Homebrew PCBs

Anyone here using Mentor PADS? Just saw a job opening asking for experience using it, wondering if it would be worthwhile for me to download the eval version and try it out.

http://www.mentor.com/products/pcb-system-design/design-flows/pads/

Steve Greenfield

I'm a Seattle Robotics Society member.  Richard Greenway who hosts the
SRS Monday Night Chat uses it from what I remember.  He is almost
always on there. http://www.seattlerobotics.org/contact.php#Monday
He's also an endlessly knowledgeable person about electronics.

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Steve Greenfield
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> Anyone here using Mentor PADS? Just saw a job opening asking for experience using it, wondering if it would be worthwhile for me to download the eval version and try it out.
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> http://www.mentor.com/products/pcb-system-design/design-flows/pads/
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> Steve Greenfield
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Seattle, WA

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Steve Greenfield <alienrelics@...> wrote:
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> Anyone here using Mentor PADS? Just saw a job opening asking for experience
> using it, wondering if it would be worthwhile for me to download the eval
> version and try it out.
>

 I've been using PADS since way before Mentor bought it (also did
quite a few small homebrew designs with free eval versions). I can't
give you any career advice, but from a technical standpoint...
 It has it's idiosyncrasies like any cad pcb program. PADS certainly
has all the power necessary to get the job done, but there is a bit of
a learning curve. You'd have to invest quite some time to become truly
proficient  (true of most complex things).

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carl
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