[PCB_FORUM] Re: Orcad is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO slow on large data bases

I have used it recently on a board with 6,ooo parts and over 30,000 nets and it 
ran just fine. The board had 12 processors and all related memory etc for each. 
 It was on a Dell with dual processors and max memory installed.

Peter

-----Original Message-----
>From: Austin Franklin <email.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Jun 8, 2006 12:24 PM
>To: PCB Forum Mailing List <icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Orcad is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO slow on large data bases
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>As a favor, I am posting this for someone else:
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: Miswald, Ron [mailto:RMiswald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 3:11 PM
>To: 'Austin Franklin'
>Subject: Favor
>
>
>Austin
>
>I tried posting below on the icu-pcb forum.  The note seems to have gone to
>never-never land.  Would you mind posting it for me.
>Thank you.
>
>***MESSAGE**
>
>Subject:Orcad is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO slow on large data bases
>
>I have a board with 800 components and 6500 connections.  In the very
>beginning stages of layout.  I select a part, wait, move part and place,
>wait, select another part...
>For large databases this is common for me.
>
>My questions:
>What platform do others use for large databases.
>Any other ideas?
>
>Of course the customer would like the board in house yesterday.
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