We've been using Accel's P-CAD for a while (started back when it was TangoPCB). As with all sub-$10K packages, it's a love-hate relationship (more hate than love). The one thing that has been able to provide a level of sanity is the fact that the package allows external automation using Visual Basic. This has provided the ability to work around some of the limitations. Do the higher end packages have good programming interfaces for automation/customization? How about published file/database formats for custom data manipulation? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Martin Euredjian eCinema Systems, Inc. voice: 661-305-9320 fax: 661-775-4876 martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ecinema@xxxxxxxx www.ecinemasys.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu