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01/27/07 00:37
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 		 #131583 - The problem with OrCAD CAPTURE
Responding to: ???'s previous message
is that its output is UGLY!

Even with a carefully chosen font, it's UGLY!

Furthermore, it is terribly difficult to find the component you want because they're split up in so many libraries.

Combine that with the 10x-slowdown due to the layered-menu Windows-style user interface that consumes your time and effort searching for the correct selection, it's a pain to use. When I have to produce CAPTURE output, I draw the schematic in the DOS-based SDT386+ and them import it into CAPTURE. Even though I have to struggle to bring in the libraries too, it still saves 90% of the time.

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List of 37 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Schematic Programs            01/01/70 00:00      
   Just because that's how it was done...            01/01/70 00:00      
      Conversion needs to be done sometime..            01/01/70 00:00      
         Do yourself a favor ...            01/01/70 00:00      
            Talk the talk. Walk the walk?            01/01/70 00:00      
               What, exactly, is it that you want, Charles?            01/01/70 00:00      
            "Target" is awesome!            01/01/70 00:00      
               Target has it's limitations            01/01/70 00:00      
                  bugs are OK if the software's free?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Subjectively            01/01/70 00:00      
   Free CAD Software            01/01/70 00:00      
      There's no such thing as a free lunch.            01/01/70 00:00      
      Taken a look            01/01/70 00:00      
      No more than a toy for amateurs            01/01/70 00:00      
   If you're paying an engineer's salary..            01/01/70 00:00      
      The problem with OrCAD CAPTURE            01/01/70 00:00      
         Disagree            01/01/70 00:00      
            It depends what's used for comparison.            01/01/70 00:00      
               re "library find"            01/01/70 00:00      
                  That's true ... sadly ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     that would make it quite a list            01/01/70 00:00      
                        That might work in some cases, but ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   the most important issue in this situation is            01/01/70 00:00      
   cheap schematic capture            01/01/70 00:00      
   ORCAD and why            01/01/70 00:00      
      Yes, it's true, it has become a standard            01/01/70 00:00      
         Cheapest way there is....            01/01/70 00:00      
            cheapest?            01/01/70 00:00      
               hence, be careful            01/01/70 00:00      
   re: schematic programs            01/01/70 00:00      
   free schematics            01/01/70 00:00      
   based on what I've seen so far ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   tinycad is Your solution            01/01/70 00:00      
      is it?            01/01/70 00:00      
         maybe            01/01/70 00:00      
   Kicad has not yet been mentioned            01/01/70 00:00      
      It's Good            01/01/70 00:00      

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