Orcad Child board ?

[wulfman]

Seems we have a lot of people using Orcad why not a Child board. I been using it since early 1980s

[nctnico]

This has been asked many times before but somehow Dave seems to hate Orcad 

[free_electron]

there is no more such thing as orcad ....
Orcad was borged by Cadence and they have killed it over the years. They now spat out what is left over to some new company...

[nctnico]

Cadence still calls their package Orcad so the brand name has been retained. Also the schematics part (Orcad Capture) is still alive and kicking so Cadance definitely hasn't killed it.

[wulfman]

OrCad Allegro then ?
I refuse to use anything else.

[nctnico]

OrCad Allegro then ?
I refuse to use anything else.

Product name or software? 

Anyway it is good to know there are some experts hanging around. I just finished my first PCB layout using Allegro (after having used Orcad Layout for many years).

[xzswq21]

Anyway it is good to know there are some experts hanging around. I just finished my first PCB layout using Allegro (after having used Orcad Layout for many years).

Did u have any experiences with Altium? I have some problem with Altium signal integrity analysis. I wanted to use PADS but I'm skeptical. can u tune the length or create footprint easily in Allegro?

[nctnico]

Anyway it is good to know there are some experts hanging around. I just finished my first PCB layout using Allegro (after having used Orcad Layout for many years).

Did u have any experiences with Altium? I have some problem with Altium signal integrity analysis. I wanted to use PADS but I'm skeptical. can u tune the length or create footprint easily in Allegro?

Footprint creatoin seems to be reasonable but needs some getting used to. For length tuning you'll appearantly need the professional license for Allegro. I don't have that. Unlike many other PCB design packages Allegro doesn't seem to be able to show the length of the trace on-the-fly with the basic license. Maybe I'll upgrade because it seems I have a more complicated design coming up soon.

I have used Altium in the past but I found it far from intuitive to use and couldn't get anywhere without the manual on my lap. With Allegro I got going reasonably easy after watching some video material and searching specific questions using Google. But then again I have been using PCB design software for almost 3 decades.

[hammy]

there is no more such thing as orcad ....
Orcad was borged by Cadence and they have killed it over the years. They now spat out what is left over to some new company...

Fake News

[asmi]

Footprint creatoin seems to be reasonable but needs some getting used to. For length tuning you'll appearantly need the professional license for Allegro. I don't have that. Unlike many other PCB design packages Allegro doesn't seem to be able to show the length of the trace on-the-fly with the basic license. Maybe I'll upgrade because it seems I have a more complicated design coming up soon.

Something doesn't add up in your story. Allegro is the name of their highest tier license, and of course it includes length matching, which is also available at Orcad Professional license level.
The license progression is as follows: Orcad PCB Editor Standard (this is the most basic version, and the one that doesn't include length matching) -> Orcad PCB Editor Professional (this is the license I use, it includes length matching) -> Allegro (this is the highest tier license).

[xzswq21]

Something doesn't add up in your story. Allegro is the name of their highest tier license, and of course it includes length matching, which is also available at Orcad Professional license level.
The license progression is as follows: Orcad PCB Editor Standard (this is the most basic version, and the one that doesn't include length matching) -> Orcad PCB Editor Professional (this is the license I use, it includes length matching) -> Allegro (this is the highest tier license).

I watched some videos about Allegro... frustrating! even for a simple task you should do a complex process! I'm not afraid of it. if Allegro is better I can tolerate its difficulties. Altuim files are not supported with other tools.

[nctnico]

Footprint creatoin seems to be reasonable but needs some getting used to. For length tuning you'll appearantly need the professional license for Allegro. I don't have that. Unlike many other PCB design packages Allegro doesn't seem to be able to show the length of the trace on-the-fly with the basic license. Maybe I'll upgrade because it seems I have a more complicated design coming up soon.

Something doesn't add up in your story. Allegro is the name of their highest tier license, and of course it includes length matching, which is also available at Orcad Professional license level.
The license progression is as follows: Orcad PCB Editor Standard (this is the most basic version, and the one that doesn't include length matching) -> Orcad PCB Editor Professional (this is the license I use, it includes length matching) -> Allegro (this is the highest tier license).

Under the hood it is the same program so I won't give it different names out of principle  But I have the standard license.

[xzswq21]

Under the hood it is the same program so I won't give it different names out of principle  But I have the standard license.

wish all software were free!
in our country we can not buy any licenses so we use free versions with full feature supporting. so we can test any software 

[asmi]

Under the hood it is the same program so I won't give it different names out of principle 

That just makes it harder for others to understand what product you're referring to.

But I have the standard license.

I tried it initially (when they had a promo of $400-ish for Std level), but the absence of length matching for a total showstopper for me (this feature was the exact reason I was looking for a different eCAD in the first place!), so I've convinced the sales rep to sell me the Professional license on the same terms as their Std promo was (I'm paying for 1 year maintenance sub and getting an actual license for free). Still very happy with the purchase, and I even extended my maintenance sub for another year as I like the pace at which Cadence adds new features.

[nctnico]

Under the hood it is the same program so I won't give it different names out of principle  But I have the standard license.

wish all software were free!
in our country we can not buy any licenses so we use free versions with full feature supporting. so we can test any software 

I wish there was a cracked copy somewhere. Getting Orcad's licensing system installed was a nightmare and I do know my way around with Flexlm licensing tools. It turned out the drivers for the dongle are messed up in de standard installation and you need to download a patch from somewhere else to fix it. 

[xzswq21]

I wish there was a cracked copy somewhere. Getting Orcad's licensing system installed was a nightmare and I do know my way around with Flexlm licensing tools. It turned out the drivers for the dongle are messed up in de standard installation and you need to download a patch from somewhere else to fix it. 

I sent u a private message.