent
> versions, my opinion of the Gerber file generation is that it is not too
> bad, but there are aspects (which I have mentioned in previous posts) where
> I think that it could be improved. Amongst other things, be wary about using
> octagonal pads in your design; in fact, I would suggest that you *don't* use
> such pads *unless* you know how to deal with the current deficiencies in
> Protel concerning these.
>
> The Power Print Server is not the easiest aspect to master, but it is very
> powerful in terms of what it can achieve. Protel has made some attempt to
> make it easier for neophytes to use, by permitting users to select from a
> set of predefined sets of Printout definitions. And when you have created a
> set of Printout Definitions to match your requirements, this can be imported
> into yet other DDB files, for use with other PCBs. So while there are some
> aspects where improvements could (and even should) be made (and some
> improvements have been made to this since the Power Print Server was first
> released), it is still a very agreeable and useful aspect of Protel 99 SE.
>
> It is my hope that ongoing development of the "core" Schematic, PCB, and
> AutoRouter Servers is not overlooked by Protel in favour of providing yet
> more Servers. I have good reason to believe that the next major version will
> provide yet more Servers than present, but while I accept that there are
> various reasons why this will be the case, I will still be spending most of
> my time using the "core" Servers instead.
>
> Regards,
> Geoff Harland.
> -----------------------------
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