RE: gEDA: design decisions: PCB<->schematic

["Martin, Rick A (STP)" <Rick_dot_Martin-at-NOSPAMguidant_dot_com>]

I've been following bits of this thread.
What I've heard from a recent grad.  is that Mentor is
very big on licensing schools cheaply of for free.

I also use Mentor and like the ability to view the changes I've made in
layout through the back annotations Design view point.  Good luck.

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Outwater [mailto:Keith_Outwater@mvis.com]
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:19 AM
To: geda-dev@seul.org
Subject: RE: gEDA: design decisions: PCB<->schematic




Hi Andras - 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Major A [mailto:andras@users.sourceforge.net]
> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 11:47 AM
> To: geda-dev@seul.org
> Subject: Re: gEDA: design decisions: PCB<->schematic
> 
> 
> 
> Hi all, thanks for the overwhelming amount of thought that trickled
> into my inbox in the last 24 hours!
> 
> Keith: I've never seen Mentor or the other really professional tools
> you use(d), is there a free trial version of it somewhere? It might be
> useful to get to know it first.

I would probably be pretty hard to get a demo of the tools - Mentor will
want to know lots of details about your potential use, number of seats,
etc...

Your page says you are studying at the University of Bristol - perhaps
they have the Mentor software or can get it.  Mentor has a strong
university licensing program that lets schools get the software cheap
(or maybe even free).

Keith

Keith Outwater
Sr. Staff Engineer
Microvision, Inc.
19910 N. Creek Parkway
Bothell, WA 98011