Lpc2000

My old package was like that, you could initiate an action without 
speciifying the target, it was one of the things I liked. But what I 
really liked was the fact that it didn't use menus mostly, instead of 
having to go to a menu and select PLACE-TRACK for example, as per 
protel, if I wanted to start a track connecting to an existing pin I 
simply moved the cursor to a point close to tha pin, or wire endpoint 
and right clicked, to change track orientation I double clicked, to fix 
the track I left clicked, to start a track in mid air I left clicked, 
since what you do on schematics is place signals, and what you do on 
PCB;s is place tracks this seems too obvious to ignore to me. To move a 
signal or track you click on the point and drag, try that with protel. 
protel works in different ways between Schematic and Layout, how dumb is 
that! And this is in every aspect, even library maintenance, for example 
in SCH I can copy a part and then edit it and rename it, in layout I 
can't, or it requires a wholly different mechanicsm

Al

Leon Heller wrote:

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>From: "Paul Curtis" <plc@...>
>To: <lpc2000@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 6:59 PM
>Subject: RE: [lpc2000] ANN: New version of Pulsonix PCB software
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>>Al,
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>>>This is even more expensive than protel! Then they ask extra for
>>>Schematic capture, library and package design tools, that are
>>>essential
>>>to even a basic working system, by the time you have even the basics
>>>you're looking at $11,000, that's without Spice, autorouter or 'high
>>>speed design' package. Damn, and I baulk at Protels prices,
>>>odds on no
>>>hard copy manual either. cOMPARE THIS TO eAGLE, NOT A BAD PACKAGE, IN
>>>FACT EASIER TO DRIVE THAN pROTEL IN MANY RESPECTS, AND FOR $800  you
>>>actually get a printed manual, and free tech support.
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>>And EAGLE is written using Qt.  Horray!
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>The user interface is very confusing, in spite of that. Most people are used 
>to selecting something first, then doing something to it. Eagle is the other 
>way round, for some reason.
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>Pulsonix used to use Qt, but they use something else for the latest version.
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>Leon 
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