Lpc2000

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, Onestone <onestone@b...> wrote:
>
> 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

That is basically how Pulsonix works. A track (PCB) or net 
(schematic) can be started anywhere just by double clicking. 
Schematic and PCB work the same way, in most cases. When my previous 
employer tried to get me to use Eagle, I found that it required about 
50% more mouse clicks than Pulsonix when doing a design. I refused to 
use it on health and safety grounds (I have suffered from RSI) and 
they let me use my own copy of Pulsonix, after a lot of arguing.

Leon

Leon