I think it was their intent to be compatible, and they discovered some issues ________________________________ From: Les Wong [mailto:maveric0@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 4:16 PM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Cadence Design Studio 15.2 The rule used to be that, the minor (dot) revisions were upward and downward compatible, but not the major releases. Times have changed !! Jean Bratton <jean.bratton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: For those not on studio, we ran into a problem with Constraint Manager a while back and Cadence told us it was because we had gone back and forth between 15.1 and 15.2 and we shouldn't ever do that. The "fixed" the board file for us (don't know, don't ask!) and told us never to do it again. You can, however, safely clip data from one to the other. ________________________________ From: Les Wong [mailto:maveric0@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 1:13 AM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Cadence Design Studio 15.2 Patrick: Thank you for the infomation. Les westfeldt <westfeldt_nbcd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Yes. I just did a design in Allegro 15.1, customer altered in 15.2, gave it back to me, no problem. The Orcad sch part of the package revs back and forth to a much wider range. Patrick Westfeldt, Jr. North Boulder Circuit Design westfeldt_nbcd@xxxxxxxxx 720-406-0887 c 720-272-5822 ________________________________ From: Les Wong [mailto:maveric0@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 9:46 PM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Cadence Design Studio 15.2 Hi All: Is Design Studio 15.1 and 15.2 upward and downward compatible ? Thanks, Les