Jim Monroe wrote:
I sure wish someone could point out some PCB layout productivity
enhancements that I might have missed.
Bit it looks so pretty. Is that not enough for you?
It has lots and lots of frills that should make you feel better and that
should enhance your productivity.
And
You are facing a learning curve when you move to DXP or to 2004 (the
magnitude of the learning curve is in dispute, but everyone except
Altium agrees that it is there). Why waste your time learning an
orphaned product? You get 2004 for free if you bought or downgraded to
DXP. If you have
Protel Hell wrote:
If your people are familiar
with Protel and the staff is stable you might want to stick with Protel.
Did you have a change of heart Protel Hell or do I need a new prescription
for my glasses?
Hamid
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Tom Hausherr wrote:
Tip - if you go directly to Mentor, they will not mention PADS, but will
focus only on their Expedition tools. They will not even tell you that PADS
exists. In order to get any information about PADS you must speak to a PADS
reseller (who work outside the Mentor organization).
Jim Monroe wrote:
I am amazed that more than 2 years after DXP's debut its still lacking
in such a way. [Regarding global edits]
Jim, I am amazed that you are amazed. Step back and see what kind of
thinking went into making the change. Someone at a reasonably high
level decided (or was
John A. Ross [RSDTV] wrote:
For things like this I have just used the list panel as I found it easier than FSO.
In my favourites I keep some things like
IsDesignator And HasFootprint('0603')
IsDesignator And HasFootprint('0805')
Then all I need do is edit selected columns and the change is
John A. Ross [Design] wrote:
Personally I never liked to use footprints I have not optimised for the
process they will go through, but that's me.
Actually, let me put it a different way: Can you afford to use a
footprint out of a library? If the footprint is incorrect, you can
easily loose
Jeff Condit wrote:
However, I need to
keep some local and some global. This can be done with ports, but this use
conflicts with some customers restriction of using ports for identifying
busses only.
What about upgrading your customers instead? A customer that thinks
that having all nets global
