--- 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