[comp.sys.mac] ECAD packages for the Mac

low@wam.umd.edu (Keng Low) (02/22/90)

Could someone out there clue me in on a usable and stable
EE CAD package for the MacII's ?

This package should ideally have:

1) Schematic Capture
2) PCB Layout with a real auto-router
3) Accurate  Digital( and possibly analog) simulation
4) Reasonably stable
5) Extensive libraries

I know of McCad but McCad does not satisfy [2-5].
If there is some other group out there which is more
appropriate for such a topic, I am not aware of it.
Clue me in on that too.
You can e-mail me at low@lpf.umd.edu and I will
summarize if there's interest.

kenh@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Ken Hillen) (02/22/90)

In article <4347@cvl.umd.edu> low@lpf.umd.edu (Keng Low) writes:
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>Could someone out there clue me in on a usable and stable
>EE CAD package for the MacII's ?

I have been using DesignWorks from Capilano Computing ((604) 669-6343) for
several years and have been very happy with it.  It is tightly linked
to a layout/autrouter package from Douglas Electronics ((415) 483-8770).
I also have that package and am very happy with it, but I have not used the
autorouter much so I do not know what its limits are.  You can buy the 
whole package from either company.  They both can provide you with demo disks.

Capilano also sells a spice package that works with DesignWorks.  I have not
seen it so I can't comment on it.

One additional note:  Capilano Computing is now the exclusive distributor of
MacAble by Data I/O.  With this package you can design a PAL, stick it in
your schematic and simulate the whole works.  THey will also have a package
out soon that will take your schematic create a PAL from it.  Call them for
more details.

Ken Hillen

cschamau@csm9a.UUCP (T AD) (03/03/90)

I'm looking for CAD software to put on our Mac network which consists
of Plus and SE systems with 2.5Mb RAM.

We don't have many requirements, other than a fairly low price.
This will mostly be used for diagrams for papers/theses.  We're
an engineering school with an emphasis on mining (hence the name)
and other earth related subjects (physics, geophysics, geology, 
seismic waves, ...) so I would appreciate responses from those
of you who use CAD software for such illustrations.  Other responses
are, of course, welcome as well.

Thanks in advance.

					Connie Schamaun
					Colorado School of Mines
					cschamau@csm9a.Colorado.edu