2004 has a completly different user interface and if you dont mind spending time some time every day looking through the knowledge base and asking questions on the forum, then go for it. I have recently upgraded but have spent lots of time just trying to figure out the interface and ways to do simple tasks in 99SE which seemed way too complicated in 2004. However it seems the promises of 99SE such as simulation, routing and signal integrity tools actually might work in 2004. But it still has cut and paste array renumbering problems (sch renumbers the array a certain way whilst pcb has a different renumbering sequence!) and poor support for differential routing. The array renumbering problems are a big issue for the types of boards I do and its enough for me to use both programs for design, but I find myself mostly using P99SE due to its easy to use and fast.
Clive Rene Tschaggelar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 09/14/2004 08:02:13 AM Please respond to "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Protel EDA Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: (bcc: Clive Broome/sdc) Subject: Re: [PEDA] Is it time to upgrade from 99SE to Protel 2004? Steve Smith wrote: > Hi all, > > It's time for me to request equipment & software for next years budget and I still don't have a warm & fuzzy feeling about Protel 2004. Has SP1 improved the Situs autorouter? Are the other improvements worth the $3500 USD? I have seen a few of you say that once you had upgraded you would never go back. Is it really that much better or are the systems so incompatible that once 2004 is learned it would be tough to go back and do it the 99SE way, much less admit that the money was poorly spent? We only design about 10 boards a year and I am having a real problem justifying the cost of upgrading from 99SE SP6 to myself much less my boss. > 10 boards is not a measure, unless they contain less than 3 transistors and equally many passives. Before it is forgotten. You're not done with those 3500$. Put another monitor and a dual head graphics card onto the list too. Rene -- Ing.Buro R.Tschaggelar http://www.ibrtses.com Your newsgroups @ http://www.talkto.net * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
