[sci.electronics] PD CAD software?

rainer@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Rainer Malzbender) (09/13/90)

Sorry to post, but mail bounced.

Clarification about OrCAD - there are two separate products: SDT, the
schematic capture program, and PCB, the router. PCB includes an autorouter.
SDT produces netlists in a variety of formats, not just for PCB, but
obviously the two programs were designed for each other. SDT is $495,
PCB $1495. IMHO the latter is too expensive. My one line review is that
OrCAD probably makes the best PC CAD software, but that is not praise
of boundless magnitude.

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