SV: Re: [sdiy] Altrium Designer/Protel

[karl dalen]

--- Jim Patchell <patchell at cox.net> skrev:

> Tom Arnold wrote:
> > I know at least a few people on here have used Protel, has anyone used
> > Altium Designer?  It looks like Altium has killed off Protel and only
> Altium
> > Designer is available now, but I cant find many comparisons between them.
> >
> > I've been reading some bad things about later versions of Protel anyway so
> > maybe Altium isnt a path I even want to consider, but Protel seems to have
> > an exceedingly strong following so I want to look into it.
> >
> > Downloading Proteus right now to give it a spin around the block...  This
> > will make the 9th or 10th package I've looked at today and sofar all have
> > failed my rather simple tests.  ( personal preference tests, nothing
> > "broken" about most of them... ).
> >
> >   
> I would try and find something different.  I use DXP at work...I 
> personally feel it is an overpriced POS.  I have been a protel user 
> since it first came out.  The original program was easy to use and very 
> lean.  It is now very obtuse, and a big fat bloated pig.  DXP is 
> protel.  And starting with Protel version 3.0, bugs seem to have started 
> working their way back into the software.

Yes 2.8 was very stable even the router worked, however it stopped
working with later version! :-)
 
> I so far, have not found anything I feel is a good value for home use.  
> I am currently using Protel PCB version 2.7 (an old windows 3.1 version) 
> and Orcad Version 9.2 for schematic capture.

The shift from the 2,8- 3.0 to 98,99 and SE versions was major, 
i had to releran the program operatings from scratch,the older 
versions was way easier to deal with.

Pricing of Altium DXP are plain obstructive, one almost feel offended!
 
> Oh yeah...I have heard bad things about new versions of ORCAD as well.

:-)

KD 


> -Jim
> 
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