[SI-LIST] Re: CST vs. HFSS

I've been trying EMDS, the plus points are it is cheap, and seems 
reasonable for the simple structures I have tried. It feels a lot like 
HFSS to use, unsurprising given the heritage. The downsides are that it 
does not allow parameter sweeping, you cannot define objects using 
variables and you cannot script, all of which mean that it is hard to 
optimise the designs. Some of these issues are meant to be fixed in the 
next release (anyone heard that one before ?).

Regards

John

dgun@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>  Both are very good tools. Don't forget Agilent has resurrected
> their EM software and call it EMDS. There are also others out
> there that are good.
> I personally like CST because I have had better response from
> their customer support team. I also like the fact that I can get
> time-domain and frequency-domain using the same interface.
> There is a link to ADS which I find convenient. Otherwise, I
> find the two nearly equal in performance and usability.
> 
> --
> Daniel
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "QU Perry"
>   To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Subject: [SI-LIST] CST vs. HFSS
>   Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 13:11:21 -0600
> 
> 
>   Hi,
> 
>   I believe many of you SI guys faced the same choice and made your
>   call.
>   I would really appreciate if you can share your experience on these
>   two
>   very different yet both very capable full wave tools, specifically
>   for
>   signal integrity application, i.e, broadband characterization of
>   passive
>   interconnect in most cases. Which one you chose and why and are you
>   happy with your choice ? You can reply me on or off list.
> 
>   Thanks
> 
>   Perry
> 
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