Cost is about $10k for SCH and layout.  Learning curve is not bad.  There
are some things you need to know to begin, but they have an excellent
tutorial system inside that will show you how to do everything.  If you are
serious, they will throw in free web-based training as well.

I don't know if you can import Eagle libraries or not.  I have never tried
and I don't know if you can export Eagle libraries as something like OrCAD
maybe...?



On 10/3/06, Vitaliy <spam@maksimov.org> wrote:
>
> Shawn Wilton wrote:
> > If you want quality, go with Altium.  The auto-router in any package is
> no
> > substitute for proper layout and experience.  However, they do have
> > several
> > nice features such as the ability to use the autorouter brain as a means
> > of
> > telling you the quickest way to route a single line, and they have the
> > ability to push existing traces so you don't have to rip everything up
> > should you need to move a trace.
>
> Thank you for the suggestion.
>
> What is the cost? Learning curve?
>
> We have a quite extensive library of components developed for Eagle, is
> there a way to import it into Altium, or would it need to be recreated?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Vitaliy
>
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