On 10/5/06, Shawn Wilton wrote: > I would completely disagree. We have Cadence, we have Mentor, and most of > our engineers hate Mentor. Few people like Cadence, everyone loves Altium. > You may be right that Altium Designer and even Altium PCAD are easier to use. But I believe they are not in the same league as Mentor tools. So it all depends on the design. It is also said that Altium tools tend to be very buggy. At least Protel 99 and 99SE gave me this impression. It is said that DXP is even worse. PCAD is better in terms of stability but it is less powerful. The analog simulation tools integrated with Altium is also said to be very lousy... initial play with Expedition tells me it is not that easy to be used but at least it is much more stable and I think I can get used to it later. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist