Rafael, We currently use the Cadence Allegro tools in our design area and have found them to be very good. I would venture to say that Allegro is the most widely used of the PCB design tools. The only caution to take is that the Cadence tools can be hard to come up the learning curve. The tools are very powerful and hence require some education on the use. Cadence training is good and can go a long way to getting you started. The Cadence PCB tool sweet is not cheap either so get ready to open the wallet ! As far as the functionality of their tools we have been very pleased. They are very involved with IBM in helping us with new developments for our design needs and I am sure with other companies as well. Good luck! Thanks, Christian Trudeau IBM Corporation ASIC Core Development Circuit Board Design Team E-Mail : trudeauc@xxxxxxxxxx Phone : 802-769-5333 "pentsapor" <pentsapor@xxxxxxxx> Sent by: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 07/14/2004 06:55 AM Please respond to pentsapor To si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject [SI-LIST] Allegro Hello all: My name's Rafael. I have a question about PCB design software. I work with an old version of Zuken CadStar to design my PCBs, and I`m thinking in changing to Cadence Allegro. My question is: Is it a good election, or you recommend me another one? Thank you. Rafael. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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