[PCB_FORUM] Re: Programmable Keypads
- From: "David Greig" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 18:58:12 +0100
George,
I spend ~800hours writing utilities, mostly Visual C++ and Matlab.
Spend well over a couple of thousand in front of Allegro, and have done so for
years! I'm well familiar the Cadence tools, their
niceties and occasional little idiosyncrasies!! This isn't inexperience
talking!!!
Guess the motivation is for fewer hours and more efficiency.
At the end of the day, all we are doing is using a tool to turn our creativity,
knowledge and experience of engineering into
design reality. Nobody should really care how it's done, it's the end
deliverable that counts.
Will post something about the keypad. Pursuing one one of those single handed
curvy ergonomic ones at then moment.
Best Regards
David Greig
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Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Programmable Keypads
David:
I guess if I only spent 800 hours a year on the tool I would feel the same way
:)
Allegro is NOT really a tool for the occasional user, although their marketing
group would like you to think otherwise. And,
personally, I think that many of the UI problems are introduced by misguided
efforts to make it behave like a tool that you can
be an expert with even if you only use it a one day a year :)
Glad you found a solution, may I suggest you post the information for others in
case they are in a similar situation?
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Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 06:14
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Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Programmable Keypads
Hi George
Unfortunately some of the other CAD stuff does not support scripts, hence the
desire for deep key memory. Does seem like there
are some point of sale keyboards that will do the job.
Amusing, the turning point for "must have" something like Xkeys was the latest
hotfix.
I had control+F1 (save) and shift+F1 (shape edit) both aliased but they no
longer work.
Found that out when another one of those crashing calamities happened, no work
saved! With lots of slide and delay tune Allegro
does have a propensity to be a pig!
As far as customising the tool, I draw the line at basic ergonomics.
Life is too short, far too short, to spend time on stuff that should be there
already!
While it's easy and possible to design and build a keyboard, I've chosen to buy
one.
While it's easy and possible to re-engineer the Allegro core UI, I've
already bought one, it's just a bit wanting in a few
respects.
I do write a fair bit of engineering SW for problems that there are no tools
for, so I'm looking at the UI and functionality
from both sides of the fence.
Probably spend about 5-800 hours a year at this, so don't have a lot of empathy
for hard to use interfaces.
There may be a fundamental difference between us, I run my own company and pay
cash out of my own pocket for tools.
Best Regards
David Greig
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