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02/01/07 00:50
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 		 #131854 - It depends what's used for comparison.
Responding to: ???'s previous message
My use of Capture is limited to when I have to do it because of client demand. However, the DOS-based OrCAD386+ package, schematic capture, simulator, PCB layout, find library members in an imperceptibly short time, i.e. by the time my finger's off the keyboard, the symbol's on the screen. the command is from the keyboard, namely <G><part name> and it's there as quickly as it can be displayed. It works VERY well with 16 MB of memory and allows the remainder of your 2GB or 4 GB of RAM to function as library storage, though it won't fill even 1 GB.

I'd say that, for me, Capture, which is a darn sight faster than most Windows-based packages, takes between 20 and 100x as long. I've often waited for several minutes for it to tell me it couldn't find the part, despite the fact it was right there in a library.

Library management is one of the bigger issues for CAE packages.

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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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